The December edition of Evidence Aid’s newsletter is now available here: https://evidenceaid.org/evidence-aid-newsletter-15-december-2023/, in which we spotlight our many achievements of the last 12 months — from completing the Resilient Health Systems (RHS) project (available here: https://evidenceaid.org/evidence/resilient-health-systems/) to delivering a range of webinars on topics such as health emergency preparedness and the use of systematic reviews for humanitarian decision-makers. Albeit exciting, such accomplishments are set against a backdrop of a world facing a complex nexus of crises: From structural inequity to conflict, conflict to climate change, climate change to displacement, this past year has revealed to us just how interconnected our world is.
As such, we here at Evidence Aid believe that now, perhaps more than ever before, the world needs evidence-based, apolitical, and accessible disaster response information. The humanitarian crises we collectively faced this year are only likely to worsen with time, driving us to both prepare for, and react to disasters. In June, when the United States, Canada, and parts of the UK received a series of pollution alerts, warning the public of hazardous air quality and wildfire smoke, we published a newsletter comprised of protection resources and interventions to improve indoor air quality. In July, when the United Nations launched 2023’s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, we reported on their findings, including a speech delivered by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who called for action-oriented and science-based policies to address gaps in health care, climate change, and humanitarian intervention.
Our work at Evidence Aid is not only vital for knowledge exchange, but it is essential to a range of actors, including policymakers, experts, NGOs, front line professionals, and donors who possess both power and influence to impact preparedness and response mechanisms in humanitarian crises. That is why we urge you, as readers, audience members, stakeholders, and decisionmakers, to take a moment after you’ve finished reading this newsletter to consider donating to ensure our work continues. Your kindness will be used, to not only sustain existing evidence summary collections, but to develop new projects that better respond to our ever-evolving world. We thank you for your continued support, and we hope you enjoy this month’s newsletter.
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Claire Allen, Operations Manager
Evidence Aid: Championing evidence-based humanitarian action.
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HIFA profile: Claire Allen is Operations Manager at Evidence Aid, UK. Professional interests: Evidence Aid (www.evidenceaid.org) provides evidence for people in disaster preparedness and response to make better decisions. Areas of interest = humanitarian crises, natural disasters and major healthcare emergencies (disaster = when a country is unable to cope with the disaster/crisis or emergency). She is a member of the HIFA Working Group on Access to Health Research. http://www.hifa.org/working-groups/access-health-research Email: callen AT evidenceaid.org
