#129 Humanitarian response teams – principles & pitfalls

With Dr Lois Fergusson

This webinar plans to cover the humanitarian principles and evidence-based responses to the increasing, compounding and dividing crises that are plaguing our world.

Podcast version
Presentation slides
All questions from the Q&A session

Further resources:

Humanitarian Response Needs assessment: Guidance & templates (OCHA)
The Sphere Handbook
MSF Medical Guidelines (Médecins Sans Frontières)
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre (LSHTM)

Online Courses:

Disease Outbreaks in Low- & Middle-Income Countries (LSHTM)
Health in Humanitarian Crises (LSHTM)

Dr Lois Fergusson

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Lois Fergusson (Dr Lois Morgan, MB BChir, MRCGP, DRCOG) qualified as a GP in 2013 having completed GP VTS in east London. From December 2013, she has worked for Medair, a Christian faith based international NGO carrying out humanitarian relief and recovery activities. This has taken her to South Sudan, Switzerland and Jordan and seen her do jobs from health manager to being in the global advisory team, covering at various times programming in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Sudan as well as, at times, holding staff health and training responsibilities. Currently on a deliberate break from employment, she's undertaking an MSc in public health at LSHTM.