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Enhancing collaboration during humanitarian response: an interim report from stakeholders survey
Shivani Parmar1, Ano Lobb, Susan Purdin
1Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. shivani.parmar.05@alum.dartmouth.org
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
|December 20, 2007
Summary
Improving humanitarian health responses requires better coordination. Addressing structural and professional barriers to collaboration may be more effective than forming new partnerships or consortia.
Area of Science:
- Humanitarian Health
- Disaster Response
- International Health
Background:
- Humanitarian response effectiveness is often limited by poor coordination among organizations.
- A multilateral Working Group identified the need to understand coordination challenges in humanitarian health responses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe experiences with coordination and collaboration in humanitarian health responses.
- To identify factors that promote or hinder coordination.
- To assess support for a new consortium focused on coordination.
Main Methods:
- Interim report of an ongoing survey.
- 30 key informants from 21 diverse agencies (NGOs, academic institutions, donors, CDC, WHO) participated.
- Structured interviews (25 minutes) were recorded and analyzed for major themes.
Main Results:
- Key themes include the influence of donors on coordination, the necessity of an evidence base, prevalent field-level coordination, and the need for new partnerships.
- No consensus was reached regarding the utility of a new consortium.
- Field-level coordination is frequently observed.
Conclusions:
- Enhancing coordination in humanitarian health responses may be more effectively achieved by addressing underlying structural and professional factors.
- While donors play a role, building an evidence base and fostering partnerships are crucial.
- The formation of a new consortium is not currently supported by consensus.
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