Shaping the future: Our strategy for research and innovation in humanitarian response.

A global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation..
Our purpose is clear: we work in partnership with a global community of humanitarian actors, researchers and innovators to improve the quality of humanitarian action and deliver better outcomes for people affected by crises.
We empower the humanitarian community. Find out how we can support you...

Co-creation of simulation based training through an agile approach to development enabling Just in Time (JIT) high impact training which is cultural and context specific and ensures a sustainable legacy, with the potential to transform the international humanitarian response.

What is the humanitarian need?

Three challenges raised in emergencies include:

  1. How to give local people the knowledge, confidence and competence to help themselves and support one another with less reliance on international support
  2. How to empower frontline health workers so they can keep safe and keep serve their communities?
  3. How to improve quality, speed, scale and coherence of local capacity building?

Examples include: Strengthening outbreak response from pandemics and anti-microbial resistance; improving effectiveness and efficiency of IPC training; improving quality assurance and making M&E occur in real time; and reducing dependence on English language and literacy.

What is the innovative solution?

The solution is innovative in its approach to development, its outcomes and its potential to build on more widely. This tool will

  • build on advances in simulation training
  • enable the use of voice-overs in local language
  • allow agile development facilitating co-creation with frontline teams
  • be intuitive in overcoming barriers of literacy and language
  • ensure the availability of human resources with the appropriate mix of competencies, including knowledge and skills in the event of an outbreak
  • improve compliance with International Health Regulations
  • and could be applied to other competencies

What are the expected outcomes?

  • Understanding of barriers to innovation in the crisis
  • Appreciation that there are alternatives to current focus on English based MOOCs with well defined, practical model for training in local language
  • Illustration of how analytics can be used to drive a virtuous circle of improvement at the level of the individual, institution and programme
  • Cost effectiveness compared to traditional training formats
  • Development proposal for pilot in an affected country with sites and partners identified

 

Latest Updates

LEARNING FROM FAILURE -AND GETTING A SECOND CHANCE

08 May 2017

MiiHealth explore what lessons could be learnt from previous Ebola outbreaks and whether potential solutions from outside the sector could be re-designed and incubated to support the response to the Ebola outbreak.

View
2017May

THE VALUE OF COMMUNICATING IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE

16 May 2017

MiiHealth talk about the value of communicating in a local language.

View

INNOVATING IN REAL TIME

31 May 2017

MiiHealth share some of the benefits of adopting an agile or 'lean' approach.

View

TEN REQUIREMENTS FOR RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING IN EMERGENCIES

26 Jun 2017

MiiHealth talk about the challenges of experts needing to be be physically present to provide health training especially in an outbreak such as Ebola and how digital infrastructure can help to overcome this.

View
Jun

PUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS IN THE POST-EBOLA WORLD – THE PRIORITIES

26 Jul 2017

MiiHealth feedback on a collaborative meeting that brought together experts from around the world to ‘examine how health systems and services can better meet a dual purpose...’.

View
Jul

THERE’S A SCIENCE TO HOW LEARNING HAPPENS – LET’S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!

12 Sept 2017

MiiHealth reflect on their ebuddi project which builds on insights from the learning sciences and seeks to provide a much more 'adaptive' approach to training so that it has the potential to be context sensitive and personalised.

View
Sept

FROM DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION TO A FULLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE

09 Nov 2017

MiiHealth discuss their simulation for health training, the opportunity to improve traditional practice, and how this builds on breakthroughs in immersive experiences and augmented reality

View
Nov

RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE OF OPERATING IN HIGH THREAT ENVIRONMENTS

07 Dec 2017

MiiHealth recognise the potential to use simulation training to counter the high threat environment posed by Explosive Hazard contamination

View
Dec

WHAT CAN HUMANITARIANS LEARN FROM SURGEONS AND AVIATORS?

19 Jan 2018

MiiHealth share some learnings that humanitarians can take from surgeons and aviators, and apply when training frontline workers

View
2018Jan

MAKING ONLINE TRAINING A SOCIAL EXPERIENCE

06 Feb 2018

MiiHealth are exploring the opportunity for promoting a more personal and social learning experience, and why this is relevant to the humanitarian sector

View
Feb

STEP INTO THE FUTURE

16 Feb 2018

MiiHealth are looking at how the humanitarian sector can continue to evolve and adapt in a fast-changing digital world.

View

FIVE WAYS IN WHICH DIGITAL IS TRANSFORMING TRAINING

20 Jun 2018

As their ESI project comes to an end, Miihealth share some of the successes, challenges, and opportunities to further their combinatorial approach; building on advances in pedagogy from vocational training, broadband and smart phone communications, simulated reality and gamification

View
Jun

ALLEVIATING SUFFERING AND PROMOTING HUMAN DIGNITY AT THE VERY END

05 Jul 2018

MiiHealth explore how the learnings from the simulation training approach used in their ‘ebuddi’ initiative can be built upon to ensure effective palliative care in humanitarian crises

View
Jul

Subscribe to our newsletters....

Subscribe
 
Elrha © 2018 - 2024 Elrha is a registered charity in England and Wales (1177110). KEEP IN TOUCH Want to stay up to date with our latest updates? Sign up to our newsletters
Elrha
Elrha Please upgrade your browser

You are seeing this because you are using a browser that is not supported. The Elrha website is built using modern technology and standards. We recommend upgrading your browser with one of the following to properly view our website:

Windows Mac

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of browsers. We also do not intend to recommend a particular manufacturer's browser over another's; only to suggest upgrading to a browser version that is compliant with current standards to give you the best and most secure browsing experience.