FECCA (Federation of Ethnic Communities'​ Councils of Australia)’s Post

Covid was a huge wake-up call that many lessons need to be drawn from. I did sit personally on many of these advisory committees and multicultural roundtables with all levels of officials from the Prime Minister to the Premier and Health departments. The issue was the attitude of communicating with culturally and linguistically diverse and First Nations communities rather than treating them and focusing on them as an integral part of Australia. The issue is deeper than the current healthcare system perceives it or is trying to deal with it. The evidence is the use of armed forces in Western Sydney during the lockdown, which btw no one apologised for yet! #covid19inquiry #multiculturalaustralia #diversityandinclusion

“Indeed, GDP has been criticized for not including the value of many of the resources owned by countries, and is biased against countries rich in natural resources. We agree with the authors about the need to move away from such one-size-fits-all approach to measuring national income.” You wonder why Africa is “poor” by western standards and yet rich in resources looted by the same in collaboration with kleptocrat African leaders. Make it make sense. #gdp #sdgs #lmic #globalaid #macroeconomics #africa

"In framing the pandemic as an exceptional crisis, there is a real risk of diminishing the importance of learning and the need for transformative change within the sector. Our analysis suggests that there is much to be learned – and further researched – from the response to COVID-19, which will be useful in responding to future public health emergencies, as well as other major crises." 📖 Our newly published evaluation synthesis report, "The humanitarian response to COVID-19: lessons for future pandemics and global crises," written by Emmeline Kerkvliet Susanna Morrison-Metois Katy Bobin Samir Hafiz is available in the following formats: 1️⃣ Full report 2️⃣ Executive summary 3️⃣ Key lessons for pandemics 4️⃣ Key lessons for global crises Dive into the learnings here: https://lnkd.in/dYZfT2t3 #withlearningcomeschange

The objective of the first session of this webinar series is to provide an overview of – and discuss – the Global Health and Peace Initiative, what it is and is not; and to illustrate what ‘Health and Peace programming’ can look like through the case of a WHO-IOM project implemented in Cameroon titled ‘Peace through health: Peacebuilding and violence reduction in communities in the far-north through inclusive health and social interventions’ (2021-2023), funded by the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF). https://lnkd.in/e34GJj_u

WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2024- Global Development for Palestine, which is a group of international experts in global humanitarian and development sectors, strongly condemns the new US-made pier in Gaza, as well as the USAID publicity campaign surrounding its opening. The group calls the pier a clear example of aid-washing, where a donor government, corporation, or philanthropic organization is complicit in producing the conditions which require humanitarian intervention and then attempts to get credit for providing assistance to alleviate the conditions the institution has themselves created. Aid-washing includes complicity in human rights violations. Aid-washing is similar to greenwashing, in which fossil fuel and other companies which produce high levels of greenhouse gas launch performative campaigns to gain publicity as being environmentally friendly and distract the public from the negative environmental impacts of their primary business operations.

👋 We are excited to introduce Osama H., our newest fellow who provides insights on navigating the intersection of the Humanitarian, Health, and Development sectors for the strengthening of health systems. 🤝 Osama highlights that limited involvement of development actors results in reluctance among humanitarian actors and donors to strengthen health systems capacity, resulting often in short-term interventions. 💪 To address this, the humanitarian health cluster must include foresight capacity and long-term strategic planning, collaborative assessments, and involvement of multiple stakeholders in early recovery efforts. 🌍 Let's work towards an integrated Humanitarian -Development and Health approach that not only is accountable to temporal needs, but also to collective future-oriented goals. #humanitarianaid #development #healthsystems #foresight #peace 👉 https://shorturl.at/wBEQ9

The Global Health Forum in Geneva next week will highlight the links between human health and the environment.

As Africa CDC navigates the complex landscape of public health, investing in meaningful youth engagement emerges as a cornerstone strategy. By providing platforms, mentorship, and a voice in shaping policies, Africa CDC is not only preparing the next generation of health leaders but also ensuring a comprehensive and sustainable approach to health challenges in Africa. Through these initiatives, the continent is poised to witness a paradigm shift in health outcomes, driven by the energy, innovation, and commitment of its youth. #AfricaCDCis7 Africa CDC Chrys Promesse KANIKI (MD, PhDc) Jean Kaseya African Union Bingwa Initiative Link https://lnkd.in/ddbY2fCG

Growing health, humanitarian & development crises. Stagnant/decreasing global health budgets. The politicization of public health. How will we navigate this new frontier? Join fellow global health stakeholders at #GHLS2024 to determine a path forward. https://bit.ly/GHLS2024

How do street-level bureaucrats (SLBs), such as frontline emergency response teams, navigate the implementation of national mandates while addressing local realities? What role does administrative discretion play at the intersection of formal and informal practices? And what might deliberative policy analysis offer in theoretically and empirically investigating this complex phenomenon? In this paper, I explore the challenges faced by frontline health workers—specifically Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams in the Philippines—in implementing COVID-19 community quarantine policies. Using storytelling methods, I examine the context-specific and deliberative practices employed by these workers to reconcile national policy goals with local realities. The study underscores the value pluralism of frontline workers in policy implementation, the non-linear nature of policymaking in times of crisis, and how the entangled relationalities of street-level bureaucrats workers enabled them to act as deliberative practitioners during such times. --- Thank you, CMU-SPP, and UP Tacloban https://lnkd.in/gE7DUi4f