Reflecting on the recent report from the High-Level Panel on Closing the Crisis Protection Gap, our policy experts Lorna Wightman and Myriam Castaneda Solares share key takeaways and the way forward.

The Reimagining Scaling report explores how scaling can be redefined for locally-led humanitarian innovations across five countries—Guatemala, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, and Cameroon.

We are commissioning an independent evaluation of the Zimbabwe Start Ready programme, to commence from March 2025 and be completed by August 2025.

Disease outbreak

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