Emergency Leadership & Health Security
Emergencies test the relationships between surveillance, clinical readiness, logistics, communication and leadership. Response systems need clear authority and practical coordination before a crisis escalates.
Scope of work
- Incident management and emergency coordination
- Emergency operations and surge planning
- Continuity of essential health services
- Risk communication and community engagement
- Preparedness, response review and institutional learning
Typical deliverables
- Preparedness and continuity plans
- Incident coordination frameworks
- After-action reviews and capability-development tools
Experience informing this practice
Somalia national COVID-19 incident management, March 2020–July 2022.
Working in fragile settings
Technical choices must fit available resources, institutional mandates and the realities of service delivery. I begin by identifying implementation constraints and decision rights, then agree a staged approach with the people responsible for delivery. Monitoring combines operational evidence with feedback from those who use and provide services.