According to the latest report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank — Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2017 Global Monitoring Report, half of the world population still lacks access to essential healthcare services. Therefore, humanitarians have worked hard to provide access to healthcare services and assistance to vulnerable populations.
The efficiency of humanitarian response following a disaster depends on how fast coordination structures are established, supply chains are enabled, and human and financial resources are mobilised.
Negotiating in disaster contexts becomes challenging because of the many parties involved. Often, survivors are turned into first responders until traditional humanitarian response mechanisms are set up. Then, when humanitarian actors step in, it’s necessary to negotiate and coordinate the response among the multiple actors.
In 2023, the CCHN launched its research on negotiating in the context of disasters. Since then, we have conducted a series of interviews to understand field practices, produced a report and developed a thematic session with the project to expand this topic in the future.