Stakeholder Group: Academia

🔊 Call for Abstracts – Workshop on Community Protection in Health Emergency Preparedness | Deadline 15 July 2025

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the WHO Health Emergencies Programme – Community Protection and Resilience Unit are inviting abstract submissions for a one-day international workshop titled:
📅 Community Protection as a Core Element of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Advancing Evidence-Based Operational Concepts and Practice
🗓️ Date: 15 October 2025
📍 Location: Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
📨 Abstract deadline: 15 July 2025 (max. 300 words)
📧 Submit to: ZIG2@rki.de

This interdisciplinary event will convene researchers, practitioners, and policy actors to critically explore and share insights on how community-centered approaches are operationalized in health emergencies. Contributions from those working closely with communities are especially encouraged.
🧠 Themes include:
• Governance, trust, and accountability in community engagement
• Community protection in fragile and humanitarian settings
• Operationalizing early detection and response through community systems
• Role of community health workers and evaluation of outcomes

💬 Selected presenters are expected to attend in person. A post-event publication in a global health journal is planned.

🌍 Travel support is available for up to 10 presenters from low- and middle-income countries.
This is a unique opportunity to shape evidence-informed practice in public health emergency response through collaborative and grounded exchange.