Emergency Response to Outbreaks

Living Goods is committed to proactive, community-centered emergency response efforts. Drawing on our experience from the COVID-19 pandemic, we support government initiatives to ensure safe, uninterrupted health services during outbreaks such as Ebola and M-Pox.

We enhance local health system resilience by equipping and training community health workers (CHWs) in disease prevention, symptom identification, and safe service delivery. Our approach includes rapid distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE), targeted training, frequent health alerts, and educational outreach. This ensures that communities remain informed and protected, even in high-risk situations.

Our Response & Impact

Health emergencies beyond COVID-19, Mpox, and Ebola include a variety of crises, such as outbreaks of diseases like cholera, malaria, dengue fever, and the Zika virus. These emergencies often stem from issues like poor sanitation, unsafe water sources, climate change, rapid urbanization, and inadequate healthcare infrastructure.

Natural disasters, such as floods and earthquakes, can worsen the spread of communicable diseases by disrupting sanitation systems and displacing populations into overcrowded shelters. Managing these emergencies requires a combination of preventive measures, early disease detection, community health education, and robust health system preparedness.

Living Goods plays a key role in supporting coordination among governments, healthcare providers, and funders to contain outbreaks and mitigate their impact on public health.

Covid-19 Response

Ebola Response

MPox Update

Director, Program Strategy & Excellence Edward Zzimbe on How Living Goods Adapted to the Covid Pandemic

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