• Outbreak READY 2!: Thisland in Crisis simulation now available in French!

    Strengthen your outbreak readiness skills and knowledge! Designed for national and international NGO health staff responding to infectious disease outbreaks, READY’s “serious games” illuminate the complex nature of a humanitarian outbreak response. Our second simulation, Outbreak READY 2!: Thisland in Crisis, is now available in English and French.

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  • NEW COURSES on the READY Learning Hub

    We have just added five new courses on outbreaks in humanitarian settings.

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  • RCCE Readiness Kit

    Are you or your teams looking for preparedness and response messaging related to Ebola or Cholera? The Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Readiness Kit’s “Messaging Guide: Prevention and Response to Epidemics and Pandemics” includes messages relevant to several diseases including Ebola and Cholera. The Kit includes key readiness tools that can be adapted for any type of outbreak.

    Go to the RCCE Readiness KitGo to the Messaging Guide
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What is READY?

The READY initiative is strengthening the capacity of non-governmental organizations to respond to major infectious disease outbreaks.

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Link to: Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Outbreak Readiness Training for Major Disease Outbreak Response

RCCE Outbreak Readiness Training in Ethiopia

READY is reviewing applications for this Risk Communication and Community Engagement training in Ethiopia.

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Link to: Integrated Response Framework for Isolation and Quarantine as Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Against COVID-19

New courses on the READY Outbreak Readiness and Response Learning Hub

Hosted on Kaya, the READY Learning Hub provides a variety of courses, digital simulations, and resources for humanitarian actors to strengthen their individual and organizational readiness and response to major disease outbreaks.

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Link to: Webinars

OUTBREAK READY! AWARD-WINNING DIGITAL SIMULATIONS

Strengthen your outbreak readiness skills and knowledge! Designed for national and international NGOs responding to humanitarian emergencies, this serious game illuminates the complex nature of a humanitarian outbreak response. Available in English, French, and Spanish.

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READY Highlights

READY Outbreak Readiness and Response Learning Hub

Are you ready to respond to the next big outbreak? The READY Learning Hub provides a variety of courses, digital simulations, and resources for humanitarian actors to strengthen their readiness and response to major disease outbreaks.

Link to: Resource Library

Searchable Resource Library

READY maintains and updates this library of multi-sectoral resources for outbreak readiness and response in humanitarian settings. The library is searchable by disease, geography, technical sector, language, and more.

Timely & Topical Collections: Ebola | Cholera

New from READY: Key READY Resources—a summary of the courses, collections, simulations, and guidance produced by the READY initiative, available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish

READY Updates

READY’s email list has been discontinued as of February 2025.