Although COVID-19 guidance was quickly developed and disseminated in the initial phases of the crisis (from January to May 2020), updates or ongoing revision of the guidance has been limited. We analysed 131 guidance documents and conducted 80 interviews with humanitarian organisations, generating 61 published field experiences. We used the COVID-19 Humanitarian platform, a website established by three universities in March 2020, to solicit, collate and document these experiences and knowledge. We collected and analysed COVID-19 guidance documents, and conducted semi-structured interviews remotely with a variety of humanitarian organisations responding and adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. Primary data collected during the rapidly evolving pandemic sheds new light on evidence-use processes in humanitarian response. Our study aimed to understand the use of evidence-based guidance in humanitarian responses during COVID-19.
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of updating global guidance to context-specific and evolving needs in humanitarian settings. For humanitarian organisations to respond effectively to complex crises, they require access to up-to-date evidence-based guidance.
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