Documents

• (Research Report) Health-Related Information and COVID-19

  Information collection (or data collection) is vital during an epidemic, especially for purposes such as contact tracing and quarantine monitoring. However, it also poses challenges such as keeping up with the spread of the infectious disease, and the need to protect personally identifiable information. We explore some of the methods of information collection deployed in Sri Lanka and Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offer policy recommendations for future pandemics.

• (Presentation) Risk Communication in a Pandemic: Preliminary findings from the Asia Pacific

  Rohan Samarajiva and Ramathi Bandaranayake presented preliminary findings from our work on risk communication during COVID-19.

• Wearable Contact Tracing

  Key considerations and recommendations for public health officials in developing wearable contact tracing solutions during COVID-19

• Guidance on Making Policy Decisions in a Pandemic (Policy Brief)

  This policy brief details guidance on making decisions in a pandemic.

• Stewarding Situational Awareness Technology for Safety of People with Disabilities (Report)

  Disasters wreak havoc and destroy full-scale infrastructures, homes, schools, hospitals, communication systems, and disrupt access to food, clean water, electricity, and transportation. Individuals with disabilities are disproportionately affected in disaster, emergency, and conflict situations due to inaccessible evacuation, response (including shelters, camps, and food distribution), and recovery efforts (Robinson, 2020; Samant Raja et al., 2013; Stough & Kang, 2015; Wolbring, 2009).  The primary focus of this study was reviewing literature on PWD and DiDRR (Disability inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction) specifically involving Asian countries to find gaps in inclusive crisis communication Additionally, the study explored other relevant literature all of which is discussed in the literature review. Thereafter, the method involved synthesizing the findings to propose a conceptual architecture for ICT-enabled assistive technology in support PWDs facing crisis situations.  

• Voting in a pandemic

  This short note allows for easy comparison of the options available to policy makers considering the introduction of remote voting in the context of the current pandemic conditions. 

• Data in the time of COVID-19: what can be done in the global south?

  This tour d’horizon examines the possible of uses of data to help stop or slow the spread of COVID-19 directly.  It gives weight to what can be done in the short term.

• e-Resilience Survivability and Availability Exercise: the RASTER method (Presentation)

  Presented by Nuwan Waidyanatha at the Subregional workshop on implementation of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Pacific island countries. 20 November 2018, Nadi, Thailand

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Events

• LIRNEasia research presented at National Conference on COVID 19 in Sri Lanka
  LIRNEasia researchers presented work on distance education and risk communication at Sri Lanka's National Conference on COVID-19 in January 2021.
• (Presentation) Risk Communication in a Pandemic: Preliminary findings from the Asia Pacific
  Rohan Samarajiva and Ramathi Bandaranayake presented preliminary findings from our work on risk communication during COVID-19.
• LIRNEasia at the International Webinar Series: SDG Sensitive Risk Communication & Community Engagement (RCCE) Response to COVID-19
  Rohan Samarajiva and Ramathi Bandaranayake presented preliminary findings from our work on risk communication during COVID-19.
• Pacific Islands got a taste of the RASTER Method in support of E-Resilience
  ESCAP invited us to introduce the RASTER method to participants of the Subregional workshop on the implementation of the AP-IS and SDGs in Pacific Islands.
• APrIGF2018 – Securing continuity and availability of your IOT, beyond malicious hacking
  Cybersecurity of developing countries is most at risk!

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People

Nuwan Waidyanatha

Shazna Zuhyle

Blogs and Updates

• LIRNEasia’ multidisciplinary work on disruptive innovation
  Today, I delivered the keynote at the 9th International Conference on multidisciplinary approaches at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
• Learnings on disaster risk reduction in Sinhala
  මූලික වශයෙන් ආපදා අවදානම අවම කිරීමේ වගකීම භාර ගත යුතු වන්නේ රජයයි.
• (Research Report) Health-Related Information and COVID-19
  Information collection (or data collection) is vital during an epidemic, especially for purposes such as contact tracing and quarantine monitoring.
• LIRNEasia research presented at National Conference on COVID 19 in Sri Lanka
  LIRNEasia researchers presented work on distance education and risk communication at Sri Lanka's National Conference on COVID-19 in January 2021.
• (Presentation) Risk Communication in a Pandemic: Preliminary findings from the Asia Pacific
  Rohan Samarajiva and Ramathi Bandaranayake presented preliminary findings from our work on risk communication during COVID-19.
• LIRNEasia at the International Webinar Series: SDG Sensitive Risk Communication & Community Engagement (RCCE) Response to COVID-19
  Rohan Samarajiva and Ramathi Bandaranayake presented preliminary findings from our work on risk communication during COVID-19.
• Implications of using drones for surveillance in COVID-19 lockdown
  Chair Rohan Samarajiva was interviewed by Roar Media on the implications of using drones for identifying those violating curfew orders.
• Safety-II concepts succeed in Empowering People With Disabilities in Crises
  The impact of disaster on a disabled person’s health is significant, including the number of People With Disability (PWD) deaths, injuries, diseases, and psychosocial problems.
• Situational Awareness can Save People with Disabilities in Crises
  Abstract – The article presents the necessary elements of universal design for a situational awareness platform.
• Wearable Contact Tracing
  Key considerations and recommendations for public health officials in developing wearable contact tracing solutions during COVID-19
• Guidance on Making Policy Decisions in a Pandemic (Policy Brief)
  This policy brief details guidance on making decisions in a pandemic.
• Stewarding Situational Awareness Technology for Safety of People with Disabilities (Report)
  Disasters wreak havoc and destroy full-scale infrastructures, homes, schools, hospitals, communication systems, and disrupt access to food, clean water, electricity, and transportation.
• Is wearable technology the future of contact tracing?
  App-based contact tracing solutions have become popular during COVID-19.
• Trust is everything, or is it?
  Both high and low trust may have a role to play in effective pandemic response.
• Insights from our work on agriculture to inform current debates on post-COVID-19 economy
  Now is the right time to rethink food-supply chains.
• Viruses jump borders; should contact-tracing apps do so too?
  When teaching the “low politics” of international relations, I used to begin with infectious diseases and the need for the WHO.
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