Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates, Ruler of Dubai
DIHAD
13 – 15 March 2023

Dubai World Trade Centre

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DIHAD 2022

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HH Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum inaugurates the Dubai Relief and Development Exhibition and Conference "DIHAD" with the participation of 84 countries
HH Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum inaugurates the 18th edition of DIHAD
France to introduce its latest solutions at development aid event 'DIHAD'
DIHAD launches 4 humanitarian initiatives from the UAE to the world
DIHAD launches 4 innovative initiatives in humanitarianism & healthcare
HH Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed attends DIHAD Conference and Exhibition in Dubai
HH Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed attends part of the activities of the third day of the “DIHAD” exhibition and conference
DIHAD Conference and Exhibition all set to commence next week with more than 6,000 participants from 84 countries
Dubai: DIHAD Aid Conference and Show returns on March 14
DIHAD Conference and Exhibition to start subsequent week that includes over 6,000 contributors
Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference to take place in March
Setting the stage for enhanced global cooperation in Aid - DIHAD 2022
Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference to take place in March
Arabic
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84 دولة و600 منظمة في «ديهاد» - TV Coverage
"افتتحه حشر بن مكتوم.. والمعرض يؤكد محورية دبي في دعم جهود الإغاثة دولياً 84 دولة و600 منظمة في «ديهاد»"
تفاهم بين وطني الإمارات ومؤسسة ديهاد للأعمال الإنسانية المستدامة
معرض ومؤتمر دبي الدولي للإغاثة والتطوير "ديهاد" ينطلق في دبي بمشاركة ممثلي 84 دولة
أخبار الإمارات | “ديهاد” تطلق 4 مبادرات إنسانية من الإمارات إلى العالم
«ديهاد» تطلق 4 مبادرات إنسانية من الإمارات إلى العالم
4 مبادرات إنسانية جديدة.. من الإمارات إلى العالم
إطلاق 4 مبادرات إنسانية من الإمارات إلى العالم ضمن «ديهاد»
أخبار الإمارات | لطيفة بنت محمد تشهد جانبا من فعاليات اليوم الثالث لمعرض ومؤتمر “ديهاد”
لطيفة بنت محمد تشهد جانباً من فعاليات اليوم الثالث لـ«ديهاد»
لطيفة بنت محمد تشهد جانباً من فعاليات معرض ومؤتمر «ديهاد»
لطيفة بنت محمد تشهد جانباً من فعاليات اليوم الثالث لمعرض ومؤتمر "ديهاد"
لطيفة بنت محمد تشهد جانباً من فعاليات معرض ومؤتمر «ديهاد» …
لطيفة بنت محمد تشهد جانباً من فعاليات اليوم الثالث لمعرض ومؤتمر “ديهاد”
تحت رعاية محمد بن راشد .. معرض ومؤتمر "ديهاد" ينطلق الأسبوع المقبل في دبي بمشاركة 600 منظمة اقليمية ودولية
معرض ومؤتمر "ديهاد" ينطلق الأسبوع المقبل في دبي بمشاركة 600 منظمة اقليمية ودولية
«ديهاد» ينطلق الأسبوع المقبل في دبي بمشاركة 600 منظمة إقليمية ودولية
«ديهاد» ينطلق الاثنين المقبل في دبي
«ديهاد» ينطلق 14 مارس بشعار «الهدف 17 للتنمية المستدامة: عقد الشراكات لتحقيق الأهداف»
"ديهاد" ينطلق 14 مارس تحت شعار "الهدف 17 للتنمية المستدامة: عقد الشراكات لتحقيق الأهداف"

DIHAD Over the Years

"DUBAI - The first Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Redevelopment Conference and Exhibition"

2004

DIHAD 2004 Termed Successful Meeting Of Minds

2004

As the only event of its kind in the Middle East, DIHAD 2004 brought together over 170 exhibitors and 20 internationally renowned speakers

2005

Dubai hosts International Humanitarian Aid Conference Fair in April 2005

2005

Dubai: The image of humanitarian assistance needs to be de-Westernised in order for humanitarian efforts to be successful

2006

Dubai: DIHAD 2006: DCCI receives Polish Commercial Delegation

2006

3-day DIHAD opens 1 April 2007

2007

Humanitarian event to focus of Challenges of the Future

2007

HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum opens DIHAD 2008

2008

DIHAD 2008: More than 450 companies, UN aid agencies and non-governmental Charity organisations featured their products and services

2008

Qatar Charity participates in sixth Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference & Exhibition DIHAD - 2009

2009

DIHAD 2009 Conference and Exhibition concluded

2009

International Humanitarian City Reiterates Support For DIHAD 2010

2010

DIHAD 2010 concluded its 7th Edition

2010

UNOSAT leads discussions on satellite technology at DIHAD 2011 Conference

2011

DIHAD winds up with six-point declaration

2011

DIHAD 2012 - Youth: the most strategic actors in the Mediterranean region – Hon. Rhozali, Moroccan PAM parliamentarian

2012

IOM Director General Addresses Dubai Humanitarian Forum

2012

Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference & Exhibition - DIHAD 2013

2013

"Building effective and sustainable partnerships”: Keynote Address of António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

2013

IHC participation at DIHAD 2014 concludes in Dubai World Trade Centre

2014

This year at DIHAD2014: Women and Aid

2014

IHC signs three partnerships at DIHAD 2015

2015

Al Gurg Charity Foundation participates in DIHAD 2015

2015

DIHAD 2016 Concluded its 13th Edition Today

2016

IEC Telecom presents its humanitarian missions’ satellite solutions, services and products at DIHAD 2016 Exhibition

2016

DIHAD 2017 concludes a successful 14th edition

2017

DIHAD 2017: "Children represent 51% of the world's refugee population"

2017

DIHAD offers ray of hope to Syrian children at ‘Mrajeeb Al Fhood’ Refugee Camp in Jordan

2018

"A ray of hope for Syrian children DIHAD distributes 2,400 school bags and educational supplies to refugee children at Mrajeeb Al Fhood Camp in Jordan"

2018

Dihad: Addressing issues of 'people on the move'

2019

The region's biggest humanitarian event DIHAD begins in Dubai tomorrow

2019

700m people could be displaced by 2050, say experts at DIHAD 2019

2019

16th edition of DIHAD Conference & Exhibition Concludes in Dubai Today

2019

700 million people could be displaced by 2050, say experts at DIHAD 2019

2019

Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Inaugurates DIHAD Conference and Exhibition in Dubai

2019

Dubai humanitarian conference to discuss plight of refugees

2019

‘By 2050 nearly 700m people could be displaced’

2019

"17th edition of DIHAD with focus on Africa opens in Dubai "

2021

"Sheikh Mohamed gets award for humanitarian aid efforts "

2021

"Mohamed bin Zayed awarded 'The 2021 DIHAD International Personality Award for Humanitarian Relief' "

2021

"Her Excellency Hessa Bint Essa Buhumaid officially inaugurates the 17th edition of DIHAD "

2021

"International Humanitarian Hackathon's finalists present final pitch on second day of ‘DIHAD’ "

2021

"Mansoor bin Mohammed tours DIHAD 2021 "

2021

"Ambassador of the French Republic to the UAE visits DIHAD conference and exhibition in Dubai today Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian & Charity Establishment Donates 1 Million Dirhams towards Tuition Fees"

2021

"DIHAD Sustainable Humanitarian Foundation signs cooperation with International Humanitarian City "

2021

"DIHAD Sustainable Humanitarian Foundation signs cooperation with International Humanitarian City "

2021

تعاون بين "ديهاد" والمدينة العالمية للخدمات الإنسانية

2021

تعاون بين "ديهاد" والمدينة العالمية للخدمات الإنسانية

2021

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Shortage of ‘Human Resources for Health’ in Developing Countries

Supported by Noor Dubai

Subtitle:

The shortage of health workers in developing countries may undermine the attainment of the Sustainable development goals, universal health coverage and undermine control of epidemics/pandemics. So how do we improve the number and quality of health workers in developing countries?

Context:

The World Health Organization in its 2006 World Health Report reported that over 4 million more health workers are needed globally to prevent crisis in the health sector. Out of which Africa alone needs 1.5 million workers. Thus 36 of the 57 countries in the continent have critical shortages of human resources for health.

Globally all countries are challenged by worker shortage, skill mix imbalance, maldistribution, negative work environment, and weak knowledge base. However, it is worse in the poorest countries mostly of Africa and Asia where the workforce is under assault by HIV/AIDS, epidemics, out-migration, poor working environment, demotivation, undertraining and inadequate investment.

The critical shortage of health workers in developing world especially Africa is a major impediment to achievement of health/developmental goals, and could hinder the ability to control epidemics and pandemic outbreaks. In many developing countries this shortage not only affects provision of life saving interventions like childhood immunization, maternal services and prevention/treatment of the major infectious diseases –HIV, Malaria and Tuberculosis; but also hampers response to serious epidemics and pandemics like Ebola, Hemorrhagic fevers, Yellow fever and Covid-19. In addition to this the increasing aging population and change of life style in these developing countries results in rising burden of chronic diseases and non-communicable diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cancers etc needing more well trained health personnel’s and facilities.

This shortage is made worse within these countries by a vicious cycle of outbreaks of epidemics that further deplete the workforce and emigration of health workers to other parts of the world. The gross mal-distribution of the workers where by majority of health workers are in the urban areas but most of the population lives in rural areas in these countries, aggravates the situation. Furthermore the opportunities for continuous medical education and self-development is generally limited.

Thus, this human resource for health crisis in the developing countries especially Africa is not only about the quantity of the health workers and their distribution but also their quality. Due to weak educational systems and training facilities, occasioned by poor investment, health workers in many of these countries are not only inadequately trained but also lack the continuous medical education to handle emerging life threatening emergencies and chronic health conditions.

The crisis is partly caused by underfunding from governments due to competing developmental demands with very weak economies. This results in fewer ill-equipped training institutions, undertraining, under-recruitment, lack of facilities, demotivation, brain drain etc. The pull of higher salaries in industrialized countries and the push of poor working conditions at home along with political and social strife drive thousands of health workers to jobs abroad each year. This ever increasing brain drain from these poor weak countries to richer nations of the West and Middle East compound an already bad situation.

Challenge statement:

The SDG goal 3 (Ensuring health living and promoting wellbeing for all for all ages), the universal health coverage and ability to withstand epidemics and pandemics like Covid-19 cannot be achieved in many countries if the human resources for health crisis in these countries is not tackled.

So how can we address this gross shortage of health workers in developing countries especially Africa in terms of not only the number of the health workers, but their distribution and their expertise (knowledge and skills?). What innovative and technological approach can be applied to address this big challenge?

The digital literacy divide between e-learners: how to narrow the gaps?

Supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Title: The digital literacy divide between e-learners: how to narrow the gaps?

Concept: In a world that everyone is using the digital sphere to communicate and learn, there is still a gap between the e-learners as some have high digital literacy while many still have more limited literacy.

MSF’s e-Learning team (TEMO) aims at reaching 95% of the organization’s staff and not only 25% with high digital literacy, access to computers, access to internet, etc.

Challenge: In this scenario and in order for all staff to have access to distance learning and eLearning Solutions like Tembo can offer, what are proposals and ideas to promote digital literacy for the e-learners to narrow the gaps?

Overcoming Challenges to the Inclusion of Beneficiaries with Disabilities in Emergencies

Supported by International Humanitarian City

Keywords: Emergency Preparedness & Response; Disabilities

Introduction:
IHC for the 2020 Humanitarian Hackathon decided to focus the attention on a group of vulnerable populations affected by Disabilities. The purpose of this challenge is to stimulate people to think outside the box and come up with possible innovative tools that the humanitarian community can offer to people exposed to emergencies and having different kinds of disabilities. In particular, mobility and communication/ability to attract attention are two crucial factors when it comes to the immediate aftermath of a disaster as well as the short and long-term living situation the affected disabled population may find themselves in. The purpose is to integrate and enrich the humanitarian prepositioned stocks with appropriated equipment and aid and therefore strengthen the emergency preparedness and have tools ready for their use in the response phase. The aim is to involve the Humanitarian Hackathon 2020 participants and transform their ideas in humanitarian aid for the benefit of the disabled. Looking at the list of the humanitarian relief items stocked within various humanitarian hubs it appears that no specific items are kept in stock specifically to support the differently-abled living in areas affected by disasters.

Scenarios:
The most frequent emergency scenarios are due to natural disasters such as floods, Tsunamis, Earthquake, cyclones, volcano eruptions, fire-forest etc…in addition to conflict areas. Hackathon participants are invited to think about the disabled population in those scenarios, and particularly, how the disabled can attract rescue teams or humanitarian workers providing assistance. Options for innovative solutions may focus on preventive measures, especially for the populations most exposed to risks and living in prone and hazard areas and subject to frequent natural disasters. Other innovative solutions may focus more on the immediate response following disasters when the affected population is forced to vacate their accommodation, which is appropriately equipped for their disability and moved into newer and less familiar areas. How can we help them?

Below are some tips for the various potential disabilities.

Suggestions:

  • Overall, items that could be useful to most disability categories could be:
  • A Tools to attract attention (which can be distributed to all vulnerable people affected)
  • A disability-friendly app
  • Stool bags compatible with a foldable wheelchair toilet seat
  • Clear masks for lip-reading for the rescue teams
Improving Small Farmers Access to Knowledge About Crop Production Techniques through E-Agriculture

Supported by International Humanitarian City

In several humanitarian response areas, are blessed with diverse climatic conditions for almost all crops (cereal, fruit and vegetable crops), besides ample opportunity to grow high value vegetables as off season in certain zones and pristine climatic niches as well production of certain fruits and vegetables seedling in low, high and walk in tunnels.

Moreover, there is also immense scope of growing short duration vegetable in three successive seasons i.e. summer, winter and autumn such as tomato, broccoli and potato. The small farmers in general are neither aware of the opportunities of effective utilization of their physical , financial and human resources nor know the ways and means to utilize their available resources. Thus they follow the hit and trial rules to grow crops which often incur heavy losses to them.

DISTANCE LEARNING CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN A POST COVID-19 WORLD

Supported by Dubai Cares

COVID-19 exacerbated pre-existing gaps in Developing Countries, which were already strained, underserved and faced significant tech capacity limitations, causing serious learning disruptions.

Context

The world has been brought to a standstill by the impact of COVID-19. Airports, restaurants, movie theaters and other elements of the social environment have been disrupted by this virus’ contagion. While watching movies and dining in public are not essential to our lives, work and education are.

Education systems and learning have been heavily disrupted by COVID-19. At its apex, school closures reached over 180 countries. Currently, according to the UNESCO Education Impact Tracker, there are still 34 country wide school closures and over half a billion affected child learners. “The medium and long-term implications of the learning crisis [has] forced 1.6 billion learners worldwide out of the classroom” (UNESCO). This is especially true for education in developing countries, which were already facing poor economic conditions while also coping with low literacy, numeracy, enrollment and proficiency.

In July, UNESCO estimated “that about 24 million learners, from pre-primary to university level, are at risk of not returning to school in 2020 following the education disruption due to COVID-19. Almost half of them are found in South and West Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. University students are affected the most, due to the costs related to their studies. Pre-primary education is the second most affected while at primary and secondary level 10.9 million students are at risk, 5.2 million of whom are girls.”

As closures forced students and parents home, the need for connectivity and hardware arose. “Today half of the world’s population (3.6 billion people) still lack an internet connection.” Many countries with low economic development and lack of connectivity, adapted via national broadcasts over TV and Radio, “yet the benefits of internet-based solutions vis-à-vis radio and TV solutions are considerable: connected digital technologies allow for the possibility of two-way communication, real-time interaction, gamified learning, and much more. Investments poured into efforts to make digital tools the principal hubs of learning, rather than brick-and-mortar school sand classrooms” (UNESCO).

“According to UN estimates, nearly 500 million students from pre-primary to upper secondary school did not have any access to any remote learning. Three quarters of these students lived in the poorest households or rural areas. More nuanced data showed finer disparities that traced and functioned to accentuate existing social, economic, gender and geographic fault lines. Analysis from Brookings shows that at the height of school closures, around 90 percent of high-income countries were providing some form of online remote learning, but only 25 per cent of low-income countries were doing the same” (UNESCO).

 

One of the flagship innovations responding to this at a global level is GIGA, an initiative launched by UNICEF and ITU in September 2019 to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity and choice. GIGA is supporting the immediate response to COVID-19, as well as looking at how connectivity can create stronger infrastructures of hope and opportunity in the “time after COVID.” The main objective of GIGA is to connect 2 million schools and 500 million children by 2025 and 5 million schools and 1 billion children by 2030, via funding of local infrastructure entrepreneurs and open source digital public goods.

Lastly, the long term effects of diminished education is worth considering, as “the World Bank has projected the financial cost of this learning loss to be as high as USD $10 trillion or 10% of global gross domestic product” (UNESCO). The human and economic impact of stunted education will ripple through the next decade as less educated students, workers and citizens will enter a world that is simultaneously regressing (climate change) and rapidly evolving (technology). Those that are already economically disadvantaged are at greater risk of getting left behind even more.

Challenge Statement:

As discussed above, distance learning is not always feasible due to low prevalence of connectivity and hardware in developing nations and economies, where the population is less able to purchase cell phones and laptops, while the public and private sectors are less likely to build connectivity infrastructure such as cell towers and Wi-Fi access points.

  • How can distance learning solutions be delivered to low income / remote / rural areas with low hardware saturation and lack of internet access so as not to exclude them from education services and systems they were already underserved by?
  • Think of innovative*, feasible and scalable solutions for learning disruption in developing countries

Things to keep in mind for solution design and review criteria:

  • Developing contexts often have limited access to transportation, clean water and sanitation
  • *Innovation does not necessarily mean very high tech and revolutionary. Sometimes the most innovative thing is using or reformulating something basic and abundant in a new and low cost way
  • Reflect on the sustainability of the design, as many solutions end up collecting dust after initial investment and intervention
  • Think through the replicability and scalability of the solution for global reach in similar environments
  • Contemplate potential cross-sectorial collaboration (telecom, government, and academia)
  • Consider the operational part of it: how is it going to work, under what umbrella, with what organizational or collaborative structure
  • Deliberate on the Who and How of funding your solution
Water Scarcity and Accessibility to Clean Water

Supported by UAE Water Aid

The UAE Water Aid Foundation, Suqia, under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, works diligently to provide clean and safe drinking water to communities in dire need and that lack basic access to water. Thus, Suqia contributes directly to Goal 6, Clean Water & Sanitation, of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It also has important contributions to goals 1 (no poverty), 3 (good health and well-being), 4 (quality education), 5 (gender equality) and 17 (partnerships for the goals).

Access to clean and safe water remains one of the most critical challenges faced by many around the world. While governments and societies work together to provide solutions to communities in need, the number of those who lack access to basic drinking water services continues to increase till date. According to recent statistics, the figure has reached a staggering 785 million in 2019. In many communities, people spend up to 6 hours each day collecting water. Not only does walking long distances while carrying 20 liters of water cause severe health issues, but it also keeps children out of school and wastes time that families could be using to earn an income.

Utilizing various solutions including artesian wells, water purification stations, water filters, water distribution networks and others, we were able to provide clean drinking water for more than 13 million people in 36 countries around the world.

The main challenge is in providing communities that need it the most. Often these communities are in remote locations difficult to get to and may be overseen in search of the places that require access to clean drinking water.

Although, the water infrastructure is not available, tele-communication networks are often available.

How can we utilize the tele-communication networks or mobile applications to support our goal of reaching out to communities in need? We are looking for a solution that would be easy to use where individuals can pin-point locations globally that face water shortage and lack easy access to clean drinking water. The solution would ideally identify the type of need in the area, the water quality, the approximate number of people living in the area, etc ..