Use of COVID-19 evidence in humanitarian settings: the need for dynamic guidance adapted to changing humanitarian crisis contexts

For humanitarian organisations to respond efectively to complex crises, they require access to up-todate evidence-based guidance. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of updating global guidance to context-specifc and evolving needs in humanitarian settings. Our study aimed to understand the use of evidencebased guidance in humanitarian responses during COVID-19. Primary data collected during the rapidly evolving pandemic sheds new light on evidence-use processes in humanitarian response.