Dorien previously worked with the UN, Netherlands Government and NGO’s across Asia and Eastern Africa focusing on forced migration, protection, human rights and shelter, before returning to academia with a MSc in International Animal Health (Edin), writing a thesis on animal health in complex humanitarian emergencies. For her PhD in Veterinary Medicine she studies zoonoses – diseases transmitted between animals and humans – in displaced populations, with a focus on the Greater Horn of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
Dr Dorien Braam
Research Associate
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Lockdowns, Lives and Livelihoods: COVID-19, Public Health and Conflict Affected Populations (2021)
A novel remote qualitative research tool, Katikati, is used to engage with conflict-affected communities in Somalia on their experiences of a COVID-19 lockdown to help shape pandemic response.