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Meet urgent needs with the next stage in view.
An emergency response must be timely and appropriate to the situation. At the same time, choices about infrastructure, procurement, local partnerships and service arrangements can influence what remains after the emergency phase.
Where the context permits, response planning should consider how temporary support connects to existing systems and how communities will maintain access when the delivery arrangement changes.
Understand the connections between sectors.
Health services depend on water, energy and functioning supply arrangements. Nutrition depends on food, care and the ability of households to sustain a livelihood. Disruption in one area can weaken progress in another.
A connected programme approach looks for these dependencies and agrees practical coordination across the relevant partners.
Plan continuity honestly.
Continuity depends on resources, local capability, institutional responsibilities and the operating context. A realistic plan identifies the arrangements needed to keep services accessible and the risks that could interrupt them.
Those conditions should inform the design from the beginning and be revisited as the operating context changes.