The Importance of Humanitarian Aid Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Covid-19 Epidemic Cover Image

Covid-19 Salgınında İnsani Yardım Lojistiğinin ve Tedarik Zinciri Yönetiminin Önemi
The Importance of Humanitarian Aid Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Covid-19 Epidemic

Author(s): Gül Senir
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Ahmet Arif Eren
Keywords: Covid-19; Humanitarian Logistics; Supply Chain;

Summary/Abstract: Disasters, migration, epidemics such as Covid-19 and similar humanitarian crises across the world increase the need for aid activities. The devastating effect of disasters and global crises on people is increasing the importance of efforts to improve logistics activities before and after disasters day by day. Especially in recent years, with the importance of effective management of humanitarian logistics, the interest of national and international aid organizations on the subject has increased, while the number of academic studies has also increased rapidly. Considering the extent and impact of the damage caused by disasters both in the world and in our country, it is understood how important the work to be done in the field of humanitarian logistics and supply chain management. The aim of this study Covid-19 epidemic is to give information about the location of disaster classification and with the countries that sent aid in the process of Turkey’s Covid-19 outbreak together with a description of the importance of humanitarian logistics operations and supply chain management of epidemic disasters during the period.

  • Issue Year: 5/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 296-308
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Turkish