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COVID-19 Response to Refugees and Host Communities in Bangladesh

Act Alliance (2020) CC

ACT Alliance appeal: Global Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – ACT201 - Sub-Appeal - ACT 201-BGD -

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Housing at the forefront of the response to COVID-19: Discussion paper on policy options for Myanmar

UN-HABITAT (2020) C1

Urban poor communities including the homeless, residents of informal settlements, residents at risk of being evicted, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), undocumented persons, low-income renters, as well as homeowners are perhaps at greatest risk from both COVID-19 and the response interventions to... more

Policy Brief: COVID-19 & Poverty and Hunger

World Vision (2020) CC

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Mozambique Revised humanitarian response Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) May–December 2020

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2020) CC

Voices from Africa on Pastoral Care

Federschmidt, K.; et al. (2013) CC

Contributions in International Seminars 1988 -2008 Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling, no. 20

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Monitoring attendance during school closure and re-enrolment and attendance after school re-opening: A Guidance Note

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

This Guidance Note aims to provide an overview of entry points and means for monitoring the attendance and re-enrolment of students in the context of COVID-19 related school closures and re-openings. It is intended for UNICEF education staff, and education policy makers, planners and practitioners.

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Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019 Abridged for Primary Care Providers

American Diabetes Association (2018) CC

This is an abridged version of the 2019 Standards containing the evidence-based recommendations most pertinent to primary care. The tables and figures have been renum-bered from the original document to match this version. The complete 2019 Standards of Care do... more

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Under Siege - Impact of COVID-19 on Girls in Africa

ACPF, Plan International (2020) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and added yet another layer of vulnerability to an already dire web of vulnerabilities of girls in the African continent, which constitute about 49% of the total child population. Critically, gender equality and girls’ multidimensional vulnerability have been ... more

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Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan 2020 Mid Year Review

Govt. Ethiopia, OCHA (2020) CC

Ethiopia saw a six-fold increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases between June and August, with 5,689 cases by end June compared to 34,058 cases as of 19 August. Ethiopia also registered more than 13,000 recoveries and more than 600 deaths. As of the last week of August, Ethiopia was leading eastern Afri... more

2020 RMRP Appeal: Regional Migrants Response Plan for the Horn of Africa and Yemen 2018 – 2020

IOM (2020) C2

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners from 27 humanitarian and development organisations and governments are appealing for USD 84 million to provide life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of African migrants and host community members affected by COVID-19 in the Ho... more

Sexual Violence Against Men, Boys, and Transgender Women in the Syrian Conflict

Human Rights Watch HRW; HELEM (2020) C1

“They Treated Us in Monstrous Ways”. Since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011, men and boys and transgender women have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence by the Syrian government and non-state armed groups, including the extremist armed group Islamic State (also kno... more

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Impact of COVID-19 in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe Update #7 December 2020

World Food Program WFP (2020) C1

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Populations at risk: Implications of COVID-19 for hunger, migration and displacement, November 2020

International Organization for Migration IOM; World Food Programme WFP (2020) C1

The report – the first of its kind – shows how the pandemic has driven up food insecurity and increased vulnerability among migrants, families reliant on remittances and communities forced from their homes by conflict, violence and disasters. The two UN agencies warn the social and economic ... more

Engaging Communities during a Pandemic: Experiences of Community Engagement during the COVID-19 Response in Camps and Out-of-Camp Settings

Norwegian Refugee Council NRC (2020) C1

This report presents examples from different agencies on how they approached community engagement in their Covid-19 responses, the tools and methodologies used, as well as the challenges they encountered and how they attempted to overcome these. It discusses what community engagement means to the va... more

World Cities Report 2020 - The Value of Sustainable Urbanization: Key findings

UN-HABITAT (2020) C1

The World Cities Report 2020 shows that the intrinsic value of sustainable urbanization can and should be harnessed for the wellbeing of all. The Report provides evidence and policy analysis of the value of urbanization from an economic, social and environmental perspective, including the unquantifi... more

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Still Unprotected: Humanitarian Funding for Child protection

Protection Cluster Save the Children The Alliance for Child Protection; et al. (2020) C1

Children living in humanitarian crises face an increased risk of abuse. While the threats of harm are increasing, the established systems in place to protect them are breaking down. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, vulnerable families suffer multiple hardships. Schools are closed an... more

Treatment of newborn sepsis is threatened

ReAct Action on Antibiotic Resistance (2020) CC

Effective antibiotics are essential for childrens’ survival

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Covid-19 Pandemic: Impact of restriction measures in West Africa

World Food Program WFP (2020) CC

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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine VRBPAC Briefing Document

Pfizer; BioNTech (2020) C1

10 December 2020

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Major new lineages of SARS-CoV-2 emerge and spread in South Africa during lockdown

Tegally, H.; et al. (2020) CC

doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.28.20221143 This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.