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WHO report on cancer: setting priorities, investing wisely and providing care for all

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C1

Ramped-up cancer services could save 7 million lives over the next decade—and addressing huge service gaps between rich and poor countries is key to success, according to this report. In 2019, over 90% of high-income countries reported that comprehensive cancer treatment services were available... more

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Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19

Gentilini U., M. Almenfi, I. Orton (2020) C2

This second edition of the “living paper” contributes to the global knowledge on how countries are responding to the pandemic by documenting real-time actions in a key area of response – that is, social protection measures planned or implemented by governments. For the purpose of this revie... more

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Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19

United Nations UN (2020) C2

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COVID-19 in Africa: Protecting Lives and Economies

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) (2020) C1

The ECA, says over 300,000 Africans could lose their lives due to COVID-19. This, as the pandemic continues to impact on the Continent’s struggling economies whose growth is expected to slow down from 3.2 percent to 1.8 percent in a best-case scenario, pushing close to 27 million people into extr... more

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Agua, saneamiento, higiene y gestión de desechos en relación con el virus de la COVID-19

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2020) CC

orientaciones provisionales, 23 de abril de 2020

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A UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19

United Nations (2020) C2

The “United Nations Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Shared responsibility, global solidarity and urgent action for people in need” calls for protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods to set in motion a safe recovery of societies and economies as soon as possibl... more

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South Africa Emergency Appeal for the Impact of Covid-19

UNCT South Africa (2020) C2

South Africa reported it fist case of COVID-19 on 5 March 2020. While the first cases were imported, local transmission has led to a rapid increase in the number of cases. As of 21 April 2020, more than 3,400 cases and 58 deaths had been confirmed. On 15 March, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a n... more

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Policy Brief: Impact of COVID-19 in Africa

UN; UNSDG (2020) C2

It is too early to know the full impact of COVID-19 on Africa. To date the experience has been varied. There are causes for concern, but also reasons for hope. Early estimates were pessimistic regarding the pandemic’s impact on the continent. But the relatively low numbers of COVID-19 cases report... more

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Flash Appeal for COVID-19 Mozambique, May - December 2020

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2020) CC

The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Mozambique on 22 March 2020. As of 26 May, Mozambique had 194 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 168 were locally transmitted. The country’s capital, Maputo, and the province of Cabo Delgado are currently the epicentres of the outbreak in Mozambique, w... more

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Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on countries affected by HIV, tuberculosis and malaria

Global fund (2020) CC

While many of the countries hit by the COVID-19 in the first few months of the year are now beginning to relax lockdown measures as infection and death rates fall, in the regions most affected by HIV, TB and malaria, such as Africa, South Asia and Latin America, the pandemic continues to accelerate.... more

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Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

Roberton, T.; et al. (2020) CC

The Lancet Global Health Published:May 12, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30229-1

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Yemen five years on: Children, conflict and COVID-19

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) CC

Millions of children in Yemen could be pushed to ‘the brink of starvation’ due to huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid funding amid the COVID-19 pandemic – according to a new UNICEF report marking more than five years since conflict escalated in the country.

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Guide pratique pour la gestion des fausses informations sur le vaccins

The Public Good Projects; UNICEF; First Draft, Yale Insitute for Global Health (2020) C_UNICEF

Orientations pour faire face à une infodémie mondiale et favoriser la demande de vaccination Décembre 2020 La désinformation menace le succès des programmes de vaccination dans le monde entier. Ce guide vise à aider les organisations à faire face à l'infodémie mondiale par l'élaboration ... more

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Cadre de valeurs du SAGE de l’OMS pour l’attribution des vaccins anti-COVID-19 et la détermination des groupes à vacciner en priorité, 14 septembre 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination is intended to offer guidance on the prioritization of groups for vaccination when vaccine supply is limited. It provides a values foundation for the objectives of COVID-19 vaccination programmes and links t... more

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Coming together for refugee education

UNHCR (2020) CC

Children in every country are struggling with the impact of COVID-19. An entire generation has had its education disrupted, from nurseries and pre-primaries to universities and apprenticeships

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State of the evidence 2021 - Modifications aiming to optimize acute malnutrition management in children under five

Action Against Hunger (2020) CC

This summary assesses the current state of evidence on each approach in tabular form, providing: the definition and objectives; evidence of effectiveness; operational considerations (e.g., training, staffing, and logistics); cost considerations and evidence on cost-effectiveness; operational success... more

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Utilization of patient navigation model in eliminating the speed bumps to quality healthcare delivery in Nigeria: A theoretical perspective

Onalu, C.; et al. (2020) CC

Journal of Social Work in Developing Societies 13 Vol. 2(1): 13-25 , June 2020

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A Turning Point for Planetary Health

Lurie M. Milken Institute (2020) C2

History has shown that governments tend to deprioritize environmental commitments during times of financial and public crises as they work to mitigate immediate needs—and the age of COVID-19 has been no different. Even though human interaction with wildlife is believed to be the cause of the pande... more

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Moving as One. Integrating the Health and Climate Agendas for Planetary Health in a Post-Pandemic World

IASS Potsdam (2020) C2

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, health is receiving unprecedented public and political attention. Yet the fact that climate change also presents us with a health crisis deserves further recognition. From more deaths due to heat stress to increased transmission of infectious diseases, ... more

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APCA Atlas of Palliative Care Africa

Rhee, J.Y.; et al. African Palliative Care Association (2020) C_WHO

The APCA Atlas provides the most up-to-date information of palliative care development in nearly all countries in Africa, using indicators derived, rated, and chosen by in-country African experts followed by a thorough Delphi consensus process with a panel of international experts on palliative care... more