COVID-19 response
Covid-19 & Community Resilience
This report presents the findings of a survey conducted in 25 countries in the final quarter of 2020 to assess the impact of Covid-19 on food security, WASH, health, education, income, indebtedness and the psychosocial conditions of households.
Covid-19 Research and Innovation Achievements
In March 2020, within a few weeks of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), a coordinated global research roadmap was published by WHO.
COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic
The world is still in the midst of a pandemic that has spread wider and faster than any in human history. The social and economic crisis precipitated by COVID-19 is affecting families, communities and nations across the globe.
Hindsight is 2020? Lessons in Global Health Governance One Year into the Pandemic
Fourteen months into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we identify key lessons in the global and national responses to the pandemic. The World Health Organization has played a pivotal technical, normative and coordinating role, but has been constrained by its lack of authority over sovereign member states.
Inequality Kills: The unparalleled action needed to combat unprecedented inequality in the wake of COVID-19
Here’s a hard truth that the pandemic brought home to us. Unequal access to incomes and opportunities does more than create unjust, unhealthy, and unhappy societies: it actually kills people.
Private Sector Engagement in the COVID‑19 response: Experiences and Lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo,Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda
Private entities play a major role in health globally. However, their contribution has not been fully optimized to strengthen delivery of public health services. The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems and precipitated coalitions between public and private sectors to address critical gaps in the response. We conducted a study to document the public and private sector partnerships and engagements to inform current and future responses to public health emergencies.
Use of SARS-Cov-2 Antigen-Detection Rapid Diagnostic Tests for COVID-19 Self-Testing
Timely and accurate diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is an essential part of a comprehensive COVID-19 response strategy. Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 supports both individual-level case finding and community-level actions to inform the overall public health response.