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Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19 GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN COVID-19 UNITED NATIONS COORDINATED APPEAL APRIL – DECEMBER 2020 GHRP JULY UPDATE GLOBAL HRP FOR COVID-19: JULY UPDATE 2 Contents 03 Foreword 04 At a glance Financial requirements Key achievements 12 Introduction 13 Objectives, scope and countries included 1.1 Objectives of the July update of the GHRP 1.2 Scope of the third GHRP update 1.3 Countries included in the July update of the GHRP 1.4 Forward-looking risk analysis approaches 22 Humanitarian situation and needs analysis 2.1 Evolution on the public health impact of COVID-19 2.2 Evolution on the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 2.3 Most affected population groups 65 Progress of the response against the strategic priorities and specific objectives 3.1 Progress on Strategic Priority 1 3.2 Progress on Strategic Priority 2 3.3 Progress on Strategic Priority 3 3.4 Adherence to the guiding principles and key considerations for the response 95 Financial requirements and funding status 4.1 Overview of global appeals for COVID-19 4.2 Financial requirements at country level 4.3 Funding required for the GHRP 4.4 Funding received against the GHRP requirements and impact of gaps 4.5 Funding flows and partnership Annexes I Country and regional plans: situation and needs, response planning and requirements II Summary of reponse progress by specific objectives and by agency This publication was produced by the United Nations UNICEF closely works with the Government and its The designations employed and the presentation Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs partners to step up the response and prevent further of material in this publication do not imply the (OCHA) in collaboration with humanitarian partners proliferation of the COVID-19 virus in the country, expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of across the world. OCHA thanks all organizations, already facing the consequences of multiple crisis the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the partners and donors that contributed to the Global including malnutrition, conflicts and natural disasters. legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19 and that UNICEF/Juan Haro its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its regularly report to the Financial Tracking Service frontiers or boundaries. For additional information, please contact: (FTS). Last update: 16 July 2020. Assessment, Planning and Monitoring Branch, OCHA, Front cover [email protected] Niger reported its first case of Covid-19 on March 19. Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Two months later, as of May 19th, the country has Editing and Graphic Design recorded 909 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease OCHA (COVID-19) and 55 reported deaths. Out of them, 714 people already recovered and 140 are currently under treatment. GLOBAL HRP FOR COVID-19: JULY UPDATE 3 Foreword by the Emergency Relief Coordinator The pandemic and associated global recession We know it can be done: after the financial crisis are about to wreak havoc in fragile and low- of 2008-2009, fundraising for UN-coordinated income countries. humanitarian appeals increased by more than 40 Unless we act now, we should be prepared for a series per cent the following year. This was an expression of human tragedies more brutal and destructive than any of solidarity but also of national interest. It makes direct health impacts of the virus. economic sense to act early and generously, not wait until we hit rock bottom. The response of wealthy nations – who have thrown out the rulebook to protect their people and economies The unprecedented fiscal stimulus packages and social – has been grossly inadequate. This inaction is protection schemes enacted in the OECD economies are dangerously short-sighted. not an option for most developing countries. They just don’t have the resources; they need our support. It will leave the virus free to circle round the globe, undo decades of development and create a generation’s worth The COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan is of tragic and exportable problems. part of the solution. For $10.3 billion, it will support 63 vulnerable countries and cover the global transport system necessary to deliver the relief. This update “Without action, we’ll see the rst includes a supplementary $300 million, beyond their increase in global poverty since country-level requirements, to bolster rapid response from NGOs, a new famine prevention envelope of $500 1990 and 270 million people facing million, and a sharper focus on preventing gender- starvation by the end of the year. ” based violence. I also want to call for support for other complementary Recent estimates suggest up to 6,000 children could die initiatives to protect the most vulnerable people. These every day from preventable causes as a result of direct initiatives include the Red Cross and Red Crescent and indirect impacts of COVID-19. appeals, the Global Fund’s programme to safeguard a decade of work to combat malaria, tuberculosis and HIV, Diverted health resources could mean the annual death and the Vaccine Alliance’s (Gavi) work to keep future toll from HIV, tuberculosis and malaria doubling. School generations free from measles, polio and other vaccine- closures will undermine productivity, reduce lifetime preventable diseases. earnings, and widen inequalities. UN Women’s Gender in Humanitarian Action programme Economic downturn, rising unemployment and reduced is also crucial. With proper funding, it will support school attendance increase the likelihood of civil war, women and girls in 14 priority countries and increase which drives famine and mass displacement. women’s leadership to protect those most at risk. It doesn’t have to be like this. It can be fixed with money We face a massive problem. But it can be addressed and leadership from the world’s wealthier nations, and with relatively little money and a modicum of fresh thinking from the shareholders of international imagination. Exceptional circumstances require financial institutions and supporters of UN agencies, exceptional measures, discarding some of the previous NGOs, and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. rules and approaches, just as many rich countries have We estimate the cost of protecting the poorest 10 per done in their own countries to protect their own citizens. cent of the global population from the worst effects This crisis – and the prospect of cascading crises down of the pandemic and global recession is US$90 the road – forces us all to think out of our comfort billion – less than 1 per cent of the stimulus package zone. The stakes are high, and what we need to do has wealthy countries have put in place to protect their fundamentally changed. own economies. Mark Lowcock Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations GLOBAL HRP FOR COVID-19: JULY UPDATE 4 At a glance REQUIREMENTS (US$) FUNDING RECEIVED (US$)* COUNTRIES $10.3B $ 1.64B 63 *As of 12 July. Funding does not reflect amounts received for new intersectoral plans. Refer to FTS for latests figures. Since the launch of the Global Humanitarian spread of the pandemic necessitates more intensive Response Plan (GHRP) for COVID-19 on 25 March health prevention and treatment measures and and its first update on 7 May, the pandemic has increasing investments to maintain other essential rapidly expanded in most of the 63 countries it health services. The deepening ripple effects of includes. With many countries still in the early stages the pandemic are impacting all spheres of life of their outbreak, heightened implementation of and require substantially scaled up support to public health measures is critical to save lives and help the most vulnerable. The plan also includes a suppress transmission. supplementary envelope of $300 million, beyond specific country requirements, to bolster a rapid and Over the past 3,5 months from end March to mid- flexible NGO response, and a strategic envelope of July, the impacts of the pandemic on the lives and $500 million to prevent famine from occurring in the livelihoods of the most vulnerable people have most vulnerable countries. worsened dramatically. Individuals and population groups who were already suffering from violence, One of the most nefarious consequences of the stigma, discrimination and unequal access to basic pandemic is the rise of gender-based violence (GBV). services and living conditions, are bearing the brunt There has been a dramatic increase in reported of this new crisis. cases of GBV and the number of calls to dedicated hotlines (60 to 770 per cent increase in different COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis in the countries), while the provision of GBV services has world’s hunger hotspots and creating new epicentres regretfully been curtailed. UN Women estimates of hunger across the globe. The number of acutely that globally in the past 12 months, 243 million food insecure people in countries affected by conflict, women and girls aged 15–49 years were subjected natural disaster or economic crises is predicted to sexual and/or physical violence perpetrated by to increase from 149 million pre-COVID-19 to 270 an intimate partner, while older women were also million before the end of the year if assistance experiencing violence. Projections indicate that for is not provided urgently. Recent estimates also every 3 months the lockdown measures continue, an suggest that up to 6,000 children could die every day additional 15 million cases of gender-based violence from preventable causes over the next 6 months globally are expected. as a direct and indirect result of COVID-19 related disruptions in essential health and nutrition services. GBV response services are facing major hurdles in their ability to reach survivors due to mobility Under the umbrella of the GHRP, Inter-Agency restrictions and inadequate resources. The GBV Standing Committee members and partners response and funding allocation throughout the including FAO, IOM, UNDP, UNFPA, UN-Habitat, COVID pandemic have not been at the scale of the UNHCR, UNICEF, UNRWA, WFP, WHO, NGOs and need.
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