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    Coronavirus Global Health Emergency

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    Rafael Sanz, a UN driver in Brazil, takes careful precautions like showering in his backyard when he returns home each day from delivering COVID-19 supplies to protect his family, including his son who is in declining health. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the largest disruption to education ever. As the pandemic hits the vulnerable hardest, women must be targeted in all economic recovery and stimulus plans across Southeast Asia. Cities are bearing the brunt of the pandemic with 90% of reported cases, exposing deeply rooted inequalities in poorer urban areas with strained health systems and services.

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    Rafael Sanz, a UN driver in Brazil, takes careful precautions like showering in his backyard when he returns home each day from delivering COVID-19 supplies to protect his family, including his son who is in declining health. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the largest disruption to education ever. As the pandemic hits the vulnerable hardest, women must be targeted in all economic recovery and stimulus plans across Southeast Asia. Cities are bearing the brunt of the pandemic with 90% of reported cases, exposing deeply rooted inequalities in poorer urban areas with strained health systems and services.

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    Rafael Sanz, a UN driver in Brazil, takes careful precautions like showering in his backyard when he returns home each day from delivering COVID-19 supplies to protect his family, including his son who is in declining health. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the largest disruption to education ever. As the pandemic hits the vulnerable hardest, women must be targeted in all economic recovery and stimulus plans across Southeast Asia. Cities are bearing the brunt of the pandemic with 90% of reported cases, exposing deeply rooted inequalities in poorer urban areas with strained health systems and services.

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    Rafael Sanz, a UN driver in Brazil, takes careful precautions like showering in his backyard when he returns home each day from delivering COVID-19 supplies to protect his family, including his son who is in declining health. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the largest disruption to education ever. As the pandemic hits the vulnerable hardest, women must be targeted in all economic recovery and stimulus plans across Southeast Asia. Cities are bearing the brunt of the pandemic with 90% of reported cases, exposing deeply rooted inequalities in poorer urban areas with strained health systems and services.

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    Coronavirus global health emergency

    UN driver delivers supplies during COVID-19 despite risk to family


    Every day since the beginning of the pandemic, Rafael “Rafa” Sanz, a driver for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Roraima, Brazil, follows a careful routine
    when arriving home. He takes off his shoes. He undresses and showers in an improvised stall in the backyard of his house. After spending the day helping
    protect migrants and refugees from COVID-19, he must be diligent to protect his family at home where his son is in declining health. 

    "The future of education is here"


    Education is the key to personal development and the future of societies. It unlocks opportunities and narrows inequalities. It is the bedrock of informed, tolerant
    societies, and a primary driver of sustainable development. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the largest disruption of education ever. 

    "Target women in all aspects of economic recovery and stimulus plans in


     

    Southeast Asia"
    As in other parts of the world, the health, economic and political impact of COVID-19 has been significant across Southeast Asia — hitting the most vulnerable
    the hardest. The pandemic has highlighted deep inequalities, shortfalls in governance and the imperative for a sustainable development pathway.

    COVID-19 in an Urban World


    Urban areas are ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 90 per cent of reported cases. Cities are bearing the brunt of the crisis – many with strained health
    systems, inadequate water and sanitation services, and other challenges. This is especially the case in poorer areas, where the pandemic has exposed deeply
    rooted inequalities. But cities are also home to extraordinary solidarity and resilience.

      WHO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic


    The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with global experts, governments and partners to rapidly expand scientific knowledge on this new virus,
    to track the spread and virulence of the virus, and to provide advice to countries and individuals on measures to protect health and prevent the spread of this
    outbreak. 

    WHO’s response in countries


    Find out how the WHO is working across its 149 country offices to assist communities all over the world.

    What is a Coronavirus?
    Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases. Find out more about this novel
    coronavirus (nCoV) that has not been previously identified in humans.

    Information from the UN System


    Everyone is talking about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Be sure to get your facts from reliable sources. The UN offices, field missions, agencies, funds
    and programmes are providing new information as it becomes available. Here are some of their resource pages.

    Information for UN personnel


    The United Nations is closely monitoring the situation with the COVID-19 outbreak. This page features important advisories, guidelines, resources, and materials
    on the COVID-19 outbreak for all UN duty stations, offices, personnel and their families, visitors, and UN healthcare workers, as well as advice on maintaining
    wellness. It is updated with the latest available information.

     
    Humanitarian ‘heroes’ on front line of COVID pandemic
    19 August 2020 - Humanitarian workers around the world are being recognized as “real life heroes” by the United Nations for their work on the front lines of
    fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. 

      Real Life Heroes: building trust, and saving lives


    17 August 2020 - Marie-Roseline Bélizaire, a doctor and epidemiologist with the World Health Organization (WHO), is using her passion for community medicine
    to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the Central African Republic (CAR).

      Real Life Heroes: the Syrian film-maker cleaning COVID wards in the UK
    15 August 2020 - Hassan Akkad, an award-winning Syrian film-maker, fled the war in his country four years ago and now lives as a refugee in the United
    Kingdom. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, he decided to help those affected by the pandemic, by becoming a cleaner at a London hospital.

    Pacific Unite: Saving Lives Together


    A first-of-its-kind televised and digitally streamed concert called on leaders and citizens across the region to work together and with the rest of the world in the
    fight against COVID-19. The concert pays tribute to essential workers across the Pacific for the work they’ve done so far to prevent transmission and save lives
    and a call, through music and art, for continued solidarity in the fight against COVID-19. 

      Re-imagining a new world through One Love


    UNICEF teamed up with the Marley family, Tuff Gong International and Amplified Music to reimagine the iconic song One Love – bringing people together to help
    children and their families recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and build a better world.

    We need to save more lives


    In the latest episode of Awake at Night, Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the Health Emergencies Programme forWHO, speaks about giving up on dreams of
    becoming a trauma surgeon after breaking his spine in a car crash in Iraq. He was held hostage there while working in a hospital during the first Gulf War. That
    experience set him on the path to WHO, with a specialism in infectious diseases.

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