Thread by @WHO

When emergencies occur, coordination is necessary.

Within the framework of the Global Humanitarian Response Plan, the Health Cluster, led by WHO, protects the most vulnerable from the #COVID19 pandemic & guides the response.

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In the Kutupalong refugee camp in #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 @ReliefIntl provides high-quality healthcare to the #Rohingya & their host communities. To allow lifesaving assistance during #COVID19 a treatment center was set up & over 200 👨🏾‍⚕️👩🏾‍⚕️ staff were trained

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In Iraq 🇮🇶 @MercyHands supports the #COVID19 response by training widows & other vulnerable 🧕🏾 to make face masks. 48,000 😷 were produced & distributed to internally displaced people living in camp settings

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In #Somalia 🇸🇴 @WHOSom leads the Health Cluster & supports 8 PCR labs that contribute to the country’s #COVID19 testing capacity. WHO provides technical & financial support to coordination activities at the national, state, regional & district level

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In north-east #Nigeria 🇳🇬 @UNmigration provides mental health & psychosocial support to conflict-affected people, incl. #COVID19 related counselling on how to avoid transmission & how to cope with the additional stress factors caused by the pandemic

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In partnership with local communities and partner organizations in #Myanmar 🇲🇲 @WorldVision, as part of its #COVID19 response, raised awareness about personal hygiene 🧼 and the use of locally made tippy taps for hand washing 🙌

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In #Iraq 🇮🇶 @AccessIraq assists the most vulnerable populations & supports continuity of essential health services in the context of #COVID19 by providing health services for rural communities & ethnic minority groups

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Visiting mobile clinics conducted by @MedicosdelMundo & funded by WHO, provide crucial primary health care services during the #COVID19 pandemic, in hard-to-reach remote villages of #BurkinaFaso 🇧🇫

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