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Deputy DG for @Irish_Aid & Africa & Climate Envoy @dfatirl 🇮🇪. Former EU Ambassador to South Sudan. Co- author of Getting to Zero. -RTs are not endorsements
Apr 29, 2020 16 tweets 10 min read
When @ossjohnson & I wrote #GettingtoZeroBook on our work on the #Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone, little did we know that we would soon be battling another infectious disease #COVID19, me in #SouthSudan and Oliver in South Africa. Here are some of the lessons we are trying to apply 1. We need to monitor and mitigate the negative side-effects of preventative measures.
Measures aiming to prevent #COVID19 like lockdowns, banning public transport & closing shops, can create unemployment, raise food prices and threaten livelihoods of already vulnerable people.