COVID-19: Experts Discuss Long-term Humanitarian Needs and Partnering for the Future

Publication language
English
Pages
1pp
Date published
30 Sep 2020
Type
Articles
Keywords
Partnerships, Multi-sector/cross-sector, Development & humanitarian aid, COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Health, humanitarian action, Humanitarian Principles, Humanitarian-development-peace nexus, NGOs
Organisations
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Link
https://www.icrc.org/en/document/covid-19-experts-discuss-long-term-humanitarian-needs-and-partnering-future

The first half of the year 2020 was consumed by the widespread shock and disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic and its attendant restrictions. What began as a global public health emergency fast turned into a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented magnitude. A digital conversation recently hosted by the ICRC regional delegation in New Delhi, in partnership with the O. P. Jindal Global University, Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), Sonipat, India, underscored the vital need for a concerted intersectoral response to mitigate the unique and colossal consequences of the ongoing crisis.