Humanitarian Impacts of COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

Publication language
English
Date published
12 May 2020
Publisher
Regional Inter Sector Coordination Group for Humanitarian Affairs in West and Central Africa (R-ISCG)
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Development & humanitarian aid, Epidemics & pandemics, humanitarian action, COVID-19

Produced by the Regional Inter Sector Coordination Group for Humanitarian Affairs in West and Central Africa (R-ISCG), this document summarizes the main impacts of COVID-19 on the population of the region and on ongoing humanitarian operations. The R-ISCG also wishes to put forward some key recommendations to ensure continuity and scaling up of humanitarian services in parallel with the health response, while considering the new reality imposed by the presence of the virus.

Authors: 
Inter-sector Coordination Group (R-ISCG)