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“We have consultants available from all over the world, they might be from your region or even your country, so you can skip travel restrictions”.

The GTAM, co-led by UNICEF & World Vision, has established rosters of vetted consultants to support actors in country to source technical expertise quickly. There are five different rosters, each covering a…

On 21 April 2020, the Global Network against Food Crises – an international alliance working to address the root causes of extreme hunger – will release the latest figures on how many people are facing acute hunger and malnutrition in crisis prone countries, in a new edition of its annual report, the Global Report on Food Crises.

Alongside the report,…

A new section on infectious diseases, and specifically COVID19, was added to the Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies checklist, a tool intended for nutrition cluster and/or sectors to review the IYCF-E service delivery aspect of the collective nutrition partners response in a country. 

This new version is now available on the Global…

OCHA has released a Global HRP for COVID19, covering more than 40 countries, mostly having HRP or RHRP, to present the needs, strategy, and requirements (USD 2Bn) to prepare and respond to non-health related consequences of the pandemic (the health related issues should be addressed by the WHO Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP), targeting national…

IASC has activated "light" and "adapted" System-Wide Scale-Up protocols (former Level 3 activation) with a specific focus on all Global Humanitarian Response Plan (GHRP) countries with the option to extend to additional countries by decision of IASC in consultation with the relevant RCs for the initial duration of six months.

COVID-19 response…