Epidemics and Social Observation: Why Africa Needs a Different Approach to Covid-19

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In the absence of a vaccine, the main tool for control of the current pandemic of Covid-19 is human behavioural change. Social scientists are not fully agreed on what determines behavioural change, but there is a broad consensus that individual agency is influenced by social factors. It matters what your family, friends and neighbours think. So why haven’t social factors been more thoroughly scrutinised in the huge upsurge of scientific effort to combat Covid-19?  …

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The COVID-19 Crisis and Fiscal Reform in Low-Income Countries

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The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic output and public finances in 2020 and beyond is projected to be massive. Fiscal policy can have a crucial role in mitigating the pandemic’s overall economic impact and promoting a quick recovery. It can help save lives and shield the most-affected segments of population. Both advanced and developing countries have responded to the pandemic by implementing several fiscal measures. As of early April, their fiscal costs…

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Return pressure builds as COVID-19 hits South Sudan displacement camps

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The UN’s peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, “strongly encouraged” residents in March to leave the overcrowded sites – a call repeated last month after two cases of the virus emerged in a camp in the capital, Juba. UN police officers have withdrawn from the camps to protect themselves from COVID-19, while government security forces have intermittently blocked entry to some sites, ostensibly to stop the spread of the disease. The camps – known as…

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Aid Security and COVID-19

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This bulletin from the Aid Security and COVID-19 series highlights conflict related violence continued to affect health care despite calls for a global ceasefire.   Download

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Toolkit for Development Partners: Integrating Migration into COVID-19 Socio-economic Response

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The aim of this Toolkit is to provide information and tools for development partners to integrate migration – in all its forms – into development‐centred plans, programmes and projects linked to COVID‑19 socio‐economic response. Informed by the “UN Framework for the Immediate Socio‑Economic Response to COVID‑19”, and relevant EU and UN policy frameworks, the Toolkit provides analysis and practical tools to enable policymakers and practitioners to deal with the ways in which migration and sustainable…

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COVID-19: Emerging Practices. Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion

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Around the world, refugees are using their skills to help the communities where they live during the coronavirus crisis. In several countries, governments have put in place special measures to authorize the hiring of foreign-qualified health professions and technicians, including those awaiting licensing or whose certification is yet to be validated by host countries. This document is a snapshot of emerging practices on livelihoods and economic inclusion to respond to the social and economic impacts…

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COVID-19 Crisis Response: Rapid Assessment Report

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Over the last few weeks Street Child, in collaboration with over 50 national partners, has conducted a rapid assessment of needs and gaps in provision for the poorest, most marginalised populations. In one of the largest global assessments of the COVID-19 crisis to date – our global report represents the perspectives of more than 12,000 respondents and illustrates the impact the pandemic is having on learning, livelihoods and lives.   Download

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Interim Guidance: Localisation and the COVID-19 Response

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This interim guidance note has been developed in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 and its likely impact on humanitarian operations around the world, building on work done by the Grand Bargain Localisation Workstream. It provides guidance as to how the international humanitarian community can adapt its delivery modalities in response to COVID-19 consistent with existing commitments on localisation of aid, strengthening partnerships with local and national actors, and operating effectively in an environment affected…

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Disease Forecasting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Have We Learned from Previous Outbreaks?

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Through forecasting the disease burden and comparing intervention strategies, modelling has been a key part of the public policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments across the world have justified implementing policies based on science, data, and information gleaned from these models. However, as we have learned through previous outbreaks, the science of modelling/forecasting an epidemic can be uncertain. Policies adopted by governments due to disease forecasting will have wide-ranging consequences—not only on the epidemic….

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Technical Note: Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic (Version 2)

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The measures used to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 have led to disruptions to families, friendships, daily routines and wider community dynamics. These have had many harmful consequences for children’s protection, well-being, and development. As countries move past confinement and quarantine measures, the socio-economic and political impact of these measures will continue. Reduced economic opportunities, loss of employment and income, disrupted societal and community level trust and cohesion, food insecurity, and other impacts…

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