Updates (Reports only)

COVID-19 AND THE HUMANITARIAN LANDSCAPE 2020 was a year like no other. Amidst on-going humanitarian crises, largely fuelled by conflict and violence but also driven by the effects of climate change –...

In the eight months since the humanitarian community came together in the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan (GHRP), the virus has swept across the globe and impacted entire economies and...

As this report is issued, more than 33 million people worldwide have been infected with COVID-19 and one million have died. Some 11.8 million cases and 409 thousand deaths have been confirmed in the...

At a glance The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable people are enormous, both in terms of the number of people infected and the profound economic...

At a glance REQUIREMENTS (US$) $10.3B FUNDING RECEIVED (US$)* $ 1.64B COUNTRIES 63 Since the launch of the Global Humanitarian Response Plan (GHRP) for COVID-19 on 25 March and its first update on 7...

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased global humanitarian needs in 2020. At the beginning of 2020, global humanitarian requirements were already close to $30 billion, with 168 million people expected...

At a glance REQUIREMENTS (US$) $ 6.71 B FUNDING RECEIVED (US$) $ 923 M COUNTRIES Objectives scope, countries included Humanitarian situation and needs analysis PP. 11–19 Since the publication of the...

UN Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19 fails to prioritise older people, despite highest risk of death Older people must be explicitly recognised as a population group “most-affected and at risk” ...

Since late 2019 early 2020, an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus – has rapidly spread across the world, devastating...

At a glance Requirements (US$) $ 2.01 billion At the time of writing, many priority countries are working on or just issuing their revised plans for the COVID-19 response. Funding requirements have...

The Plan is a joint effort of the IASC to analyse and respond to the direct public health and indirect humanitarian consequences of the pandemic, particularly in countries already facing other crises.