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WHO and UNICEF on 3 April,2020 announced an agreement to work together on COVID-19 response, through the historic COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund powered by the United Nations Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation.

The World Food Programme is working with partner organization the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to distribute food to the most vulnerable people in Deir Hafer near Aleppo, and to ensure they are aware of COVID-19.

A five-year-old Yemeni boy stands outside a site for internally displaced people in Marib, Yemen, where conflict has forced thousands to flee.

As washing hands with soap and clean water is vital in the fight against COVID-19, governments worldwide must provide continuous access to sufficient water to their populations living in the most vulnerable conditions, UN experts* said.
“The global struggle against the pandemic has little chance to succeed if personal hygiene, the main measure to prevent contagion, is unavailable to the 2.2 billion persons who have no access to safe water services,” the experts said.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría called on March 21,2020 for sweeping joint action by governments to defeat the health, economic, and social threats of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In calling on governments to better coordinate their efforts, Gurría announced that the OECD would channel its efforts into immediate support to policymakers combating the crisis, launching a new online policy hub immediately.

Green lanes, especially for medical and protective equipment, will be ensured within the single market

On 6 March 2020 at the Kahramanmaras Temporary Accommodation Center in Turkey, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore sits with first grade Syrian Arab Republic students attending classes.

Refugee women from the Democratic Republic of the Congo walk towards the market in Mantapala Settlement, Zambia.