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SEED SECURITY RESPONSE TO COVID - 19: now and beyond
Guidance note on the role of Cash and Voucher Assistance to reduce financial barriers in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic
The target audience for this paper include those involved in national planning for the epidemic response and maintaining essential health services during the COVID-19 epidemic, particularly in the countries targeted by the Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID- 19, health cluster coordinators, national Inter Cluster Coordination Groups, Cash Working Groups, health practitioners, program managers, and cash focal points.
Covid-19 WVI Guidance Cash, Voucher Programming Modalities
With the increasing number of affected countries, confirmed and suspected cases, and mortality rates in March 2020, a holistic humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery effort requires flexible adaptive tools.
CVA in COVID-19 contexts: guidance from the CaLP network
This guidance document is intended to help organisations understand and prepare for likely impacts of COVID-19 on their work, consider whether CVA is right for the contexts in which they operate and - if so - the considerations at each stage of the programme cycle for how to deliver safely and effectively.
COVID-19 RESPONSE: LEGS GUIDANCE NOTE - Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards
This LEGS Guidance Note aims to highlight ways in which the LEGS Approach can be applied in the current situation, both to inform on-going operations and also to guide preparations for the pandemic’s eventual recovery phase.
WFP - COVID-19 and climate: Possible geographical and temporal patterns
IASC - Recommendations for adjusting food distribution standard operating procedures in the context of the Covid-19 outbreak
As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread in an unpredictable manner it presents a growing risk to all stakeholders involved in food assistance, particularly during food distributions.
This Interim Guidance is intended for field coordinators, site managers and public health personnel, as well as national and local governments and the wider humanitarian community working in humanitarian situations at food distribution sites, who are involved in the decision making and implementation of multi-sectorial COVID-19 outbreak readiness and response activities – the Guidance is therefore relevant for all Humanitarian Clusters and their partners.
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WFP - COVID-19: PD IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE Targeting & Prioritization
Introduction
Targeting aims to identify geographic areas and populations most in need in order to enable provision of timely and relevant assistance. Prioritization among targeted populations is often required due to resource constraints. A targeting system cuts across the entire programme cycle, from context analysis and needs assessments, through programme design and implementation, to monitoring and evaluation. If successful, the system will minimize unintentional distribution of assistance to non-vulnerable households/individuals (inclusion errors) and ensure that households in need of assistance are not excluded from assistance (exclusion error).
SPHERE - Applying humanitarian standards to fight COVID-19
Coronavirus is spreading globally. How can individuals, communities, humanitarian actors, local and national authorities best respond to uphold the rights of all affected people?
OCHA - GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN COVID-19
The world faces a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations — one that is spreading human suffering, crippling the global economy and upending people’s lives.
COVID-19 is threatening the whole of humanity – and the whole of humanity must fight back. Global action and solidarity are crucial.
The world is only as strong as the weakest health system. This COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan aims to enable us to fight the virus in the world’s poorest countries, and address the needs of the most vulnerable people, especially women and children, older people, and those with disabilities or chronic illness.
Mercy Corps - TIPSHEET: COVID-19 & FOOD SECURITY
FAO Q&A: COVID-19 pandemic – impact on food and agriculture
Q1: WILL COVID-19 HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY?
Q2: WHOSE FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS ARE MOST AT RISK DUE TO THE PANDEMIC?
Q3: WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVID-19 SITUATION – NOW AND IN THE FUTURE – FOR FOOD PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAINS AND MARKETS?
Q4: HOW WILL THE PANDEMIC AFFECT FOOD DEMAND?
Q5: WHAT IS THE PANDEMIC’S IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY?
Q6: WHAT ARE FAO’S RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THE RISKS OF THE PANDEMIC ON FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION?
Q7: WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN COVID-19 AND ANIMALS?
WFP (VAM) - Economic and food security implications of the COVID-19 outbreak
The cost of the attempt to contain a highly contagious disease
A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in China at the end of December 2019. By today, there are more than 115 000 confirmed cases in 110 countries, including some in which WFP operates. While the crude fatality rate is currently at 3.5%, people aged over 60 years and those with pre-existing health conditions are at highest risk for severe disease and death. There is currently no vaccine or treatment for COVID-19.
Mercy Corps - TIPSHEET: COVID-19 and CVA
This tipsheet serves as guidance to help field teams think through different ways to mitigate the spread and impact of Covid-19 through ongoing cash and voucher assistance (CVA), inform the adaption of CVA programming in the context of Covid-19, and promote sensitivity to changing market dynamics and prices.