Reports

1. GLOBAL OVERVIEW On 8 May, the United Nations Secretary General called for an all-out effort to end hate speech globally – a global appeal to address and counter COVID-19 hate speech. He called for political leaders, educational institutions,…

Overview IOM Bangladesh Needs and Population Monitoring (NPM) is part of IOM’s global Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programming. DTM is IOM’s information management system to track and monitor displacement and population mobility. It is designed to regularly…

Seetashma Thapa “I have an eight-month child and my husband who worked as a truck driver has lost his work because of this coronavirus,” says Shahnaz Begum. “We do not know how we will survive.” The strain of…

MAY 7 - Today, 18 humanitarian agencies are urging the countries on the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to conduct search and rescue operations to save the lives of refugees and asylum seekers stranded at…

By Angela Wells Geneva – The COVID-19 pandemic has compromised the lives and health of millions and challenged the humanitarian community to form new ways of working to keep the people under their care safe and healthy. In…

Country Overview Lock-down measures are likely to continue until 16 May, although the government is looking to ease restrictions gradually. Nearly 1,000 readymade garments factories resumed on a small scale as of 26 April, and mosques reopened…

Highlights The humanitarian community and Government of Bangladesh are working closely in COVID-19 preparedness and response in 34 camps and for vulnerable Bangladeshis across the District, including through: ▪ delivery of critical assistance and services; ▪ dissemination of COVID-19…

1. GLOBAL OVERVIEW On 30 April 2020 the United Nations Deputy Secretary General and the UNDP Administrator jointly launched the United Nations Framework for Immediate Socio-economic Response to COVID-19. It sets out the United Nations’ urgent socio-economic…

Highlights In April, 185 m3 of relief items were received into common storage on behalf of two organisations making it a total of 3399 m3 of relief items stored on behalf of 18 organisations in Madhu Chara,…

How COVID-19 affects different sex, age, ability and populations differently This edition of COVID-19 Explained explores the differences in attitudes, knowledge and understanding of COVID-19 between key demographic groups. This data was gathered several weeks after the…