Informes

Highlights • According to the Zimbabwe Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP, 2020) launched on 2 April, 2020, 7 million people (including 3.2 million children) are projected to be in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in 2020. • The ZimVAC…

HIGHLIGHTS The first imported COVID-19 case was reported on 21 March 2020 with local transmission starting on 24 March. As of 19 May, 46 COVID-19 cases were confirmed, including four deaths. Nearly 4,900 Zimbabwean migrants have returned from…

The novel coronavirus was first reported as a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China on 31 December 2019. Since then, the virus, and COVID -19, the disease…

OVERVIEW Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in Zimbabwe on 15 March 2019 and the country experienced floods and sustained heavy rains. From 23—28 April 2020 IOM, in close coordination with the Government of Zimbabwe, conducted DTM multi-sectoral…

After a devastating drought in 2019 and patchy rains this year, water shortages have worsened in Zimbabwe's second biggest city HARARE, May 15 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's second biggest city of Bulawayo limited access to tap water to…

Health Development Fund re-enforces humanitarian-development nexus Zimbabwe is currently facing multiple hazards, which include widespread economic shocks, recurrent drought, a severe food insecurity crisis, recovery from the devastating Cyclone Idai, risk of outbreaks of cholera and typhoid,…

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $13.7 million grant to finance the COVID-19 response in Zimbabwe. The funds will provide an immediate lifeline for targeted frontline responders and health personnel…

Irish humanitarian aid agency, GOAL, has reached more than ten million vulnerable people with vital COVID-19 awareness messaging and supports across its 13 countries of operation since the start of the crisis in March. The agency said…

While COVID-19 originated as a health emergency, its impact on food security is also providing fertile ground for a protection crisis in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable, especially girls. Rapid needs assessments revealed…

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis that impacts every country, and we are working to support as many countries as possible in our response. Zimbabwe, along with a handful of other countries, is currently in arrears…