Assessments

Typhoon Rai (local name: Odette) ravaged through the Philippines in late December 2021, affecting millions of people in island communities across Visayas and Mindanao. Classified as a Category 5 Typhoon, Rai brought violent winds with gusts…

As a response to the displacements caused by Typhoon Odette, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) deployed the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programme in Regions VII, VIII, and Caraga, in partnership with the Department of Social…

METHODOLOGY When launching the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities document on 24 December 2021, the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) committed to review the strategic direction of the response commensurate to the evolving needs on the ground within four…

(excerpt) 3. Rapid Multi-Sectoral Assessment Executive Summary ADRA's team was immediately deployed to conduct a Rapid Multi-Sectoral Assessment on the impacts of TY Odette in the Province of Negros Occidental. The objective was to gather information about the effects…

Impact Overview Super Typhoon Rai (locally named Odette) made landfall on 16 December 2021 in Surigao del Norte Province before crossing central-southern Philippines, specifically the Visayas and Mindanao Islands, with maximum sustained winds of 195km/h and gustiness…

FOREWORD BY IOM PHILIPPINES CHIEF OF MISSION The ongoing global COVID-19 crisis and border restrictions continue to have an adverse impact on human mobility with migrant workers and their remittance-dependent communities being some of the most vulnerable…

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent enforcement of mobility restrictions have created bottlenecks in the agri-food system. When the food supply chain is disrupted, economic loss occurs, putting rural households, already in poverty, into severe food…

COVID-19 Impacts on Low Income Families in the Philippines At the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Philippine government introduced a large-scale social protection program while placing the country on strict community quarantine. With the Bayanihan…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 8 March 2020, the Philippine government declared the State of Public Health Emergency to address COVID-19. On 13 March 2020, the government imposed enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) over Luzon. Subsequently, similar measures were imposed…

BACKGROUND The Department of Health confirmed the first coronavirus case in the Philippines on January 30, 2020, followed by a report of first casualty on February 2. As the number of cases continued to rise and the…