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UN teams continue to work with local authorities and partners to help mitigate the health and socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic. Below, we

UN teams across the globe continue to work with the government and partners to help tackle COVID-19. See the highlights as of 27 March 2020.

United Nations country teams around the world continue to provide medical, logistical and socio-economic support to local authorities, coordinating resources to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Through stronger coordination, these teams are mobilising local, regional, and global partners to provide life-saving medical supplies to vulnerable communities, combat misinformation on vaccine efficacy, and ensure equitable distribution of vaccine through the COVAX programme.

UN country teams across the world are playing a critical role as they support local and national authorities to rollout vaccination efforts. They are also taking immediate and proactive measures to curtail the rise of Ebola cases in countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea.

This is an especially challenging time across the globe. The world is facing a global pandemic, with countries’ health, social and economic

UN teams continue to work with national and local authorities worldwide to ensure the safety and dignity of refugees and migrants, indigenous communities and children. Their efforts support the betterment of countries' health and socio-economic conditions, including better living conditions for those most at risk, lifesaving training, supplies and equipment, human rights protection and aid in ensuring no adult or child is left behind.

On board the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopian Airlines charter, are one million face masks, along with

As the COVID-19 crisis surges, so does the response of all the UN teams across the globe. Today, 9 April, we highlight some of the critical support on