The United Nations on Thursday launched its updated Global Humanitarian Response that sought help and protection for the most vulnerable in poor countries.
on Thursday launched its updated Global Humanitarian Response that sought help and protection for the most vulnerable in poor countries.
It called for urgent and determined action to mitigate the huge impact of the pandemic in the low and middle-income countries.burdens, their surveillance, laboratory testing and health systems were weak, according to the World Health Organisation . “If we do not support the poorest people, especially women and girls and other vulnerable groups, as they battle the pandemic and impacts of the global recession, we will all be dealing with the spillover effects for many years to come.
The UN said the money had been used to provide handwashing facilities in refugee camps and other vulnerable places.
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