The Southwest Monsoon is expected to arrive over Sri Lanka in mid to late May 2020. According to the National Department of Meteorology, an estimated 35,000 to 50,000 families may be displaced, based on analysis of previous floods and landslides. 

This report aims to provide background information on how key political actors and local communities in Yemen view COVID 19 to help humanitarian actors tailor their COVID 19 programming and health messaging to the local context. 

This report shares findings from the Humanitarian Experts Network’s fourth global survey launched on 27 April 2020. 

This edition of COVID-19 Explained explores the differences in attitudes, knowledge and understanding of COVID-19 between key demographic groups. It aims to support nuanced communication strategies and programmatic consideration of affected populations’ ages, genders, population groups and abilities. 

This report provides an update to previous ACAPS reports that explore measures adopted by governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our reports are a component of ACAPS’ broader effort to monitor the secondary impacts of the pandemic and are based on publicly available data assembled by our team through a wide scanning of information across the globe.

This report highlights the potential impact of COVID-19 containment measures in three countries in the Sahel region: Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. The premise of this regional analysis is that, given these key factors, the three countries are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 containment measures.

Heavy rains, winds, landslides and consequent flooding occurred in the west of Burundi from April 13-20 in Cibitoke, Bubanza, Rumonge, Bujumbura Mairie, and Bujumbura Rural provinces, following on from heavy rains in mid-March; no deaths were reported. In Rumonge and Bubanza provinces, between 700-800 people were affected by the storms and landslides, with up to 700 of those displaced. In Bujumbura city in Bujumbura Mairie, riverine flooding displaced 27,000 people.

This report shares findings from the Humanitarian Experts Network’s third global survey launched on 20 April 2020. 

This report provides an update to previous ACAPS reports that explore measures adopted by governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which can be found here. Our reports are a component of ACAPS’ broader effort to monitor the secondary impacts of the pandemic and are based on publicly available data assembled by our team through a wide scanning of information across the globe.

Heavy rains since April 13 led to flooding, displacement, severe infrastructure damage and casualties across Yemen. 14 governorates were affected. Sana’a city, Sana’a, Ma’rib, Aden, and Lahj governorates reported the most significant impact.

This thematic report presents an analysis of publicly available secondary data on safe and dignified burials in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic including an overview of burial practices and traditions among the Rohingya, 

This analysis is focused on how low- and middle-income countries are vulnerable to containment measures. This is a first-step analysis product, which will shape ACAPS country and regional case studies that will look into some of these issues in greater depth. 

To help make sense of the COVID-19 crisis ACAPS launched the Humanitarian Experts network (HEN), a contributing group of humanitarian experts based all over the world who can provide rapid information as the crisis unfolds. This report shares findings from HEN’s second global survey launched on 14 April 2020.

A presidential decree on 5 August 2019 revoked Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution, which granted Jammu and Kashmir state special autonomous status. The move stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its political autonomy and was accompanied by a complete lockdown, unprecedented in Kashmir’s history, that began in August 2019 and continued through March 2020. 

This one-page document presents a summary of the first half of Edition 4 of COVID-19 Explained to support the development of risk communication and community engagement strategies for COVID-19 prevention measures.

This report explores how refugees and other displaced populations are affected by COVID-19 government measures, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

This report aims to support the humanitarian response in Colombia to understand how government measures mitigate the epidemic impact on vulnerable population groups; what are their factors of vulnerability in relation to the measures; which humanitarian needs are likely to arise in the short to medium term. The primary focus of the analysis is on Colombian internally displaced people, Venezuelan refugees and migrants.

To help make sense of the COVID-19 crisis ACAPS launched the Humanitarian Experts network (HEN), a contributing group of humanitarian experts based all over the world who can provide rapid information as the crisis unfolds. This report includes the first findings from HEN’s global survey launched on 6 April 2020.

The primary purpose of this report is to inform strategic humanitarian decision-making through an understanding of the possible changes in needs for humanitarian assistance and possible constraints in meeting these needs.

This series of reports is based on focus group discussions and Key Informant Interviews with Rohingya living across Ukhia and Teknaf Camps. The objective of these consultations is to ensure Rohingya’s voices are included in all stages of the COVID-19 response and provide an avenue for Rohingya refugees to express their questions and concerns.