COVID-19 Brief: Preliminary Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa | NLM

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COVID-19 Brief: Preliminary Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

06/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Published: 6/16/2020. This 23-page paper focuses on actions taken by disaster risk reduction (DRR) actors in Africa in relation to COVID-19. It describes the integration of biological hazards in DRR strategies, by looking at eight DRR strategies from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. It also looks at roles and responsibilities of DRR agencies in the response to COVID-19 and, by looking at contingency plans available online, describes common characteristics of response planning for COVID-19. (PDF)