EU-IGAD response to health and socioeconomic impact of COVID-19
 

Funded by the European Union, the EU-IGAD COVID-19 Response programme is mitigating the health and socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 in the IGAD region through a €60 million regional response. The programme is managed by UNOPS and implemented by IGAD, GIZ, IOM, TradeMark East Africa, UNICEF and UNOPS.

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The programme is active across 55 cross-border sites in 7 countries, delivering critical medical supplies and equipment for COVID-19 while implementing a comprehensive programme to enhance IGAD's capacity to coordinate national responses, increase access to health and WASH services, mitigating gender-based violence, improving community engagement, ensuring borders and critical supply chains are safe for trade and promoting digital solutions to monitor the pandemic.