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One year of COVID-19

IPSOS (2021) CC

Conducted February 19 -March 5, 2021. A new Ipsos survey for the World Economic Forum finds that, on average across 30 countries and markets surveyed, 59% expect being able to return to something like their normal pre-COVID life within the next 12 months, including 6% who think this is already the case, 9% who think it will take no more than three months, 13% four to six months, and 32% seven to 12 months (the median time). About one in five think it will take more than three years (10%) or that it will never happen (8%). Views on when to expect a return to normal vary widely across countries: Over 70% of adults in Saudi Arabia, Russia, India, and mainland China are confident their life will return to pre-COVID normal within a year. In contrast, 80% in Japan and more than half in France, Italy, South Korea, and Spain expect it will take longer

Tags: COVID-19, Impact, socio-economic, Mental Health, life activities,

Source: https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/file

Amnesty International (2021) C1

The Amnesty International Report 2020/21 documents the human rights situation in 149 countries in 2020, as well as providing global and regional analysis. It presents Amnesty lnternational's concerns and calls for action to governments and others. During 2020, the world was rocked by COVID-19. The pandemic and measures taken to tackle it impacted everyone, but also threw into stark relief, and sometimes aggravated, existing inequalities and patterns of abuse. The report is available in different language

Tags: Human rights, Impact, COVID-19, violence, Sexual Violence, inequalities,

Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol

World Happiness Report 2021

Helliwell, John F., Richard Layard, Jeffrey Sachs, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2021) CC

The World Happiness Report 2021 focuses on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared. Our aim was two-fold, first to focus on the effects of COVID-19 on the structure and quality of people’s lives, and second to describe and evaluate how governments all over the world have dealt with the pandemic. In particular, we try to explain why some countries have done so much better than others

Tags: Mental Health, COVID-19, Impact, happiness, Report, Lessons learned, Case Study, south asia, social wellbeing,

Source: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2021/

How COVID-19 is changing the world. Vol.III

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2021) C1

Since the release of the first volume in May 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to rage around the world. By mid-March, 2021, countries around the globe had reported over 123 million cases—a nearly five-fold increase since this report’s previous volume—and over 2.7 million deaths attributed to the disease. And while new case loads are currently on the rise again, the global health community has already administered almost 400 million doses of vaccines, at last offering some signs of hope and progress. Economic impacts threaten to undo decades of recent progress in poverty reduction, child nutrition and gender equality, and exacerbate efforts to support refugees, migrants, and other vulnerable communities. National and local governments—together with international and private-sector partners—must deploy vaccines as efficiently, safely and equitably as possible while still monitoring for new outbreaks and continuing policies to protect those who do not yet have immunity. More than ever, the world needs reliable and trustworthy data and statistics to inform these important decisions. The United Nations and all member organizations of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) collect and make available a wealth of information for assessing the multifaceted impacts of the pandemic. This report updates some of the global and regional trends presented in Volume I and offers a snapshot of how COVID-19 continues to affect the world today across multiple domains

Tags: global impact, COVID-19, lockdown, socio-economic impact, immunity, Vaccination, national policy, Refugees, migrants,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Build back fairer: Achieving health equity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (2021) C_WHO

The report “Build back fairer: achieving health equity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” provides ground breaking insights into the state of health inequities in the Region and urges countries to take action to address the social determinants of health to reverse the worsening trend of inequity – aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing conflict, mass movements of people, environmental challenges, gender inequities and unemployment

Tags: eastern mediterranean, health systems, Health Care, access to care, conflict, COVID-19, socio-economic impact, gender inequality,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB detection and mortality in 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Provisional data compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) from 84 countries indicates that an estimated 1.4 million fewer people received care for tuberculosis (TB) in 2020 than in 2019 - a reduction of 21% from 2019. In the group of 10 high-burden countries with the largest reported shortfalls compared with 2019, the overall shortfall was 28%. With many people with TB unable to access care, WHO estimates that half a million more people may have died from TB in 2020 alone. TB remains one of the world’s top infectious killers

Tags: TB, COVID-19, Tb detection, TB mortality, Impact, Epidemiology,

Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s

Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

It estimates that there have been 228,000 additional deaths of children under five in these six countries [Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka] due to crucial services, ranging from nutrition benefits to immunisation, being halted. It says the number of children being treated for severe malnutrition fell by more than 80% in Bangladesh and Nepal, and immunisation among children dropped by 35% and 65% in India and Pakistan respectively... It also estimates that there have been some 3.5 million additional unwanted pregnancies, including 400,000 among teenagers, due to poor or no access to contraception... The interruption to health services also affected those suffering from other diseases - the report predicts an additional 5,943 deaths across the region among adolescents who couldn't get treated for tuberculosis, malaria, typhoid and HIV/Aids

Tags: Children, Impact, COVID-19, socio-economic, Vaccination, disruptions, deaths, treatment interruption, unwanted pregnancies, Reproductive Health,

Source: https://www.unicef.org/rosa/media/13066/

Addressing the effects of COVID-19 on children, adolescents and mothers in South Asia

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

Summary of the main report: Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia . It uses a series of exercises based on actual observed changes in services and intervention coverage to model impacts on mortality, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions due to COVID-19. It also models the impact of nationwide stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of COVID-19 on maternal and child mortality, educational attainment of children, and the region’s economy. The study focuses on South Asia’s six most populous countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and makes the case for interventions and strategies to minimise these indirect consequences

Tags: Children, Impact, COVID-19, socio-economic, Vaccination, disruptions, deaths, treatment interruption, unwanted pregnancies, Reproductive Health,

Source: https://www.unicef.org/rosa/media/13061/

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

24 February 2021

Tags: strategy, response plan, COVID-19, Impact, funding,

Source: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/

Das Ungleichheitsvirus

Oxfam (2021) C1

Wie die Corona-Pandemie soziale Ungleichheit verschärft und warum wir unsere Wirtschaft gerechter gestalten müssen

Tags: COVID-19, Armut, Ungleichheit, Auswirkungen, Impact, socio-economic impact,

Source: https://www.oxfam.de/system/files/docume

	One year of COVID-19 IPSOS (2021) CC View PDF(0) Download (2) Add to my MEDBOX Conducted February 19 -March 5, 2021. A new Ipsos survey for the World Economic Forum finds that, on average across 30 countries and markets surveyed, 59% expect being able to return to something like their normal pre-COVID life within the next 12 months, including 6% who think this is already the case, 9% who think it will take no more than three months, 13% four to six months, and 32% seven to 12 months (the median time). About one in five think it will take more than three years (10%) or that it will never happen (8%). Views on when to expect a return to normal vary widely across countries: Over 70% of adults in Saudi Arabia, Russia, India, and mainland China are confident their life will return to pre-COVID normal within a year. In contrast, 80% in Japan and more than half in France, Italy, South Korea, and Spain expect it will take longer Tags: COVID-19, Impact, socio-economic, Mental Health, life activities, Source: https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/file
	Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The state of the world's human rights Amnesty International (2021) C1 Open external link (3) Add to my MEDBOX The Amnesty International Report 2020/21 documents the human rights situation in 149 countries in 2020, as well as providing global and regional analysis. It presents Amnesty lnternational's concerns and calls for action to governments and others. During 2020, the world was rocked by COVID-19. The pandemic and measures taken to tackle it impacted everyone, but also threw into stark relief, and sometimes aggravated, existing inequalities and patterns of abuse. The report is available in different language Tags: Human rights, Impact, COVID-19, violence, Sexual Violence, inequalities, Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol
	World Happiness Report 2021 Helliwell, John F., Richard Layard, Jeffrey Sachs, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2021) CC Open external link (10) Add to my MEDBOX The World Happiness Report 2021 focuses on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared. Our aim was two-fold, first to focus on the effects of COVID-19 on the structure and quality of people’s lives, and second to describe and evaluate how governments all over the world have dealt with the pandemic. In particular, we try to explain why some countries have done so much better than others Tags: Mental Health, COVID-19, Impact, happiness, Report, Lessons learned, Case Study, south asia, social wellbeing, Source: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2021/
	How COVID-19 is changing the world. Vol.III UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2021) C1 View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX Since the release of the first volume in May 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to rage around the world. By mid-March, 2021, countries around the globe had reported over 123 million cases—a nearly five-fold increase since this report’s previous volume—and over 2.7 million deaths attributed to the disease. And while new case loads are currently on the rise again, the global health community has already administered almost 400 million doses of vaccines, at last offering some signs of hope and progress. Economic impacts threaten to undo decades of recent progress in poverty reduction, child nutrition and gender equality, and exacerbate efforts to support refugees, migrants, and other vulnerable communities. National and local governments—together with international and private-sector partners—must deploy vaccines as efficiently, safely and equitably as possible while still monitoring for new outbreaks and continuing policies to protect those who do not yet have immunity. More than ever, the world needs reliable and trustworthy data and statistics to inform these important decisions. The United Nations and all member organizations of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) collect and make available a wealth of information for assessing the multifaceted impacts of the pandemic. This report updates some of the global and regional trends presented in Volume I and offers a snapshot of how COVID-19 continues to affect the world today across multiple domains Tags: global impact, COVID-19, lockdown, socio-economic impact, immunity, Vaccination, national policy, Refugees, migrants, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Build back fairer: Achieving health equity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (2021) C_WHO View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX The report “Build back fairer: achieving health equity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” provides ground breaking insights into the state of health inequities in the Region and urges countries to take action to address the social determinants of health to reverse the worsening trend of inequity – aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing conflict, mass movements of people, environmental challenges, gender inequities and unemployment Tags: eastern mediterranean, health systems, Health Care, access to care, conflict, COVID-19, socio-economic impact, gender inequality, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB detection and mortality in 2020 World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(1) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX Provisional data compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) from 84 countries indicates that an estimated 1.4 million fewer people received care for tuberculosis (TB) in 2020 than in 2019 - a reduction of 21% from 2019. In the group of 10 high-burden countries with the largest reported shortfalls compared with 2019, the overall shortfall was 28%. With many people with TB unable to access care, WHO estimates that half a million more people may have died from TB in 2020 alone. TB remains one of the world’s top infectious killers Tags: TB, COVID-19, Tb detection, TB mortality, Impact, Epidemiology, Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s
	Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF View PDF(2) Download (1) Add to my MEDBOX It estimates that there have been 228,000 additional deaths of children under five in these six countries [Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka] due to crucial services, ranging from nutrition benefits to immunisation, being halted. It says the number of children being treated for severe malnutrition fell by more than 80% in Bangladesh and Nepal, and immunisation among children dropped by 35% and 65% in India and Pakistan respectively... It also estimates that there have been some 3.5 million additional unwanted pregnancies, including 400,000 among teenagers, due to poor or no access to contraception... The interruption to health services also affected those suffering from other diseases - the report predicts an additional 5,943 deaths across the region among adolescents who couldn't get treated for tuberculosis, malaria, typhoid and HIV/Aids Tags: Children, Impact, COVID-19, socio-economic, Vaccination, disruptions, deaths, treatment interruption, unwanted pregnancies, Reproductive Health, Source: https://www.unicef.org/rosa/media/13066/
	Addressing the effects of COVID-19 on children, adolescents and mothers in South Asia UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX Summary of the main report: Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia . It uses a series of exercises based on actual observed changes in services and intervention coverage to model impacts on mortality, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions due to COVID-19. It also models the impact of nationwide stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of COVID-19 on maternal and child mortality, educational attainment of children, and the region’s economy. The study focuses on South Asia’s six most populous countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and makes the case for interventions and strategies to minimise these indirect consequences Tags: Children, Impact, COVID-19, socio-economic, Vaccination, disruptions, deaths, treatment interruption, unwanted pregnancies, Reproductive Health, Source: https://www.unicef.org/rosa/media/13061/
	Looking back at a year that changed the world: WHO’s response to COVID-19 World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(2) Download (2) Add to my MEDBOX 24 February 2021 Tags: strategy, response plan, COVID-19, Impact, funding, Source: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/
	Das Ungleichheitsvirus Oxfam (2021) C1 View PDF(8) Download (8) Add to my MEDBOX Wie die Corona-Pandemie soziale Ungleichheit verschärft und warum wir unsere Wirtschaft gerechter gestalten müssen Tags: COVID-19, Armut, Ungleichheit, Auswirkungen, Impact, socio-economic impact, Source: https://www.oxfam.de/system/files/docume

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