The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world like no other crisis in recent history. With funds from Member States and other organizations as well as hundreds of thousands of individuals, who have contributed through the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, WHO is tackling the pandemic on nine dedicated fronts.
But we’re not alone. In this series, we explore how our longstanding partner, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is contributing to the fight against the disease.
When Uganda enforced a lockdown in March 2020 to contain the spread of COVID-19, Yakobo Kahesi, 35, had to double his community outreach efforts to help sick refugees access health care services in Kampala.