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ACAPS Global Risk Analysis outlines a number of key contexts where a particular situation may notably deteriorate within the next six months, causing (a spike in) humanitarian needs. The risks included in this report were based on certain events or factors (triggers) that may emerge over the coming six months. Such triggers would point towards a hazard materialising, which would result in new or more severe humanitarian needs in a monitored context. ACAPS analysts conduct daily monitoring and independent analysis of more than 150 countries, including risk analysis and risk analysis updates. ACAPS closely monitors previously identified risks to see if they materialise.

This report also includes updates on the risks identified in the Global Risk Report – March 2022. For the complete list of risks, please consult the ACAPS Risk List. 

The Seasonal Events Calendar Dataset presents broad coverage of the reported information to flag events that may affect access to basic services. It also enables the more efficient and quicker production of custom calendars and monitoring of upcoming events. The dataset contains two separate tables: 

• The seasonal calendar that tracks seasonal events occurring in each country in a typical year. Download here.

• The events timeline that tracks when seasonal events occur during a specific year, starting from 2022. Download here.

The seasonal calendar and events timeline aim to inform operational, strategic, and policy decision makers. The Seasonal Events Calendar Codebook can be downloaded here.

ACAPS Global Risk Analysis outlines a number of key contexts where a notable deterioration may occur within the next six months, leading to a spike in humanitarian needs. We continue to monitor closely the risks identified in order to establish how they have evolved and if they have materialised. You can find the updates of the risks identified in Global Risk Report – March 2021 at the end of this analysis. The objective is to enable humanitarian decisionmakers to understand potential changes that could have humanitarian consequences. By exposing the possible developments and understanding their impact, these potential changes can be taken into account in planning and preparedness.

ACAPS Global Risk Analysis outlines a number of key contexts where a notable deterioration may occur within the next six months, leading to a spike in humanitarian needs. We continue to monitor closely the risks identified in order to establish how they have evolved and if they have materialised. You can find the updates of the risks identified in Global Risk Report – October 2020 at the end of this analysis. The objective is to enable humanitarian decisionmakers to understand potential changes that could have humanitarian consequences. By exposing the possible developments and understanding their impact, these potential changes can be taken into account in planning and preparedness.

Worldwide school closures, alongside other secondary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, are projected to have far-reaching implications in the short and the long term for children, their families, and their communities. Education is a particularly challenging issue in the context of the pandemic. On the one hand, school environments risk high rates of COVID-19 transmission, and closures are seen as necessary measures to protect public health. On the other hand, the linkages between schools and children’s health, safety, and life prospects are significant.

This thematic report is part of the ACAPS Gender & COVID-19 series providing global analysis on the gendered impact of the pandemic in key areas of humanitarian programming such as livelihood, income and employment or health and protection. This report provides an overview of publicly available information on the identified and projected impacts of the pandemic on gender-based violence (GBV), healthcare provision and access, and other health-related risks. The report focuses on countries experiencing humanitarian crises which have undertaken gender analyses at the national and subnational levels. Although limited (see “Methodology and Limitations” section), ACAPS hopes this analysis will inform inclusive and nuanced humanitarian responses by highlighting the similar and different ways specific groups have been exposed to the direct and indirect consequences of COVID-19 and by encouraging ongoing intersectional analysis.

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (abbreviated “COVID-19”) was first reported in China in December 2019. The outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 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. Further country-specific analysis of the COVID-19 situation and analysis of challenges for humanitarian operations can be found here.

The secondary impacts of COVID-19 continue to shift the humanitarian and development landscape across the globe. This week’s findings discuss the complexity of COVID-19 myths and rumours driven by cultural and political nuances. We hope this will support national and international actors seeking to mitigate the spread of COVID- 19 through behaviour change messaging and initiatives.

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (abbreviated “COVID-19”) was first reported in China in December 2019. The outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 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. Further country-specific analysis of the COVID-19 situation and analysis of challenges for humanitarian operations can be found here.

Despite a large amount of information published on the COVID-19 pandemic, there remain significant gaps in our knowledge and understanding. This is particularly so in relation to the impact of the pandemic in places already in humanitarian crisis. This report provides an overview of the key information gaps and limitations in interpreting existing COVID-19 data. In this report we also identify the big questions that are important for our understanding of the impact of COVID-19. It does not seek to provide answers to these questions or provide detailed analysis of the issues identified, rather it intends to highlight key gaps in our understanding and knowledge. Humanitarian and development actors need to be aware of the gaps and limitations of the current information landscape in order to ensure that, where possible, efforts are made to avoid uninformed assumptions.

This is the 5th HEN report which gave us the opportunity to follow up on the following issues that emerged from previous surveys: programme adaptations, concerns for children not in school, increasing numbers of people in need, increasing levels of domestic violence.
To understand these issues better, in this edition we asked how informants were finding out about the increasing numbers of people in need and also how they were identifying domestic violence in the current COVID-19 conditions. From May 4 to May 9, the HEN network grew to 831 members from 442 organisations across 104 countries. 112 HEN members participated in this week’s survey.

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.

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.

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. 122 HEN members participated in the survey and 134 new humanitarians joined the network in the last week. The HEN network has 596 members from 266 organisations across 90 countries. Thank you to everyone who joined the network and completed the latest survey. Our network continued to grow. This week, technical glitches prevented some of our members from responding. We apologise and are working on fixing this for future rounds. 

Please share the HEN network with your contacts across the globe who can help us all develop a clearer picture of how this crisis is evolving and impacting on the most vulnerable communities.
To join the HEN and participate in future surveys, click here.

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, in which 462 have participated. Six ACAPS analysts, with technical support from Satellite Applications Catapult, cleaned, coded and summarised the HEN results. We tested our assumptions in a joint analysis session with three partners. Our findings have been grouped in five regions (Africa, Asia and Oceania, Middle East, Americas, Europe) to make it easier to digest, but contact us at hen@acaps.org if you want more detailed information. 

ACAPS has conducted a Quick Impact Survey as part of its efforts to better understand the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and its impact on current humanitarian operations. It was sent to humanitarian organisations worldwide. The Quick Impact Survey conducted between 27 March and 30 March, asked nine questions about the impact of government measures on operations, steps taken to protect staff and affected people, and five additional questions about the respondents. Overall, ACAPS received 136 responses from 95 different respondents, including over 80 non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The responses covered at least 52 different countries of operation, not including single answers for multiple countries, regional responses, or headquarters.
ACAPS has developed an analytical framework to approach the analysis of this ongoing and quickly developing crisis. We published a report on initial government measures and will continue to monitor new government measures and their impact. Based on these insights, and in collaboration with partners, ACAPS is also working on forward-looking analysis and scenarios for the humanitarian community to better prepare for the changes to come.