The UN team in Bangladesh is working closely with the authorities, civil society and the private sector, as the south Asian country braces for the COVID-19 pandemic.
13 agencies unite to provide humanitarian coordination, technical support, and essential medical equipment to bolster national and provincial response.
Millions of people in India have a hand-to-mouth existence, and fast response measures put in place to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, are making life even more difficult for them. Renata Dessallien, the UN Resident Coordinator in India, assesses the current situation.
In Mozambique, a state of emergency has been declared. Uncertainty, economic pressure and heightened stress levels are expected to create a surge in gender-based violence, just as they have in other regions of the world.
Here are nine ways our UN teams are working to address what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as the greatest global crisis since World War II.