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This is an especially challenging time across the globe. The world is facing a global pandemic, with countries’ health, social and economic

Right now, UN teams are working as one with governments and partners to prevent and respond to COVID-19. Today, we highlight a few of the coordinated responses to COVID-19 as of 28 August 2020.

From banking, to food delivery, and taxi bookings, Uganda is rapidly becoming accustomed to many of the online tools that are commonplace in developed economies, and which don’t rely on face-to-face interactions. The UN is supporting this shift, as a way to help developing economies recover from the global economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alejandra Mónica Quijua Tintaya is a 34-year-old Bolivian national who packaged fruits in Santiago de Chile. She, along with other migrant workers

Nearly 820 million children worldwide do not have basic handwashing facilities at school, putting them at increased risk of COVID-19 and other

The UN Development system continues to support national efforts to fight against COVID-19 in a collaborative way through its UN Country Teams

UN teams continue to work with local authorities and partners to help mitigate the health and socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic. Below, we

When Eduardo Romero was 40 years old, he was fired from his job as a bricklayer. It was 1992 in the city of Durazno, Uruguay. With his few belongings

Today, we highlight a few of the coordinated responses to COVID-19 as of 3 August, 2020.

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Our UN teams in Brazil, Colombia and Peru have