Canadian Red Cross

Purpose

This project is a 12-month Canadian Red Cross initiative that aims to decrease coronavirus (COVID-19) related mortality and morbidity of populations. The project focuses on those experiencing marginalization and/or vulnerability in six conflict-impacted countries in Africa (Central African Republic, Somalia and South Sudan), the Americas (Haiti), Asia (Bangladesh) and the Middle East (Syria). This is achieved by a series of activities designed to increase equitable coverage of public health and health care services for people infected with COVID-19 and improve community response to and recovery from COVID-19 with specific measures for women, girls and those experiencing marginalization or vulnerability. The project expects to reach a total of 1,168,400 people.