A recently published Lancet article warned of the increasing risks facing refugees and migrants, particularly those in camp settings where simple preventative measures like social distancing and self-isolation are harder to implement.
In countries that host a large number of refugees and migrants, WHO country offices have been working with ministries of health and other partners in their efforts to prevent and control COVID-19.
Who is also collaborating with other UN agencies to provide interim technical guidance on scaling up outbreak readiness in humanitarian situations, including refugee camp and non-camp settings.
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针对难民人口数量庞大的欧洲和东地中海区域国家发布了类似的指导文件。
Similar guidance has been released specifically for countries in the European and Eastern Mediterranean regions where refugee populations are large.
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叙利亚西北地区伊德利卜的结核病中心是为应对COVID-19大流行出台预防措施的众多卫生设施之一。
The TB center in Idleb, northwest Syria, is one of many health facilities where prevention measures have been put in place as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
HIHFAD (Hand in Hand for Aid and Development) staff, a partner of the WHO, check the temperature of all those that visit the facility and makes sure they use a hand sanitizer before entering.
The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) has developed a reporting system to monitor the occurrence and trend of COVID-19 among displaced populations in camps and non-camps settings.
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驻吉布提、苏丹、黎巴嫩、叙利亚和也门的世卫组织国家办事处立即举报谣言，并每周汇总数据。
The WHO Country Offices in Djibouti, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen report rumours immediately and aggregate data every week.
Also, to enhance interagency coordination for country support, WHO EMRO in collaboration with IOM, ESCWA and ILO, has established a Regional Taskforce on COVID-19 and Migration/Mobility.
In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, WHO is working with governments to secure the health of nearly one million Rohingya refugees and their host community against multiple threats of COVID-19, cyclone and diseases associated with the upcoming monsoon season.