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DRC COVID-19 Global Appeal East Africa and Great Lakes Region

  • Funded by Danish Refugee Council, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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Grant number: DK-CVR-20699310-DRCRO01-19

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2020

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $613,778,514.6

  • Funder

    Danish Refugee Council, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    Danish Refugee Council

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Not applicable

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Internally Displaced and MigrantsVulnerable populations unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

DRC is present in 9 countries in the East Africa and Great Lakes Region. DRC has implemented COVID-19 specific activities in all of these countries: Burundi, Central African Republic, Djibouti, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, & South Sudan The East Africa and Great Lakes region represents DRC's largest engagement in terms of number of countries and outreach focusing on addressing COVID-19-related impact on conflict- and displacement affected populations. In the region, nine DRC country offices reported COVID-19 response programmes, reaching close to 2,5 million people in 2020 .