Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

A worker cleans finished wood flooring in a factory in Zhejiang, China.
ILO

Workers and COVID-19: Access to healthcare, now ‘a matter of life and death’

14 May 2020
Economic Development

The spread of COVID-19 in developing countries has exposed gaps in social protection coverage which could compromise recovery plans, expose millions of people to poverty and affect global readiness to cope with similar crises, according to two policy briefs issued Thursday by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

A pregnant woman in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is cared for by midwives as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across Africa.
© UNFPA DRC

UN celebrates midwives during COVID-19 crisis because ‘childbirth doesn’t stop for pandemics’

5 May 2020
Women

With many national health systems totally overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, midwives are demonstrating courage and resilience as they support women and newborns in the toughest of circumstances, the head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Tuesday.