Nafisa* (25) was the first COVID-19 patient at Save the Children's treatment centre in Cox's Bazar. Image credit: Habiba Ummay / Save the Children

Barriers to Gender Based Violence (GBV) health services in humanitarian settings during COVID-19: A desk review from Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh), Iraq & Northern Nigeria

From the WHO’s Global Health Cluster (GHC) COVID-19 Task Team: This desk review, led by READY, summarizes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence (GBV) health-related services in Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar), Iraq, and northern Nigeria.

The report includes:

- An overview of the impact of COVID-19 on GBV health-related services, common barriers to services, and GBV responses and adaptations;
- Context-specific information on those same themes in Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar), Iraq, and northern Nigeria; and
- General and context-specific recommendations for governments, NGOs, healthcare providers, the UN and donors, and other actors.

Download the Barriers to Gender Based Violence (GBV) health services in humanitarian settings during COVID-19 desk review (580kb .pdf).

Tovuti hii imewezekana kwa msaada wa Watu wa Marekani kupitia Shirika la Maendeleo ya Kimataifa la Marekani (USAID) chini ya mpango wa TAYARI. READY (sio kifupi) inaungwa mkono na USAID Ofisi ya Demokrasia, Migogoro, na Usaidizi wa Kibinadamu, Ofisi ya Msaada wa Maafa ya Kigeni ya Marekani (OFDA) na inaongozwa na Okoa Watoto kwa kushirikiana na Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Afya ya Kibinadamu,, Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Mipango ya Mawasiliano, UK-Med, Muungano wa EcoHealth, na Rehema Malaysia. Yaliyomo kwenye tovuti hii ni jukumu pekee la Save the Children. Maelezo yaliyotolewa kwenye tovuti hii si lazima yaakisi maoni ya USAID, washirika wowote au wote wa muungano, au Serikali ya Marekani, na si taarifa rasmi ya Serikali ya Marekani.

Tovuti hii imewezeshwa na usaidizi mkubwa wa watu wa Marekani kupitia Shirika la Maendeleo ya Kimataifa la Marekani (USAID). Yaliyomo ni wajibu wa READY na si lazima yaakisi maoni ya USAID au Serikali ya Marekani. Ikiongozwa na Save the Children, mpango wa READY unatekelezwa kwa ushirikiano na Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Afya ya Kibinadamu, Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Mipango ya Mawasiliano, UK-Med, na Chuo cha Uongozi wa Kibinadamu. READY inaongeza uwezo wa kimataifa kwa mashirika yasiyo ya kiserikali kukabiliana na milipuko mikubwa ya magonjwa ya kuambukiza.