Impact analysis of COVID-19 on humanitarian health response

Overview

This report describes the second phase of a study that was commissioned by the Global Health Cluster COVID-19 Task Team with the intent of assessing the impact of COVID-19 on humanitarian response and the objective of influencing the development of the country humanitarian needs overviews, and humanitarian response plans. This study would allow the Global Health Cluster (GHC) to better support partners assisting vulnerable populations in cluster system activated countries.

The report covers the second phase of the study (October – December 2023) which was intended to support real time learning, by examining the impact of COVID-19 as it evolves, documenting lessons learned with regards to development of Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) 2023 and 2024, as well as Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2023 implementation. This phase consisted of a global data review, three country workshops in Ethiopia, South Sudan and Yemen as well as global key informant interviews and a survey of Health Cluster coordinators.