Final Impact Report: 2024
COVID-19 is Fueling a Mental Health Crisis For the World’s Youth
As the COVID-19 pandemic upends the lives of young people around the world, a long-simmering mental health crisis threatens to …
THE COVID-19 SOLIDARITY RESPONSE FUND IMPACT
In March 2020, the United Nations Foundation and the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation created the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization.
In its first year, the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund helped mobilize more than $242 million from more than 660,000 individuals, organizations, and philanthropies. These resources were rapidly deployed to where they were needed most, helping to provide more than 270 million pieces of personal protective equipment and medical supplies, more than 19 million COVID-19 tests, and critical support to WHO and partners’ efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to the pandemic around the world.
Browse this page for stories of impact from the frontlines of the crisis, conversations with experts, the ongoing work by partners to support WHO’s essential work, and more.
NOTE: From March 2021, the UN Foundation transferred administration of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund to the WHO Foundation. Learn more.
As the COVID-19 pandemic upends the lives of young people around the world, a long-simmering mental health crisis threatens to …
With training from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and support from the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, Syrian refugee Midia Said …
“We are giving our bodies to this cause, we are giving our voice to this cause, we are giving our …
Since news of the novel coronavirus broke 10 months ago, headlines have grown more distressing by the day. But amid …
In this fast-moving pandemic, demand for accurate information is insatiable. How does WHO arrive at the best guidance for the …
When it comes to life post-pandemic, what Dr. Konstantinos Petsanis worries about most is mental health. “Mental health repercussions regarding …
The 2020 World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place at an unprecedented time in history, amidst the virulent COVID-19 pandemic, the …
Dr. Peter Hotez can’t sleep. As one of America’s leading vaccine scientists, he oversees a team of researchers that’s working …
