Month: December 2020

Mainstreaming the Impacts of COVID-19 and Health Co-Benefits in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Actions in the State of Palestine to Accelerate Access to Climate Finance

Green Climate Fund This report addresses the needs of Palestine for an operational National Digital Climate Change Platform and a climate change portfolio of existing and new projects taking into account the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Report

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How the Explosion in Beirut has Impacted Lebanon’s COVID-19 Response

Borgen Magazine This article reports on the overarching impact of the Beirut explosion, COVID-19 response efforts, mismanagement, and negligence of Lebanon’s political class. Article

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COVID-19 National Lockdown in Morocco: Impacts on Air Quality and Public Health

One Health This study aims to compare the air quality status in Morocco before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the confinement period. Journal Article

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward COVID-19 among Iraqi People: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Ideas in Health This study aims to assess the Iraqi people’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 during the pandemic. Journal Article

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Yemen’s Devastating War Continues Despite an Unchecked Pandemic

Carnegie Middle East Center This article reports on the devastating toll that COVID-19, a war-ravaged healthcare sector, and a lack of testing had on Yemenis. Article

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Israelis and Palestinians Struggle With COVID-19 and With Each Other

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace This article examines the conflict between Israel and Palestine during COVID-19. Journal Article

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How the Pandemic Has Laid Bare Somalia’s Weak Governing Structures

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace This article explores varying conditions in Somalia in light of the COVID-19 pandemic including weak institutions and governance structures, a lack of coordination or rule implementation, changes in the Khat market, and attempts to curb domestic terrorism. Article

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The Pandemic’s Ripple Effects Are Among Libya’s Many Miseries

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace This article covers how the COVID-19 pandemic has rippled across Libya’s overlapping afflictions of civil war, political divisions, economic collapse, and humanitarian suffering. Article

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Diagnostics Paper on Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

United Nations This is a diagnostic working paper reporting on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Working Paper

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The Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Stress in Clinical Practice: Experience of Doctors in Iraqi Kurdistan

Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine This study aims to explore the perceived stress among medical doctors in Iraq and its relation to the duration of dealing with COVID-19 patients. Journal Article

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