Asia and the Pacific

Situation Report
Philippines — Coordination
Philippines: COVID-19 Response Plan

$90M Needed for HCT COVID-19 Response Plan

In its present iteration, the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) COVID-19 Response Plan is primarily focusing on health system support interventions and will need regular updating to match the unique and evolving nature of this crisis, one which is expected to have a disproportionate impact on the poorest and most marginalized communities and further exacerbate pre-COVID 19 social inequalities, such as the occurrence of gender-based violence .

On 10 March, WHO, OCHA and UNICEF convened an extended Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG) planning meeting, including donors, World Bank, faithbased groups and the private sector, to discuss priority lines of action from humanitarian partners, identify highly vulnerable groups and the outline the HCT COVID-19 response strategy.

The overall goal of the humanitarian response is to support the national government and Local Government Units (LGU) in strengthening the health system and upholding the overall safety and well-being of people at risk, especially the most vulnerable groups, and to delay the spread of infection, for an initial duration of four months, March to June 2020.

HCT response objectives:

1. Support the Government’s health-led COVID-19 response, to protect lives and alleviate suffering through principled access to multi-sectoral assistance and critical services.

2. Ensure the most vulnerable and at risk people, such as but not limited to the elderly, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, internally displaced persons (IDPs), remote and conflict-affected communities, the urban poor, women and girls vulnerable to gender-based violence, and other people at heightened risk of being affected by COVID-19, have equal access to assistance, services, information and are protected against stigma and discrimination.

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