Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability to COVID-19 : a rapid overview of disaggregated and interlinked vulnerabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

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OPHI Briefing paper Sub Saharan Africa .pdf (4.58 MB)

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2020-10

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This briefing provides evidence regarding vulnerability to COVID-19 across 479 national regions and 40 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, mapping simultaneous deprivations (poverty, food insecurity, employment, natural disasters, disease) so that COVID-19 policy responses are able to encompass different levels of vulnerability. This overview focuses on the joint distribution of three COVID-19 risk indicators from the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). These are nutrition, drinking water, and cooking fuel. Some clusters of high-risk areas also span national boundaries and require regional approaches. Overlapping deprivations amplify the risk of fatality if a person contracts COVID-19.

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COVID-19, DISEASE CONTROL, PANDEMIC, POVERTY, IMPOVERISHMENT, POVERTY INDEX, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POLICY MAKING, HEALTH POLICY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABILITY, SOUTH OF SAHARA, EPIDEMIOLOGY

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/59944

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2020-2029 / Années 2020-2029
Research Results (EG) / Résultats de recherches (EC)