Up-to-date data collection efforts and analysis are critical to ensure humanitarian action is targeted effectively and the most vulnerable populations prioritized in the COVID-19 response. Data and analysis are needed to ensure new regions or countries affected by the crisis are monitored closely. In many countries IMPACT, notably through its REACH initiative, has been contacted to provide this support.

Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, our sister organization ACTED alerts about the risks in the poorest countries, where millions of vulnerable people are already facing humanitarian and health crises. Discover why we must act today and sign the appeal for an immediate and global mobilization for the most vulnerable.

As a humanitarian organization deployed in many vulnerable and crisis-affected countries, IMPACT is deeply concerned by the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the millions of affected people we seek to serve. Click here for our statement on IMPACT’s contribution to informing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and for regular updates of activities in countries where we work.

Every month, IMPACT Initiatives will introduce a member of its staff working in the field and who is actively engaged in collecting information from affected populations to explore what drives them to keep improving humanitarian action. Meet Muna, a committed humanitarian from Jordan who went from joining REACH teams on to building and managing them entirely.

Out of the 41 million people displaced worldwide, over half are women and girls. Even more concerning is the fact that the repercussions and negative impacts of living in internal displacement seem to affect women more than men. Read what lead author, Christelle Cabazat, and contributors from IMPACT, have to say about the importance of collecting more gender-disaggregated data leading to better analysis, and response.