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UN teams worldwide are uniting with governments, implementing partners and the private sector to fight COVID-19 together. We highlight some of the global responses as of 29 May 2020.

The UN and humanitarian partners in Yemen are responding to the virus with a focus on case management, risk communications, community engagement and protecting the wider public health system.

Learn how UN teams across the globe are working together to tackle COVID-19. Here, are some of the coordinated response efforts as of 22 May 2020.

Traditional storytellers in Chad, known as troubadours, are taking life-saving messages to remote communities in the Sahelian country, as the Government steps up its efforts with the support of the UN to counter the COVID-19 pandemic.

Resident Coordinators are leading the UN teams, working day and night with Governments to flatten the curve and address the impacts of the COVID-19

Speaking to UN News, Amina Mohammed said that the global crisis unleashed by the virus could and should kickstart efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, the 17 globally agreed targets to eradicate poverty, create a more equal and peaceful world and protect the planet.

“COVID-19 is a serious health crisis,” says Dr. Alex Gasasira, WHO Representative in Zimbabwe “And in a crisis, people get scared, they seek out