Green Response Factsheet: COVID-19

This fact sheet is based on: 1) Recommendations captured in the environmental assessment after the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement response to the 2016 Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic. 2) Learnings from environmental mainstreaming in humanitarian action. Information has been added relevant to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Includes: Integration of environmental considerations in Covid-19 humanitarian response, PPE, chlorine disinfectant, solid waste removal, and incineration.

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