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UNESCO addresses societal inequalities and economic impacts of COVID-19 in nine Sub-Saharan African cities
While the world has focused on the public health consequences of the COVID19 the socioeconomic impacts have been a key policy lever in establishing government responses In SubSaharan Africa the pandemic triggered severe economic and social contractions magnifying the longstanding legacies of prejudice injustice and increasing inequalities of our societies Local populations have suffered devastating consequences for food security employment opportunities and public trust provoked by the global health crisis
UNESCO in partnership with Metropolis Canada and the Canadian COVID19 Social Impacts Network produced a report on the Impact of COVID19 in SubSaharan Africa to put forward key policy recommendations to counter the consequences of the pandemic that has left the most vulnerable further behind Based on over 3000 collected responses the reports results explore the most salient societal issues such as public trust in institutions access to services and social status the most widely reported form of discrimination The report was launched during a webinar announcing the findings of the study on 11 December 2020
