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CoVId-19 ChAllenge

The Covid-19 situation can be
turned into an opportunity by
Government to harness social Sight Akatukunda
protection as a transformational

measure that the population can Senior programme Officer,

benefit from. Communications and Advocacy
- ESP programme

revisiting the one-year of covid-19:

turning the crisis into opportunity for

inclusive social protection

t is over a year since the Corona Virus Disease groups and a decline in their access to basic The Elderly, Youth
2019 (Covid-19) pandemic took the world needs of life, thus a need for some more strategic and Children like
these are among the
by storm and wrecked havoc on both health mechanisms of averting the worse situation population segments
and economic systems. This has had a very from degenerating to worst. The impact of the whose livelihood has

Ihuge bearing on the incomes for vulnerable pandemic cannot be underrated. Coping with been affected by the
Covid-19 Pandemic

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