Launch of policy brief on COVID-19 and the World of Work
“The world of work cannot and should not look the same after this crisis”
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world of work upside down.
Every worker, every business and every […]
June 2020
May 2020
United Nations Launches Global initiative to combat misinformation
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, another virus is infecting our lives — misinformation.
April 2020
Press release: Government of Russia Announces US$ 3 million In Aid for Desert Locust Control in Kenya
The Government of Russia has announced a contribution of USD 3 million (KSh 300 million) to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which will be used to support the […]
UN and partners request $267.5 million to respond to humanitarian needs arising from COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya
(Nairobi, 9 April 2020): The Government of Kenya, the United Nations and humanitarian partners have launched today a Flash Appeal requesting $267.5 million to respond to the most immediate and critical […]
Press release:UN in Kenya Supports President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Covid-19 Mitigation Measures
Nairobi, 7 April 2020….The United Nations in Kenya has pledged to get behind the Government in the latest measures announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta to contain the social impact […]
Launch of report on socio-economic impacts of COVID-19
“The recovery from the COVID-19 crisis must lead to a different economy”
The world is facing an unprecedented test. And this is the moment of truth. Hundreds of thousands of […]
African countries move from COVID-19 readiness to response as many confirm cases
The global community is racing to slow down and eventually halt the spread of COVID-19, a pandemic that has claimed thousands of lives and sickened tens of thousands of […]
March 2020
Rapid Response Teams are racing against the spread of COVID in Africa
When the Kenyan Government announced the country’s first case of COVID-19, clinician Jackson Njoroge was already hard at work. He and his colleagues from the Kenyan Ministry of […]
United Nations Office at Nairobi Response to COVID-19 outbreak
COVID-19 is a rapidly evolving global issue. This is a critical time, and the top priority of the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi remains the health, […]
Coronavirus global health emergency: United Nations Tackles the COVID-19 Threat on Multiple Fronts
As medical workers, scientists and others are working around the clock to prevent, treat and mount this unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak, the United Nations, together with its […]
