Märta Terne

Märta Terne

PCPM donates 52 RHUs to tackle COVID-19 in northwest Syria

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Six quarantine centres for Covid-19 patients are being built across Syria. The country, torn by an almost decade-long war, has reported confirmed cases of the virus, and on March 29, the authorities in Syria announced the first confirmed Covid-19-related death.…

Svenska flyktinghem används i coronarespons världen över

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PRESSMEDDELANDE Svenska flyktinghem används i coronarespons världen över Hjälporganisationer använder idag svenska Better Shelters tillfälliga byggnader i kampen mot coronaviruset i Sverige och i världen. Vanligtvis används de som tillfälliga hem och fältkliniker i flyktingläger, men under coronakrisen finns behov…

COVID-19: Better Shelter responds to a global outbreak

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Humanitarian organisations are implementing RHUs in their coronavirus outbreak responses around the world. The modular design of the structures can be altered to suit different requirements and has proven suitable as a temporary health infrastructure in various contexts. The UN Refugee Agency,…

376 shelters to UNOPS in Senegal

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As part of the Saint-Louis Emergency Recovery and Resilience Project (SERRP) financed by the World Bank, the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in cooperation with the national agency in Saint-Louis (L’Agence de Développement municipal, ADM), supports the Government of…

GRM treats patients in RHUs

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In Matamoros in Mexico, on the banks of the Rio Grande river, lies a refugee camp with around 2500 asylum seekers from different parts of Central America. They are all waiting for their asylum cases to be processed by US…