UNHCR is involved in Operation Welcome (Operaçao Acolhida) in Brazil’s northern state of Roraima, coordinating operations for the influx of Venezuelan migrants entering the country. UNHCR supported the construction of the Protection and Care Area (APC) which Operation Welcome Task Force has developed to support the state of Roraima to respond to COVID-19 cases.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNHCR donated 200 Relief Housing Units (RHUs), in addition to mattresses and hygiene kits for a new health facility, called Protection and Care Area (APC), in the Roraima state. The facility has a capacity for 1200 patients affected with COVID-19.
Read more about UNHCR’s efforts in Brazil here.
UNHCR is supporting the construction of the Protection and Care Area (APC) that Operation Welcome Task Force, the federal response to the influx of Venezuelans in Brazil, is developing to support the state of Roraima with possible suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19. APC will be a health facility to increase response capability amongst refugees, migrants and host communities. With capacity to extend according to the needs, 1,200 people can be initially attended in the clinic area for infected people. With technical expertise in assembling shelters and providing speedy emergency response in the field, UNHCR has supported the APC project with the help of architect colleague working on the design of the space. Up to now, UNHCR has donated 200 RHUs for the protection areas of suspects and infected people. Additionally, around 1,00 mattresses hygiene kits and blankets were delivered to the APC installations. While demand will likely increase, more items will be required to support the response. "UNHCR's mandate is to protect refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, and in a crisis like this, where several lives are at risk, UNHCR is and will continue to support whatever is possible to ensure the health protection of these refugees, migrants and the local community supporting national efforts ", says Arturno De Nieves, UNHCR's senior field coordinator for Roraima and Amazonas. ; In coordination with other UN agencies and within the framework of the R4V (Response for Venezuelans) Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform, UNHCR supporting local and national efforts to cope with Covid-19 situation to protect the Venezuelan population assisted in Manaus, Boa Vista and Pacaraima, in Brazil. In early-2020, Covid-19 became a global pandemic, spreading to nearly all the world’s continents. Refugees and displaced populations, particularly the elderly and those with pre-existing health conditions, often have reduced access to health services and sanitation an
At UNHCR's warehouse Boa Vista, our staff prepare the donation of NFIs to health centre (APC). UNHCR is supporting the construction of the Protection and Care Area (APC) that Operation Welcome Task Force, the federal response to the influx of Venezuelans in Brazil, is developing to support the state of Roraima with possible suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19. APC will be a health facility to increase response capability amongst refugees, migrants and host communities. With capacity to extend according to the needs, 1,200 people can be initially attended in the clinic area for infected people. With technical expertise in assembling shelters and providing speedy emergency response in the field, UNHCR has supported the APC project with the help of architect colleague working on the design of the space. Up to now, UNHCR has donated 200 RHUs for the protection areas of suspects and infected people. Additionally, around 1,00 mattresses hygiene kits and blankets were delivered to the APC installations. While demand will likely increase, more items will be required to support the response. "UNHCR's mandate is to protect refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, and in a crisis like this, where several lives are at risk, UNHCR is and will continue to support whatever is possible to ensure the health protection of these refugees, migrants and the local community supporting national efforts ", says Arturno De Nieves, UNHCR's senior field coordinator for Roraima and Amazonas. ; In coordination with other UN agencies and within the framework of the R4V (Response for Venezuelans) Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform, UNHCR supporting local and national efforts to cope with Covid-19 situation to protect the Venezuelan population assisted in Manaus, Boa Vista and Pacaraima, in Brazil. In early-2020, Covid-19 became a global pandemic, spreading to nearly all the world’s continents. Refugees and displaced populations, particularly the elderly and those wit
At UNHCR's warehouse Boa Vista, our staff prepare the donation of NFIs to health centre (APC). UNHCR is supporting the construction of the Protection and Care Area (APC) that Operation Welcome Task Force, the federal response to the influx of Venezuelans in Brazil, is developing to support the state of Roraima with possible suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19. APC will be a health facility to increase response capability amongst refugees, migrants and host communities. With capacity to extend according to the needs, 1,200 people can be initially attended in the clinic area for infected people. With technical expertise in assembling shelters and providing speedy emergency response in the field, UNHCR has supported the APC project with the help of architect colleague working on the design of the space. Up to now, UNHCR has donated 200 RHUs for the protection areas of suspects and infected people. Additionally, around 1,00 mattresses hygiene kits and blankets were delivered to the APC installations. While demand will likely increase, more items will be required to support the response. "UNHCR's mandate is to protect refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, and in a crisis like this, where several lives are at risk, UNHCR is and will continue to support whatever is possible to ensure the health protection of these refugees, migrants and the local community supporting national efforts ", says Arturno De Nieves, UNHCR's senior field coordinator for Roraima and Amazonas. ; In coordination with other UN agencies and within the framework of the R4V (Response for Venezuelans) Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform, UNHCR supporting local and national efforts to cope with Covid-19 situation to protect the Venezuelan population assisted in Manaus, Boa Vista and Pacaraima, in Brazil. In early-2020, Covid-19 became a global pandemic, spreading to nearly all the world’s continents. Refugees and displaced populations, particularly the elderly and those wit
At UNHCR's warehouse Boa Vista, our staff prepare the donation of NFIs to health centre (APC). UNHCR is supporting the construction of the Protection and Care Area (APC) that Operation Welcome Task Force, the federal response to the influx of Venezuelans in Brazil, is developing to support the state of Roraima with possible suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19. APC will be a health facility to increase response capability amongst refugees, migrants and host communities. With capacity to extend according to the needs, 1,200 people can be initially attended in the clinic area for infected people. With technical expertise in assembling shelters and providing speedy emergency response in the field, UNHCR has supported the APC project with the help of architect colleague working on the design of the space. Up to now, UNHCR has donated 200 RHUs for the protection areas of suspects and infected people. Additionally, around 1,00 mattresses hygiene kits and blankets were delivered to the APC installations. While demand will likely increase, more items will be required to support the response. "UNHCR's mandate is to protect refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, and in a crisis like this, where several lives are at risk, UNHCR is and will continue to support whatever is possible to ensure the health protection of these refugees, migrants and the local community supporting national efforts ", says Arturno De Nieves, UNHCR's senior field coordinator for Roraima and Amazonas. ; In coordination with other UN agencies and within the framework of the R4V (Response for Venezuelans) Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform, UNHCR supporting local and national efforts to cope with Covid-19 situation to protect the Venezuelan population assisted in Manaus, Boa Vista and Pacaraima, in Brazil. In early-2020, Covid-19 became a global pandemic, spreading to nearly all the world’s continents. Refugees and displaced populations, particularly the elderly and those wit
