First #COVID19 is spreading: This week the African continent hit 200,000 cases. Countries in red are where cases are increasing.pic.twitter.com/jmlHfBYeO3
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Lots in the news today about @OECD economic growth projections. But what are the aftershocks for African countries?pic.twitter.com/owNhlbGE7J
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AID: As the Global Economy contracts, aid could fall by as much as USD$12 billion - equivalent in scale to France closing its aid program altogether.pic.twitter.com/oVhYtMePQZ
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If there is a second wave of
#COVID19, the Global Economy will contract further meaning aid could fall by $15bn, equivalent in scale to the EU closing its aid program.Show this thread -
In real terms this amount of money could:
Prevent 3.6 m people from going hungry
Prevent 3.8 m children being malnourished
Provide 5 m children with basic education
Prevent 430 thousand deaths from AIDS, TB, and Malaria
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Let’s think of it another way: the impacts of the fall in aid alone could mean
3.6 m more hungry people
3.8 m more children being malnourished
5 m children without basic education
430 thousand deaths from AIDS, TB, and Malaria
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MIGRANT REMITTANCES are five times the value of aid. But have fallen by as much as 23% as lockdowns and recessions limit the money migrants can send home. For those of you good at maths you’ll notice that means the FALL in remittances is roughly equal to 100% of aid...100%
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The US, Saudi Arabia, France and the UK are the big players when it comes to sending money to Africa. Making it cheaper to send money home and protecting migrant incomes would help.pic.twitter.com/jYYrBoN1RC
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FOOD:
#COVID19 COVID19 could double the number of people living with acute hunger by the end of 2020.https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/covid-19-could-double-africas-food-insecurity-wfp/ …Show this thread -
DEBT: 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa spend more on public debt servicing than public health. The Gambia spends nine times its health budget on debt.pic.twitter.com/k37CjOlG7V
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The G20’s debt relief deal is good news, but covers only a third of debt repayments owed by the poorest countries this year.https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=248316813220302 …
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We need the
@WorldBank to step up on debt and a stimulus package for Africa.https://www.one.org/international/blog/covid-19-debt-relief-next-steps/ …Show this thread -
We need
@g20 finance ministers to back the creation of Special Drawing Rights to fund a stimulus plan for Africa.https://twitter.com/ONECampaign/status/1253053754246561793?s=20 …
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We need the media to help sound the alarm on the Aftershocks of
#COVID19 for Africa. For more info check out ONE’s Africa COVID Tracker.https://twitter.com/David_McNair/status/1263115971688087554?s=20 …
In a crisis, facts are important.
At @ONECampaign we have assembled the latest real-time data on the impacts of#COVID19 on African countriesNo of #ventilators,#foodprices,#remittances,#debt You can find it all
https://www.one.org/africa/about/policy-analysis/covid-19-tracker/ … pic.twitter.com/gvSELmOg9xShow this thread -
Any thoughts on what else needs to happen?
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Any thoughts on what else needs to happen?
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