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title: "Protecting populations, preserving humanitarian space"
description: "Urgent need for humanitarian access in East Africa and Yemen."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/briefing-notes/protecting-populations-preserving-humanitarian-space"
language: "en"
published: "2020-05-11T09:38:21Z"
modified: "2020-05-11T09:38:21Z"
---

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Briefing note

# Protecting populations, preserving humanitarian space

Published 11. May 2020

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[Africa](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=24) [Yemen](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=120) [Coronavirus](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=347)

Urgent need for humanitarian access in East Africa and Yemen.

The collateral impact of Covid-19 in East Africa and Yemen will disproportionately affect communities already experiencing multiple and overlapping humanitarian crises. Yet the restrictions put in place to control the spread of the virus are inadvertently creating barriers to the delivery of aid.

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