Desperately needed aid for millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa under threat as the deadly coronavirus pandemic sweeps a continent already facing a volley of crises
Children wait for their turn to buy water from a privately-owned water tower, amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Taabtenga district of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. April 3, 2020.
Cameroon's polio vaccination campaign has been suspended, while in Chad a measles vaccination programme has been postponed. "We are focusing on activities that are vital for survival, but we are also adapting our way of working," Belanger told AFP. In Niger, for instance, food handouts are being distributed in small groups in order to keep social distancing, said Jean-Noel Gentile with the UN's World Food Programme.
"This is already difficult enough in France – you can imagine how it is in the furthest reaches of the Central African Republic," said Isabelle Robin of the French charity Action Against Hunger . Though Africa has not been hit as badly as most of the rest of the world, the pandemic is a growing threat, given the continent's weak healthcare systems, entrenched poverty, poor sanitation and crowded slums.
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