EMEA-EMNES Study – Covid-19 in the Mediterranean and Africa: diagnosis, policy responses, preliminary assessment and way forward study

April 24, 2020
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Amidst the disrupting circumstances resulting from the global pandemic COVID-19, this study provides a diagnosis of the contagion between February and April 2020 in the Mediterranean and Africa. It assesses the level of preparedness of national healthcare systems and examines the policy responses for containing the contagion and for mitigating the socio-economic consequences of the health crisis in several countries including: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Spain, and Tunisia.

The study proposes a novel three-pillar framework to assess the policy responses. It concludes with a preliminary assessment for the surveyed countries and provides recommendations for the way forward.

The study, which is part of the EMEA policy research initiative on COVID-19 launched on March 18th 2020, is a result of collaborative research and contributions from EMNES researchers from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia; and of EMEA researchers, fellows and experts.

Covid-19 in the Mediterranean and Africa: diagnosis, policy responses, preliminary assessment and way forward study