Strengthened community resilience and COVID-19 response through community action interventions (2020)

On Thursday 19 March 2020, an extraordinary meeting of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network and national network coordinators was convened to assess the needs of cities in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was part of an ongoing needs assessment being undertaken by the Community Action Interventions (CAI) COVID-19 Response Team to identify and understand the specific needs of relevant partners and actors so that they can strengthen community reliance and response efforts through community action. The needs assessment will allow the WHO Regional Office for Europe to subsequently align its technical support and guidance to support these efforts.