Peru currently hosts the second largest Venezuelan community in Latin America, with over a million registered migrants and refugees as of August 2020. This report discusses the challenges local governments in Peru faced, when addressing the Venezuelan immigration and their integration in four Peruvian cities, Cusco, Lima, Trujillo and Tumbes, during the period from August 2019 until February 2020.

Considerations that can facilitate dialogue and coordination among governments and indigenous populations in specific contexts regarding COVID-19 management. These considerations complement the guides and protocols prepared by health authorities -both nationally and subnationally-, with the purpose of improving the intervention of health agents through cost-effective actions and reducing stress over sanitary systems.

This document summarizes some of the actions taken by the indigenous peoples of Latin America to confront COVID-19. It aims to be a support for the communities and their authorities in decision-making and the implementation of virus prevention and containment actions from their community reality.

This Technical Note describes the process of designing a behavioral intervention to help reduce the prevalence of anemia in children in El Salvador. It first describes a traditional micronutrient distribution program for rural households. The analysis shows that although implementation was relatively successful, and take-up high, adherence to the full treatment of micronutrients was much lower.

Evidence suggests that violence against women is likely to increase in Latin America and the Caribbean as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and the implementation of social distancing measures such as lockdowns, mobility restrictions, and closure of spaces that bring together groups of people. This brochure summarizes key actions and lessons to ensure VAW service delivery can continue to operate and respond to the evolving needs in emergency contexts. It also connects readers to available resources and tools.

In recent years, significant progress has been made toward implementing policies and programs to support gender equity in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, large disparities continue to exist between men and women in educational and health outcomes. In the region, girls perform better than boys in soft skills and language at an early age and the school attendance gaps favor women at all levels.