Table 5.

COVID-19 impacts by World Health Organization region.

	WHO region						Total
	Africa	Americas	Eastern Mediterranean	Europe	South-East Asia	Western Pacific
Program has had suspected or positive COVID-19 cases	3 (50.0%)	47 (12.9%)	5 (55.6%)	32 (20.6%)	3 (10.7%)	13 (8.0%)	106 (14.4%)
Restrictions on staff work, travel, or home life	4 (66.7%)	251 (68.0%)	9 (81.8%)	98 (62.0%)	17 (58.6%)	94 (57.3%)	481 (64.3%)
Concern about delivering CR due to lack of PPE	5 (83.3%)	71 (19.5%)	2 (18.2%)	45 (28.8%)	15 (51.7%)	44 (27.2%)	182 (24.6%)
Felt need to work despite perceived risk for fear of losing job or pay	4 (66.7%)	149 (41.0%)	2 (18.2%)	43 (27.9%)	12 (41.4%)	63 (38.2%)	276 (37.3%)
No paid sick leave	1 (16.7%)	74 (20.7%)	3 (27.3%)	15 (9.7%)	12 (41.4%)	45 (27.3%)	150 (20.4%)
Institution giving staff information so can perform duties safely	6 (100.0%)	335 (93.1%)	10 (100.0%)	143 (92.9%)	29 (100.0%)	163 (98.8%)	696 (94.6%)
Staff Changes
Re-deployed	4 (40.0%)	203 (37.9%)	7 (50.0%)	87 (37.5%)	5 (9.4%)	41 (25.6%)	353 (30.2%)
Reduced hours	4 (40.0%)	163 (30.5%)	4 (28.6%)	16 (6.9%)	4 (7.5%)	21 (13.5%)	215 (18.5%)
Some staff have had to practice somewhat outside their scope	3 (30.0%)	80 (15.0%)	7 (50.0%)	41 (17.7%)	4 (7.5%)	21 (13.5%)	159 (13.7%)
Laid off temporarily	1(10.0%)	96 (17.9%)	4 (28.6%)	21 (9.1%)	4 (7.5%)	12 (7.8%)	138 (11.9%)
Pay reductions	3 (30.0%)	36 (6.7%)	4 (28.6%)	10 (4.3%)	5 (9.4%)	13 (8.2%)	71 (6.1%)
Permanently let go	1 (10.0%)	14 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	1 (1.9%)	2 (1.0%)	24 (2.1%)
Other	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	2 (3.8%)	9 (6.0%)	43 (3.7%)

Note 1: Frequency and valid percentage shown.

Note 2: Total does not sum the values from WHO regions because some respondents have not reported their countries.

WHO, World Health Organization; PPE, personal protective equipment.