Like many people in Geneva, I’m spending the COVID-19 lockdown outside my home country. Originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I have a masters in Cultural Foundations of Education with advanced studies in Disability Studies from Syracuse University. I also have a suppressed immune system, so isolation during this crisis is vital to keep me healthy.

Dorothea Hoehtker, Senior Researcher, ILO Research Department

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many look to the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918/19, which killed an estimated 50 million people, or 2,5 per cent of the global population. Are there lessons to be learned from the world of work perspective? Continue reading →

Carla Henry, Senior Technical Specialist, ILO Research Department

As economies ease restrictions on businesses, many workers will be called back to work but those deemed to be at elevated health risks may be asked to stay away for longer or to not return.

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