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The INFORM Severity Index is a regularly updated, and easily interpreted model for measuring the severity of humanitarian crisis globally. It is a composite index, which brings together 31 core indicators, organised in three dimensions: impact, conditions of affected people, and complexity. All the indicators are scored on a scale of 1 to 5. These scores are then aggregated into components, the three dimensions (Impact, Conditions, Complexity), and the overall severity category based on the analytical framework. The three dimensions have been weighted according to their contribution to severity: impact of the crisis (20%); conditions of affected people (50%); complexity (30%). The weightings are currently a best estimate and will be refined using expert analysis and statistical methods. Each crisis will fall into 1 of 5 categories based on their score ranging from very low to high. ACAPS – an INFORM technical partner – is responsible for collection, cleaning, analysis and input of data into the model and the production of the final results. Read more about the INFORM Severity Index: https://www.acaps.org/en/thematics/all-topics/inform-severity-index Users can specify time period and download from: https://www.acaps.org/en/data#dataset-3

ACAPS' Humanitarian Access Dataset puts together all the pieces of information on Humanitarian Access Constraints of the first half of 2021. The report resulting from this dataset is the Humanitarian Access Overview, which outlines how access to humanitarian assistance continues to be restricted for crisis-affected populations in more than 60 countries. Data from the dataset is coded according to access dimensions, indicators and sub-indicators, then scored on a 0 to 5 severity scale. The dataset displays: data collected, coded in "log" tab with its "data dictionary" aggregation of data by country, scored per "indicator" country scores (pillars, overall access score and information gaps) in "Scores" tab gis compatible clean tab with ISO codes According to this data, we identified the following: Extreme access constraints (Level 5) for: Eritrea, Libya, Syria, Yemen. Very high access constraints (Level 4) for: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Iraq, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Venezuela. High access constraints (Level 3) for: Azerbaijan, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Colombia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Honduras, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Sudan, Turkey, Ukraine. For more information, download the dataset. To access ACAPS' Humanitarian Access Overview, please visit: https://www.acaps.org/en/thematics/all-topics/humanitarian-access