The COVID-19 ‘stress test’ clearly demonstrated the need for a truly locally-led international humanitarian system.
![Volunteers put masks they produced in boxes at Turkish Red Crescent Community Center in Hatay, Turkey on August 20, 2020. [Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images] (Anadolu)](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1228164055.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Regional Director of the IFRC in the Middle East and North Africa
The COVID-19 ‘stress test’ clearly demonstrated the need for a truly locally-led international humanitarian system.
![Volunteers put masks they produced in boxes at Turkish Red Crescent Community Center in Hatay, Turkey on August 20, 2020. [Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images] (Anadolu)](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1228164055.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)