Resources
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Report | English | 2020
Policy Brief: Community Health Workers in Humanitarian Settings
To better understand the barriers and enabling factors for community-based service delivery through CHWs, UNICEF, Save the Children, and the International Rescue Committee have collaborated to conduct a number of studies to document experiences with CHW services in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries. Retrospective case studies were carried out in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone (Ebola outbreak); South Sudan (conflict); Bangladesh (flooding); and Yemen (conflict).
Journal Article | English | 2020
Community case management of chest indrawing pneumonia in children aged 2 to 59 months by community health workers: study protocol for a multi-country cluster randomized open label non-inferiority trial
This paper presents the protocol used in a study to determine and compare treatment failure rates of enhanced iCCM compared with standard iCCM in children aged 2-59 months of age with chest indrawing pneumonia without general danger signs and/or hypoxaemia.
Guide | English | 2020
Guidance for COVID-19 prevention and control in schools
UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies published Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools, with a series of supplemental content with practical guidance across domains ranging from implementation to the development of child friendly materials. These resources are also available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Guide | English | 2020
Considerations for School-Related Public Health Measures in the Context of COVID-19
WHO, UNICEF and UNESCO have issued updated advice for policymakers and educators on running schools as safe as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, looking at risk-based approaches for school operations, based on the level and intensity of transmission rates at lower schooling levels; age-appropriate considerations for measures such as physical distancing and masks in schools; and other measures to mitigate against COVID-19 in schools.
Report | English | 2020
World Bank Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
The Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER), launched by the World Bank in 2011, is an initiative to produce comparative data and knowledge on education policies and institutions, with the aim of helping countries systematically strengthen their education systems and the ultimate goal of promoting Learning for All.
Guide | English | 2020
WHO/UNESCO Health Promoting Schools
Building from WHO's Global School Health Initiative, launched in 1995, WHO and UNESCO developed global standards and indicators as well as implementation guidance for assessing health promoting schools: environments that constantly strengthen their capacities as healthy settings for living, learning and working.
Report | English | 2020
Human Capital Investments: The Case for Education and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
This USAID white paper, published in 2020, considers opportunities to reach school-age children and adolescents in Africa given the young demographic profile of the region.
Tool | English | 2020
Joint WFP and UNICEF Multisectoral Checklist for School Reopening and School based Nutrition in the context of COVID-19
The World Food Programme and UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Offices jointly published a non-exhaustive list of recommended multi-sectoral actions to consider as part of the short and longer-term planning for and implementation of school reopening and school-based nutrition in the context of COVID-19.
Journal Article | English | 2020
Preventive malaria treatment among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analyses
Journal article published in the Lancet on December 1, 2020.
Report | English | 2020
The Hidden Impact of COVID-19 on Children and Families with Disabilities
This report is informed by Save the Children's global research series to generate rigorous evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic and measures implemented to mitigate it are impacting children’s health, nutrition, learning, wellbeing, protection, family finances and poverty. The results and recommendations shared in this resource focus on the various impacts of COVID-19 on children and parents/caregivers with disabilities and their families.
The Hidden Impact of COVID-19 on Children and Families with Disabilities3.51 MB
Report | English | 2020
Children with disabilities: Ensuring their inclusion in COVID-19 response strategies and evidence generation
This report developed by UNICEF highlights the unique impact of COVID-19 on children with disabilities and provides guidance on how to assess the impact of the pandemic on these children. Actionable steps to protect them involve the deliberate inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in every stage of the COVID-19 response. Also accessible on the UNICEF website.
Children with disabilities: Ensuring their inclusion in COVID-19 response strategies and evidence generation541.53 KB
Report | English | 2020
A Case for Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in Africa in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This paper discusses the issue of scaling up the local pharmaceutical production in Africa as an opportunity, as well as a necessity, to tackle local epidemics of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV, as well as non-communicable diseases whose control could be undermined by the scale of the COVID-19 outbreak. Also available on the Pamela Steele Associates Ltd website.
A Case for Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in Africa in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic581.54 KB
Guide | English | Niger | 2020
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response Plan
The COVID-19 preparedness and response plan, created by the Ministry of Health in Niger. Also available on WHO Regional Office for Africa website.
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response Plan6.79 MB
Guide | English | Mali | 2020
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (IPC) FOR THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
The national infection prevention and control (PCI) plan for COVID-19 in Mali. Also available on ministry of health website.
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (IPC) FOR THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)749.47 KB
Guide | English | Liberia | 2020
Interim Guidance On Clinical Care For Patients With Covid-19 In Liberia
Clinical guidance for care of patients with COVID-19 in Liberia, developed by the Ministry of Health and National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL). Also accessible on the Ministry of Health website.
Interim Guidance On Clinical Care For Patients With Covid-19 In Liberia1.73 MB
Guide | English | Ghana | 2020
Provisional Standard Treatment Guidelines for Novel Coronavirus Infection
Provisional clinical guidance for the treatment of COVID-19 in all age groups developed by the Ministry of Health, Ghana in June, 2020. Also accessible on the Ministry of Health website.
Provisional Standard Treatment Guidelines for Novel Coronavirus Infection1.98 MB
Guide | English | Nigeria | 2020
National Interim Guidelines for Clinical Management of COVID-19
Nigeria's national clinical guidelines developed in 2020 for the management of COVID-19 patients in all age groups. Also accessible on the Ministry of Health website.
National Interim Guidelines for Clinical Management of COVID-191.12 MB
Guide | English | Kenya | 2020
Guidelines on the Management of Pediatric Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Clinical guidelines developed by the Kenyan Ministry of Health for the management of pediatric patients with COVID-19. Also accessible on the Ministry of Health website.
Guidelines on the Management of Pediatric Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic5.19 MB
Guide | English | Kenya | 2020
Interim Guidance on Continuity of Essential Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Guidance developed by the Kenyan Ministry of Health on continuing essential health services in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also accessible on the Ministry of Health website.
Interim Guidance on Continuity of Essential Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic2.01 MB
Guide | English | Ethiopia | 2020
National Comprehensive COVID-19 Clinical Management Handbook for Ethiopia (2nd Edition)
Ethiopia's national clinical guidance on the management of COVID-19 for all age groups. Also accessible on the Ministry of Health, Ethiopia website.
National Comprehensive COVID-19 Clinical Management Handbook for Ethiopia (2nd Edition)1.91 MB