Project evaluation report: Self-care in times of COVID-19 animation series

This report presents the findings from a realist evaluation of the PMNCH Self-care in times of COVID-19 animations project that developed a series of four short, animated videos, to promote self-care practices around key sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health issues specific to the pandemic and beyond. Bringing together creative partners studio Eeksaurus and Medical Aid Films, with the WHO, UNICEF and others as technical and dissemination partners, the animations covered the following topics: Breastfeeding in times of COVID-19, Adolescent Mental Health, Responsive Caregiving and Mitigating Violence. The project started in spring 2020, with the animations launched over a period of 18 months between May 2020 and November 2021, with animations available in all six official UN languages (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish).