Maternal, newborn and child health in humanitarian and fragile settings

Advocacy and key messages

The past 10 years have been a time of progress for many of the world’s women, children and adolescents, and the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) movement,...

This report shows some of the lessons learned from past epidemics, with an emphasis on how to ensure reproductive, maternal, child and adolescent health...

Partners provide psychosocial support and GBV case management as needed in the referral centre of the UNFPA-supported reproductive health facility in Anbar

By UNHCRThis document highlights key messages on the impact of COVID-19 on refugee women and what can be done to protect women's health during COVID-19.More...

By WHOThis news piece discusses the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on women, children, and adolescents in fragile settings More information

By UNODCThis document shows parents or other caregivers in refugee settings how to help children take care of their mental health during COVID-19. It provides...

By Early Childhood Peace ConsortiumThis document provides recommendations on how stakeholders can continue to support migrant and refugee children during...

By UNHCRThis document highlights UNHCR's response to COVID-19 in different countries and discusses how they have supported children during this period. More...

Multimedia

Guidance resources

This document provides programmatic guidance for governments to maintain essential services with regard to family planning and contraceptive supplies....

Midwife feels skull of a three-week old baby, in Canada

By UNFPAThis document provides recommendations on how to ensure the provision of essential maternal health services during COVID-19, including in humanitarian...

By IASC, IFRC, IOM, UNHCR, WHOThis guidance provides recommendations for scaling up COVID-19 responses in humanitarian and fragile settings. (Please look...

By UNHCRThis guidance document provides recommendations on how to prioritize essential healthcare services in refugee communities during COVID-19.More...

By Global Nutrition Cluster, UNICEF, World Vision, Emergency Nutrition Network, technical rapid response teamThis guidance provides recommendations on...

By WHO, UNFPA, UNICEFThis document provides guidance on how countries can maintain essential maternal, child, and adolescent health services during the...

Contextualized resources

By Afghanistan Public Health InstituteThis policy brief includes recommendations on how the healthcare authorities in Afghanistan can continue to improve...

By UNHCR, WFP, WHO, UNICEF  This resource provides recommendations, tailored to the African context, on breastfeeding during COVID-19.More information

By UNFPAThis news-story provides information on UNFPA's response to COVID-19 in Haiti and the initiatives that have been done by the organization to ensure...

By UNFPAThis article describes the impact that COVID-19 has had on sexual reproductive health services and women residing in Palestine.More information

By UNICEFThis document describes the impact that COVID-19 has had on many children in the MENA region and highlights key strategies that UNICEF will take...

Health worker with protective googles and mask at Rohingya refugee camp, during COVID-19 pandemic, in Bangladesh

By WHO, UNFPA, Save the Children, Health Sector Cox's BazarThis document provides recommendations on how to ensure the provision of essential maternal...

By UNHCRThis guidance provides recommendations on infection prevention strategies in Lebanon that should be implemented in crowded settings including informal...

Social media

 

     

 

Partner and relevant social media

@UNFPA @UNICEF @UNHCR @WHO @UN @WHO_EUROPE  @WHOEMRO @UNICEFUSA @JohnsHopkinsCCP  @UNmigration @UNYouthEnvoy