Adolescent health and health literacy and self-care during COVID-19

• Take care of yourself in the time of COVID-19 outbreak recommendations and advice for adolescents and their parents
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This resource provides key messages for adolescents and their families on how to practice self-care during these tough times
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Mythbusters
  Produced by: WHO
  This resource provides key messages on relevant facts in the form of advice to the public regarding COVID-19
• Self-care during COVID-19
  Produced by: WHO
  This resource provides information on how to practice self-care related to sexual health during covid-19
• #HealthyAtHome - Quitting tobacco
  Produced by: WHO
  This resource provides key messages on the importance of quitting tobacco as smokers have a higher risk of getting the virus
• What to do if you’re anxious about coronavirus
  Produced by: YoungMinds
  This resource promotes good mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: what to do when adolescents feel anxious.
• Nutrition during the pandemic
  Produced by: Teen Speak
  This blog provides tips to stay healthy during the pandemic such as eating every meal, drinking an adequate amount of water per day and eating when one is hungry and stopping when full
• Diet meal plans for teenagers: 5 foods to eat healthily during the pandemic
  Produced by: Times Now News
  This piece presents dietary options that enhance the immunity system of adolescents during the pandemic, which include the consumption of: fruits, vegetables, calcium, protein-rich food, iron-rich and vitamin-rich food.
• Self-care during the COVID-19 outbreak
  Produced by: Oxygen
  This resource provides key messages on practicing self-care by staying connected, seeking credible information, taking care of the body and mind.

• Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19
  Produced by: WHO
  This guidance provides information on why it is important to wear masks and the recommendations for wearing masks based on available evidence.
• Stay physically active during self-quarantine
  Produced by: WHO EUROPE
  This guidance promotes good physical health during COVID-19 pandemic, when in lockdown.
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) preparedness and response UNFPA interim technical brief
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This guidance document provides recommendations on how to safely engage and build the capacity of the youth in responding to the global response
• Maintaining a healthy diet during the COVID-19 pandemic
  Produced by: FAO
  This guidance provides recommendations on how to maintain a healthy diet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some recommendations include eating a variety of food, eating fruits and vegetables, consuming a diet rich in healthy fats and whole grains and monitoring the intake of fats, sugar and sodium.
• COVID-19: Working with and for young people
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This guidance focuses on engaging youth as part of the response for COVID-19 and addresses recommendations to ensure that adolescents receive services such as education, health and protection, during the pandemic.

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Adolescents and youth
  Produced by: WHO; UNESCO; UNICEF; UNFPA
  These questions and answers were developed by the World Health Organization, UNESCO, UNFPA and UNICEF. The young people from the Adolescents and Youth Constituency of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health contributed to the development of these questions and answers.
• Questions and answers: adolescents, youth and COVID-19
  Produced by: WHO; UNICEF; UNFPA; UNESCO
  This guide provides answers to common questions asked by youth during the pandemic which related to medications, immunizations, risk, school re-openings, misinformation, safe sex, domestic abuse and harassment.
• Questions and answers: adolescents, youth and COVID-19
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This Q&A provides answers to the most common questions asked by adolescents regarding information on COVID-19.
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Staying active
  Produced by: WHO
  This Q&A provides information on how to safely engage in physical activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
  Produced by: WHO
  This resource provides an overview of self-care and the importance of maintaining self-care interventions during the pandemic

• How Can Adolescents Maintain Self-Care During The COVID-19 Crisis?
  Produced by: Clementine
  This resource provides messages for adolescents recovering from an eating disorder, on how to practice self-care and healthy nutrition during the pandemic

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