Child health during COVID-19

These key messages provide a multisectoral action plan to protect and ensure essential services, including mental health services, for young children and...

This news story discusses the impact of COVID-19 on essential routine vaccinations globally and highlights the importance of maintaining these services....

This advocacy document addresses how the provision of protection, health and nutrition services promotes child enrollment in school and thus fosters better...

COVID-19 has highlighted the need to invest in mental health as a priority. Children similar to other vulnerable groups are also at risk for mental health...

As the COVID-19 pandemic reaches many countries with fragile health systems and/or already affected by a humanitarian crisis, it is critical to include...

The second and up to date pulse survey aims to gain initial insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential health services across the life...

This article highlights the need for stakeholders to take immediate action during COVID-19 to protect children’s rights.Produced by: UNICEFLearn...

Children with a history of abuse may find themselves even more vulnerable – both at home and online – and may experience more frequent and...

This document includes message for various stakeholders, including governments, to enable them to advocate for, breastfeeding during COVID-19 for newborns...

This article summarises the Agenda for Action that calls for strong mobilization of governments, bilateral/multilateral donors, civil society and private...

This brief highlights the impact of school closures and other containment measures on children’s protection and wellbeing and key actions that can...

The paper discusses the main channels through which the current pandemic can influence child labour, including fall in living standards; deteriorating...

This paper paints a picture of current progress towards ensuring that all families have access to affordable and high-quality childcare, and considers...

This press release provides and overview of the research brief "Childcare in a global crisis: the impact of COVID-19 on work and family life" which offers...

COVID-19 has had a severe negative impact on vulnerable refugee, internally displaced, and migrant children. UNICEF calls on governments and policy makers...

Children are at heightened risk for exploitation and violence during COVID-19. There is a need to implement measures to prevent trafficking and violence...

This guidance note rom UNICEF and partners sets out some of the key priorities and recommendations on how to mitigate those risks and promote positive...

Detailed practical considerations for countries to sustain quality sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) services...

This is a comprehensive guidance document to help governments and policy makers in maintaining essential health care services during COVID-19 pandemic....

This document provides guiding principles to support countries in provision or resumption of immunization services during the COVID-19 pandemic and other...

This guidance note outlines key principles and practical measures for decision-makers to consider before, during and after the transition from closure...

This guidance includes practical recommendations for decision makers to help keep communities and health workers safe, to sustain essential services at...

This policy brief outlines three strategic reasons why child protection actors should engage in leveraging social protection towards child protection outcomes,...

The document provides guidance to prevent potential risk of outbreak of vaccine preventable diseases as a result of non-sustained routine immunization. Produced...

A WHO Q&A list of children and proper mask wearing practices (all document)Produced by: WHOLearn more      

Immunizations are an essential health service that protect susceptible individuals from vaccine-preventable diseases. These FAQs accompany WHO’s...

A list of Q&A to help teachers, students, parents, and school officials protect themselves at schools. (all document)Produced by: WHOLearn more      

This article discusses the impact that COVID-19 and school closures have had on children and their families in Ukraine and urges funders to support these...

This document presents estimates of the impact of the reduction of health services coverage caused by COVID-19 on achieving or maintaining the 2030 Agenda...