Maternal and newborn 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...

Call to action for respectful care for women and newborns during COVID-19, adapted from the WHO Guidelines.Produced by: White Ribbon AllianceLearn more      

This resource discusses the impact that COVID-19 has had on the continuation of routine vaccinations and the consequences of such disruptions on the global...

This resource discusses the impact of COVID-19 on funding essential maternal, child, and adolescent services and the inequities that have been exacerbated...

 This joint statement calls upon all governments, donors and partners to take action to protect the nutritional status of the most vulnerable families...

This advocacy agenda was produced for reproductive and maternal health and was driven by the demands from 1.2 million women’s and girls’ who...

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

This advocacy piece highlights the discrimination against women and girls that has been exacerbated with the Covid-19 pandemic and calls upon governments...

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

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

This brief provides recommendations on how to support midwives and nurses to improve maternal and newborn outcomes.Produced by: UNICEFLearn more

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 a practical guide for parliamentarians and policymakers to update of the 9 major pillars of COVID‑19 preparedness and response and...

This guidance presents action plans to promote and ensure mental health services during the covid-19 pandemic. (pages 12-13, 15)Produced by: UNLearn...

This brief includes key information on the impact of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition for children and presents recommendations to mitigate the...

This policy brief focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on women, including economic impacts, health impacts, unpaid care work, gender-based violence and impact...

This document provides guidance to support the continuity of routine immunization while mitigating the risks of COVID-19.Produced by: WHOLearn more

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

This Q&A section from Every Woman Every Child addressing the maternal and newborn healthcare service disruption during Covid-19. Produced by: Every...

A blog by the World bank on the increased burden on health systems due to the COVID 19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Produced...

This document provides key strategic areas to support the continuity in the provision of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and...

Women and girls are heavily impacted by the covid-19 pandemic in terms of economic livelihoods, education, violence and access to health services. The...