Infection prevention and control and WASH for mothers and newborns during COVID-19

• About COVID-19 and pregnancy
  Produced by: Public Health Agency Of Sweden
  This page provides advice on how pregnant women can protect themselves and their babies from contracting COVID-19

• Water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management for COVID-19: technical brief
  Produced by: WHO
  This brief provides guidance on waste management practices that can reduce COVID-19 transmission rates within communities, schools, etc..
• Interim technical note on water, sanitation and hygiene for COVID-19 response in slums and informal urban settlements
  Produced by: UN-habitat & UNICEF
  This guidance provides recommendations on how to support WASH interventions during the pandemic to meet the needs of urban and slums. (Page 10)
• WASH and infection prevention and control in households and public spaces
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This guidance note describes the roles of the WASH sector in COVID-19 prevention and control within household and community settings (Page 3)
• Operational planning guidance to support country preparedness and response
  Produced by: WHO
  This report provides guidance on how stakeholders can work together to create a more coordinated response to dealing with COVID-19.
• Baby WASH Programming Integrating water, sanitation and hygiene interventions across sectors to impact child health outcomes
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This guidance report provides recommendations on how to implement WASH programs for infants to ensure proper childhood development (Pages 8,9,11)
• Clinical management of COVID-19
  Produced by: WHO
  This document provides guidance on how to manage COVID-19 cases in healthcare facilities (Page 16, 44)
• Infection prevention and control during health care when coronavirus disease (‎COVID-19)‎ is suspected or confirmed
  Produced by: WHO
  This guidance document provides recommendations on the measures that should take place within healthcare facilities to prevent infections and to ensure good hygiene and sanitation measures take place.
• COVID-19 Technical Brief Package for Maternity Services
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This guidance provides recommendations on how to reduce infections when providing maternity services.
• Monitoring and mitigating the secondary impacts of the COVID19 epidemic on WASH services availability and access
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This guidance provides recommendations on how to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on WASH services within different communities.
• Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19
  Produced by: WHO
  This guidance provides recommendations on when and how to wear masks as well as the potential risks/benefits of wearing a mask.
• Infection prevention and control during health care when COVID-19 is suspected
  Produced by: WHO
  This guidance provides recommendations on how healthcare facilities can prevent the spread of COVID within healthcare facilities.
• Recommendations to Member States to improve hand hygiene practices to help prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus
  Produced by: WHO
  This guidance provides recommendations on how governments can promote hand hygiene practices within communities.

• Frequently Asked Questions about coronavirus disease (COVID-19): What you need to know about the virus to protect you and your family
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This page provides answers to parents and caregivers about how to protect themselves and their children from COVID-19. (The Coronavirus, travel advice, and adolescent & youth sections)
• Everything you need to know about washing your hands to protect against coronavirus (COVID-19)
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This page provides parents and caregivers with answers to commonly asked questions on how to make sure that children and themselves wash their hands properly and how to protect themselves from COVID.
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Infection prevention and control for health care workers
  Produced by: WHO
  This Q&A answers questions related to proper WASH practices within healthcare settings to prevent the spread of infections, including COVID-19.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about breastfeeding and donor milk in times of COVID-19
  Produced by: Global Alliance For Newborn Care
  This page provides answers to questions about breastfeeding during COVID-19.
• Breastfeeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Produced by: Healthy Children
  This Q&A addresses commonly asked questions on breastfeeding and how mother can protect their newborns from COVID-19.
• A message for pregnant women and their families
  Produced by: The Royal New Zealand and Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  This Q&A provides answers to commonly asked questions about pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding during COVID-19.
• Pregnancy and COVID-19
  Produced by: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
  This Q&A answers commonly asked questions on pregnancy and infection prevention during COVID-19.
• Pregnant and breastfeeding women
  Produced by: Queensland Government
  This page provides answers to commonly asked questions on pregnancy and breastfeeding during COVID-19.
• Navigating pregnancy during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This page provides answers, by a midwife, to commonly asked questions about pregnancy and childbirth.
• Symptoms of COVID-19 in Babies and Children
  Produced by: What to Expect
  This page provides answers to commonly asked questions on pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding during COVID-19.
• Pregnancy
  Produced by: Tasmanian Government
  This page provides answers to commonly asked questions on pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding during COVID-19.

• One of the best defences against coronavirus
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This page includes examples of WASH initiatives that have been done by UNICEF in multiple countries across the world.
• The Great Disruptor: COVID-19 Threatens Essential Health Services for Women and Children
  Produced by: New Security Beat
  This article discusses the negative impact that COVID-19 has had on essential maternal health services and includes experiences that countries such as, Tanzania, India, and Ethiopia, have had in promoting IPC measures within communities.
• On Breastfeeding Week, South Sudanese mother shares COVID-19 turned her dream into a nightmare
  Produced by: World Vision Sudan
  This article discusses a Sudanese mother's experience with breastfeeding during COVID-19 and highlights the importance of breastfeeding.
• Maternal Health during COVID-19 in Zimbabwae Q&A: Geraldine Nyaku, National Coordinator of White Ribbon Alliance Zimbabwe
  Produced by: White Ribbon Alliance
  This Q&A answers questions related to maternal health services and infection prevention within communities in Zimbabwae.
• 3M: a national monitoring system for COVID-19 prevention behaviours in Indonesia
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This page describes a national response plan implemented in Indonesia to reduce COVID-19 infection rates.
• UNAMID distributes hygiene materials to IDPs in Golo as part of its fight against COVID-19
  Produced by: UN-AU Mission in Darfur
  This press release discusses the intitative that was done by UNAMID to deliver essential WASH kits and services in Darfur.

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