This guidance note developed by UNICEF explains how the WASH sector can implement infection prevention and control measures in households and community settings. It focuses on reducing the exposure to the disease in vulnerable community settings and... public spaces, and the transmission of the disease in home and community settings hosting patients and contacts. This brief is available in English, Spanish, and French here.
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Countries have shut down the economy to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Supermarket shelves remain stocked for now. But a protracted pandemic crisi s could quickly put a strai n on the f ood supply chains, a complex web of interactions involving farmers, agricultu...ral inputs, processing plants, shipping, retailers and more. The shipping industry is already reporting slowdowns because of port closures, and logistics hurd les could disrupt the supply chains in coming weeks.
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This guidance note is for UNICEF Regional and Country Office WASH staff to help them in their preparedness and response to the current COVID-19 global pandemic. It provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and its intersection w...ith water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and how UNICEF staff can help prevent infection and its spread in schools, through human to human and by touching surfaces contaminated with the virus. WASH services including waste management and environmental cleaning are all important for IPCs.
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Das Papier gibt einen Übersicht zu Anzahl und Zusammensetzung von Geflüchteten in Deutschland, zu Asylanträgen, Herkunftsländern, Schutzquoten, der Aufenthaltsbeendigung und Regeln des Asylverfa...hrens sowie dem Zugang zu Bildung und Arbeit für Geflüchtete in Deutschland
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Previous crises, such as the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa in 2014, indicate the direct impact movement restrictions and disease containment efforts have on food availability, access, utilization and violence – particularly gender-based violence (GBV). The importance of maintaining and ...upscaling food security interventions for the most vulnerable populations, alongside the health sector’s efforts to avert disease spread, is therefore undeniable. The COVID-19 outbreak in South Sudan threatens to paralyze an already fragile food system and negatively impact more than 6.5 million people in South Sudan who remain vulnerable. At the same time, the core national capacities for prevention, preparedness and response for public health events is limited, and the healthcare system has been weakened by years of conflict, poor governance and low investments.
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Immunization is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions to date, saving an estimated 2 to 3 million lives each year. As a direct result of immunization, the world is closer than ever to eradicating polio, and deaths from measles – a major child killer – have declined by 73 per... cent worldwide between 2000 and 2018, saving an estimated 23.2 million children’s lives. The emergence of COVID-19, however, threatens to reverse this progress by severely limiting access to life-saving vaccines.
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Expert tips to help you deal with COVID-19 parenting challenges.
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has upended family life around the world. School closures, working remote, physical distancing — it's a lot to navigate for anyone, but especially for parents. We teamed up with the Paren...ting for Lifelong Health initiative to bring parents and caregivers a set of handy tips to help manage this new (temporary) normal.
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English, French, Spanisch and Arabic
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Somalia WASH Cluster Guidelines
Воспитание детей при COVID-19
Советы родителям по воспитанию и мероприятия для всех возрастов
Parenting tips
English Analysis on World and 19 other countries about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Drought; published on 13 Jan 2021 by FAO
Coronavirus – wir informieren in mehreren Sprachen
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Die Bundesweite Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Psychosozialen Zentren für Flüchtlinge und Folteropfer (BAfF e.V.) hat am 11.11.2020 eine Studie zur Identifizierung besonderer Schutzbedürftigkeit bei Geflüchteten in Deutschland veröffentlicht. Darin wi...rd auf Basis einer Auswertung der bisher in Deutschland bestehenden Ansätze ein effektives und systematisches Verfahren für eine strukturierte Identifizierung besonderer Schutzbedürftigkeit von Geflüchteten entwickelt. Dieses sollte deutschlandweit umgesetzt und von der Bundesregierung evaluiert werden.
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Die Bundesweite Arbeitsgemeinschaft der psychosozialen Zentren für Flüchtlinge und Folteropfer e.V. (BAfF) ist der Dachverband der Behandlungszentren für Opfer von Menschenrechtsverletzungen und ...politischer Verfolgung. Auf seinem Youtube-Kanal informiert der Verein in kurzen Videos zu verschiedenen Themen, z.B. zur psychosozialen Lage von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Fluchterfahrung oder zur Arbeit mit Sprachmittler*innen bei Psychotherapien
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The situation in South Sudan has proven to be unpredictable and volatile. New hotspots of violent conflict and civil unrest have continued to emerge and levels of severe acute food insecurity have b...ecome progressively worse. In addition to years of fighting and political instability, the country faces natural hazards, disease and pests, such as the desert locust, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Collectively, these risks have had and continue to have a catastrophic impact on the lives and livelihoods of South Sudanese, the majority of whom rely on agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheries as their main source of income.
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Preoperative Nursing Checklist
Haiti is one of the worst food crises in the world with 46 percent of the population projected to be in high acute food security, mainly due to reduced agricultural production caused by a long period of drought, storms and increased prices of basic foodstuffs, which are compounded by the effects of ...the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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This survey of agricultural livelihoods and food security in the context of the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other shocks was undertaken during February 2021 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...-to-highlight medbox">United Nations (FAO) in 1 380 villages within 129 districts of 20 provinces, covering all agro-ecological zones of Afghanistan.
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