Resources

Guide | English | 2020

Continuing essential Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health services during COVID-19 pandemic

Operational guidance developed by the World Health Organization for South and South-East Asia and Pacific regions on maintaining good quality and equitable sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also accessible on the WHO website.

Report | English | 2020

Update 39 – What we know about COVID-19 transmission in schools

This technical report was produced by the World Health Organization to update the public on the transmission of COVID-19 in schools. Also accessible on the WHO website.

Report | English | 2020

Pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: interim report, 27 August 2020

This survey developed by the World Health Organization aimed to gain initial insight from country key informants into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential health services across the life course. Also accessible on the WHO website.

Guide | English | 2020

Operational guidance on Nutrition Sectoral/Cluster Coordination in the context of COVID-19

The purpose of this document is to guide Nutrition Sector/Cluster coordination mechanisms at the national level on the adaptation of the core cluster coordination functions and working modalities, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Accessible on ReliefWeb.

Tool | 2020

Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations When COVID-19 is Suspected or Confirmed

A new counselling package has been developed in collaboration between UNICEF and USAID Advancing Nutrition, with technical support from the Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE) Core Group, represented by Save the Children and Safely Fed Canada. The package includes 10 Counselling Cards and a Recommended Practices Booklet, reflecting global guidelines. The package provides both easy-to-understand recommended practices for counselors and user-friendly graphics that can be used with low-literacy communities in different contexts.

Tool | English | 2020

FAQ & Decision Tree: Breastfeeding & COVID-19 for Healthcare Workers

This FAQ complements the WHO interim guidance: Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when COVID-19 disease is suspected and provides responses to questions that have arisen about the recommendations in regards to breastfeeding. Accessible on the WHO website.

Report | English | 2020

The Hidden Impact of COVID-19 on Children's Health and Nutrition

This report is informed by Save the Children's global research series to generate rigorous evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic and measures implemented to mitigate it are impacting children’s health, nutrition, learning, wellbeing, protection, family finances and poverty. Data was collected from 31,683 parents and caregivers and 13,477 children ages 11 to 17 from 46 countries, resulting in the largest and most comprehensive survey of children and families during the COVID-19 crisis to date.

Guide | English | 2020

Interim Guidance - Public Health and Social Measures for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Operations in Low Capacity and Humanitarian Settings

This Interim Guidance from the IASC, outlines how key public health and social measures needed to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread and the impact of the disease can be adapted for use in low capacity and humanitarian settings. The Guidance is intended for humanitarian and development actors of all operational levels working with communities, as well as local authorities involved in COVID-19 preparedness and response operations in these settings, in support of national and local governments and plans.

Guide | 2020

Interim Guidance - Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

This guidance, developed by the IFRC, WHO, and UNICEF, outlines the role of community-based health care and adaptations to keep people safe, maintain the continuity of essential services, and ensure an effective response to COVID-19. Also accessible on the WHO website.

Guide | English | 2020

Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS) - guidance for clinicians

This document for clinicians, which has been developed after expert review of the cases, includes a case definition and approach to clinical management. Also accessible on the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) website.

Guide | English | 2020

WHO Case Report Form and Scientific Brief: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents temporally related to COVID

In response to reports from Europe and North America describing clusters of children with a multisystem inflammatory condition potentially linked to COVID-19 and the urgent need for collection of standardized data describing clinical presentations, severity, outcomes, and epidemiology, WHO has developed a preliminary case definition and case report form for multisystem inflammatory disorder in children and adolescents and encourages pediatricians across the world to use t

Tool | English | 2020

Clinical Care of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Toolkit - COVID-19 Adaptation

This toolkit is intended for clinicians working in acute care hospitals in low- and middle-income countries, managing adult and paediatric patients with acute respiratory infection, including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis and septic shock. Also accessible on the WHO website.

Guide | English | 2020

Guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan for COVID-19 vaccines

Updated guidance from the WHO and UNICEF on how to develop and strengthen a national deployment and vaccination plan. Also accessible on the WHO website.

Guide | English | 2020

Interim Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools

WHO, UNICEF and IFRC recommend clear and actionable guidance for school administrators, teachers and staff; caregivers and parents; as well as students and children. The recommendations focus on safe operations through the prevention, early detection and control of COVID-19 in schools and other educational facilities. The American Academy of Pediatrics also offers COVID-19 Guidance for Safe Schools.

Guide | English | 2020

Continuing essential sexual reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health services during COVID-19 pandemic - practical considerations

This document builds upon the previous Regional Guidance published, which provided high-level guidance to countries for continuing good quality and equitable sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) services during the COVID19 pandemic.

Guide | English | 2020

Maintaining Essential Health Services: Operational guidance for the COVID-19 context interim guidance

This document recommends practical actions that countries can take at national, sub-regional and local levels to reorganize and safely maintain access to high-quality, essential health services in the pandemic context. This document supersedes the earlier Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during an outbreak and complements the recently-released Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guide | English | 2020

Operational Planning Guidance to Support Country Preparedness and Response

WHO's overarching practical guide for UN Country Teams and partners to develop a COVID-19 strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to provide immediate support to national governments to prepare for and respond to COVID-19. Also accessible on the WHO website.

Guide | Pakistan | 2020

Pakistan Ministry of National Health Services, Management of COVID-19 in Children

These clinical guidelines for the management of COVID-19 in children were published on July 7, 2020 by the Government of Pakistan, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination. They can be accessed on the Ministry's website here and within their library of COVID-19 guidelines here.

Report | 2020

Protect a Generation: The impact of COVID-19 on children's lives (Save the Children, 2020)

Save the Children conducted a survey of children and their caregivers to give voice to the indirect impacts of COVID-19 on child health and wellbeing. The findings, presented in this report, represent 25,000 respondents (including 8,000 children) from 37 countries across the globe. Along with this report, Save the Children published six thematic briefs on the Hidden Impact of COVID-19 on Children which can be found on their website here.

Tool | English | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria | 2020

Critical Shifts and Principles for Good TA

The critical shifts and principles for good TA were developed through the Re-imagining Technical Assistance for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Health Systems Strengthening project in the DRC and Nigeria. To learn more about the project and co-creation process, please see this page on our work in countries.

An updated version of the principles framework is linked here.