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Occupied Palestinian Territory COVID-19 Response Plan
On the 5th of March 2020, the Palestinian Prime Minister declared a state of emergency across the occupied Palestinian territories to contain the spread of COVID-19. Due to the current situation, it is expected that women and children might not receive es
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Covid-19 and Its Implications for Protecting Children Online
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread school closures and physical distancing measures. It has also made online platforms and communities essential to maintaining a sense of normalcy. Children and their families are turning to digital solutions more
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IASC Interim Guidance on COVID-19: Focus on persons deprived of their liberty
Children deprived of their liberty face many vulnerabilities as the spread of COVID-19 can expand rapidly due to usually high concentration of persons and restricted access to hygiene and health care in some contexts. In detention centres and similar cont
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Breastfeeding Advice During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Breastfeeding protects newborns from getting sick and has positive impacts throughout infancy and early childhood. As with all confirmed of suspected COVID-19 cases, however, mothers with any symptoms who are breastfeeding or practicing skin-to-skin conta
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Guidelines for the Management of Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in the Context of Ebola Virus Disease
At the time of writing, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing the second largest Ebola outbreak in history. Investigational treatment and vaccination trials are ongoing, but data in the context of pregnancy and breastfeeding are limited.
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Global Influenza Programme: Non-pharmaceutical public health measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are the only set of pandemic countermeasures that are ready and available at all times and in all countries. This document provides recommendations for the use of NPIs as a response to influenza epidemics and pandem
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School-based Violence Prevention: A practical handbook
Each year nearly 1 billion children experience some form of violence. Violence in childhood has a lifelong effect on the well-being, health, and education of the child. Realizing the importance in it's prevention, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Roadmap to Accelerate Progress for Every Newborn in Humanitarian Settings 2020-2025
This document sets out a vision for how improvements could be made for mothers and newborns in humanitarian settings. The audience for this roadmap includes stakeholders from both the development and humanitarian communities, including maternal and newbor
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Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition: Placing nutrition at the centre of social protection
This report is a joint effort by the regional offices of four United Nations (UN) agencies that discusses recent developments and progress in Asia and the Pacific relevant to attaining the hunger, food security and nutrition objectives of SDG 2. This repo
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A Declaration to Accelerate Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings
In February 2019, co-convened by Save the Children, UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR, and HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, experts and key stakeholders from multiple sectors within the humanitarian and development fields met in Geneva, Switzerland to catalyze a global agenda f
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Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017
More children and women survive childbirth today than ever before. Despite this great progress, a pregnant woman or newborn still dies every 11 seconds. Most maternal deaths are preventable as healthcare solutions to manage complications are well-known, a
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Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2019
There has been great progress in child survival over the past two decades. Despite this great progress, one child or young adolescent died every five seconds in 2018. The majority of these deaths occur before the age of five, and almost half during the fi