COVID-19

What is the Behavioural Playbook for Public Health Response? Effective public health responses require a comprehensive range of policy solutions, including epidemiological and behavioural data, specific expertise in community engagement as well as social and behaviour change strategies, investment in healthcare systems, a well-trained and well-…

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON D.C., 13 September 2023 – An estimated 333 million children globally – or 1 in 6 – live in extreme poverty, according to new UNICEF-World Bank analysis released today. Global Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Lines – which for the first time looks at trends in extreme child poverty – finds that…

On a warm day in the month of Ramadan, in the desert town of Kébili in the south of Tunisia, motorcycles, cars and passersby swirl around the municipal hospital, and just across the street, a local primary health care center. Despite the small health center’s weathered exterior, inside there are bright, sleek new refrigerators humming with…

“School had become, for me, a place of potential Covid-19 infection during this period. I was tired of all the danger. Even when I went home, when I walked in, my mom would ask me worriedly if I had touched anyone and if I was washing my hands. It scared me, it made me think of the potential sickness at school.” Mohammed Bou Ghanmi In Bardo, a…

Why this guide? Prior to COVID-19, the MENA region presented a high coverage (90%) for routine childhood vaccinations,1 indicating a historically high acceptance of vaccination. This trend reversed during the pandemic, as research showed that the region had one of the lowest COVID-19 acceptance rates globally.2 A range of barriers amplify low…

"Social protection responses to COVID-19 in MENA: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity - cover COVID-19 has affected all countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and groups already vulnerable before the crisis, such as children, have been particularly affected. Social protection can promote children’s well-being and…, The One Pagers series, One pager thumbnail Yemen: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail United Arab Emirates: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Tunisia: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Syria: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Sudan: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Saudi Arabia: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Qatar: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Palestine: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Oman: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Morocco: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Libya: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Lebanon: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Kuwait: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Iraq: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Jordan: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Iran: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Egypt: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Djibouti: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Bahrain: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic, One pager thumbnail Algeria: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity of social protection responses to COVID-19, English Arabic

This One Pager is part of a series based on the report ‘Social protection responses to COVID-19 in MENA: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity’, developed in partnership by the IPC-IG and UNICEF MENARO. The study reviewed the design and implementation features of the social assistance measures implemented in the Middle East and North Africa…

This One Pager is part of a series based on the report ‘Social protection responses to COVID-19 in MENA: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity’, developed in partnership by the IPC-IG and UNICEF MENARO. The study reviewed the design and implementation features of the social assistance measures implemented in the Middle East and North Africa…

AMMAN/NEW YORK, 31 August 2022 – During a three-day visit across Jordan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan warned that refugee children have experienced severe loss to their learning, having endured almost two years of COVID-19 school closures, threatening to reverse the gains made since they fled conflict. “Children whose lives have…

WASHINGTON, 23 June 2022 — As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 per cent of 10-year-olds unable to understand a simple written text, according to a new report published today by the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF…

This Practitioner Note is part of a four-part series providing MENA governments and practitioners in the fields of both social protection and disaster risk management (DRM) with general guidelines for future shock response informed by lessons learned from the COVID pandemic. The first three notes of the series include recommendations on inclusive…

At the Qattameya Primary Health Unit (PHU) in New Cairo, this young, energetic doctor roams the corridors of the unit to help those coming to receive the vaccine. She helps them to quickly finish their procedures, answers their questions and reassures them. Dr. Ruba Mohammed is a young doctor at the Ministry of Health. Since March 2021, she has…