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04/27/2020
Courageous health workers on the frontline in Bangladesh
https://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/en/stories/courageous-health-workers-frontline-time-deadly-covid-19
Health workers continue to deliver essential services to Rohingya refugees as COVID-19 prevention measures ramp up
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04/27/2020
Female-headed households hit hard by COVID-19 in Afghanistan
https://www.unicef.org/rosa/stories/female-headed-households-bear-brunt-covid-19-livelihood-gaps-increase
The pandemic poses a serious threat to women’s engagement in economic activities
Document
04/27/2020
Technical Note on Scaling Up Efforts to End Child Marriage: The Global Programme Approach
https://www.unicef.org/documents/technical-note-scaling-efforts-end-child-marriage-global-programme-approach
This technical note aims to promote a common understanding of key concepts and to provide guidance on approaches to working at scale in the Global Programme. Download file (PDF, 506,89 KB)
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04/27/2020
Technical Note on Convergent Programming
https://www.unicef.org/documents/technical-note-convergent-programming
This technical note aims to provide practical guidance for the application of key concepts and effective approaches to convergent programming to end child marriage and promote gender equality. Download file (PDF, 505,32 KB)
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04/27/2020
Programme Guidance: Strengthening Shock-Responsive Social Protection Systems
https://www.unicef.org/documents/programme-guidance-strengthening-shock-responsive-social-protection-systems
From pandemics to climate change, the frequency, severity and complexity of humanitarian crises is increasing. For children and their families living in crisis-prone areas, this means a greater exposure to shocks and stresses. The impacts of these shocks can be devastating and lifelong, reversing development gains and triggering the…
Press release
04/25/2020
COVID-19: UNICEF is scaling up delivery of health and hygiene supplies across Latin America and Caribbean
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/covid-19-unicef-scaling-delivery-health-and-hygiene-supplies-across-latin-america
Multimedia materials available here and here   PANAMA CITY, 24 APRIL 2020 – UNICEF is stepping up donations of health and hygiene items for families and health workers in 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Globally, there is a high demand for protective equipment and health supplies to prevent COVID-19,…
Press release
04/24/2020
Over 13 million children did not receive any vaccines at all even before COVID-19 disrupted global immunization – UNICEF
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/over-13-million-children-did-not-receive-any-vaccines-all-even-covid-19-disrupted
NEW YORK, 25 April 2020 – As the world waits desperately for a vaccine, the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to surge across the globe. Millions of children are in danger of missing life-saving vaccines against measles, diphtheria and polio due to disruptions in immunization services. At last count, most countries had suspended mass polio campaigns…
Article
04/24/2020
COVID-19: A double emergency
https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covid-19-double-emergency
Intro, For the hundreds of millions of children living through conflict or in some of the world’s most fragile places, limited access to essential services has become a sad daily reality. UNICEF was already working to improve healthcare, water and sanitation, access to learning and protection services for children struggling just to survive. But the…
Document
04/24/2020
Community Health Planning and Costing Tool
https://www.unicef.org/documents/community-health-planning-costing-tool
Jointly developed by UNICEF and Management Sciences for Health to improve the long-term planning of community health services, this tool can calculate and project the cost of community health services for up to five years. It can be tailored for national or subnational programmes.  Options English French Download file (PDF, 992,74 KB) (PDF, 1,56…
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04/24/2020
UNICEF continues support for frontline care in Italy
https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/pictures-unicef-continues-support-critical-frontline-care-during-covid-19-pandemic-italy
Outreach team visits informal settlements in Rome to support vulnerable populations