Re-opening schools: what knowledge can we rely upon?
Published on 5 May 2020 in The Conversation. This article is also available in French and Dutch. In the UK, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has said he wants nothing more …
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Bringing a Health Promotion perspective to COVID-19 response by EUPHA-HP, IUHPE and UNESCO Chair
“A Health Promotion Focus on COVID-19. Keep the Trojan horse out of our health systems: Promote health for ALL in times of crisis and beyond!”. Ongoing discussion about the range …
A framework to guide an education response to the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020
OECD recently published a report which aims at supporting education decision making to develop and implement effective education responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. In most countries around the world school-based …
Potatoes for Peace and COVID 19
With the advent of COVID 19, people have been launched into new, uncharted territories. Similarly, the Potato people find themselves in a new situation, in lockdown and unable to conduct …
Sharing experience and proposals: survey Health Promotion and COVID-19
The current pandemic is an exceptional situation calling on the health promotion community to (re)question and (re)affirm its specific contribution and approaches. The Health Promotion Section of EUPHA, IUHPE and …
COVID-19 and Community Action: Importance of Health Promotion
By: Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Many protective and preventive measures against respiratory infection including COVID-19 such as wearing face masks, …
Knowledge Map: WASH in Schools and Coronavirus
The WASH in Schools Network (UNICEF, GIZ, Save the Children, WATERAID; Emory, LSHTM, among others) has compiled a knowledge map with links to relevant materials about COVID-19 for learners, their …
Extended deadline: Handbook of health promotion research – call for contributions 15 May 2020
The deadline for submitting outlines of potential contributions to the Handboek of health promotion research has been extended to 15 May 2020. Health promotion as a strategy that aims to …
Educational continuity during COVID-19: supporting teachers and families
Ensuring educational continuity in a situation of confinement is not an easy task, both for teachers and families. In order to support teachers but also families during this period, when …
Guidance for COVID-19 prevention and control in schools
UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have developed a document to provide clear and actionable guidance for safe …