Our community members have their say! Nicola Gray
A global community at the service of its members The strength of the Chair’s community lies in the skills and knowledge of its members. The community is at the service …
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Webinar: The COVID-19 pandemic: better aligning education and health
Join our interactive webinar “The COVID-19 pandemic: better aligning education and health” on Monday, 13 July 2020 from 14:00 to 15.00 (CEST). This webinar will be an opportunity to discuss …
Preview survey school reopening
Mid-May the UNESCO Chairs and WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Health and Education together with the Schools for Health in Europe network foundation (SHE) and the EUPHA Health Promotion Section launched a knowledge sharing process on …
Questionnaire reopening schools and COVID-19
With the reopening of schools in countries where they have been closed, we are now entering a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. These nationwide and localized closures of schools …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Education and Environmental Health
Improving the health of all and reducing inequalities requires a renewed focus on the actual physical environment of schools. Two studies, conducted in North America, highlight the link between pollution …