Symposium: School Health as we confront COVID-19 in Asia
On 2 November 2020, 13.15 – 14.45 JST, 5.15 – 6.45 CET, the Osaka University UNESCO Chair Global Health and Education and the Japanese Consortium for Global Health Research will …
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Returning to School: children and young people living with chronic illness
In the article “Returning to School: children and young people living with chronic illness” published on September 28, 2020 in the Journal of Children’s Services, Didier Jourdan, Nicola Gray and …
Coronavirus: what we know about the risk of reopening schools – and how best to limit it
Across the world, over 1.5 billion children and young people were deprived of school during the first phase of the pandemic. We know this has had a negative effect on learning. And research …
High-level virtual meeting on schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic
The challenge of supporting effective schooling during the pandemic On Monday 31 August, WHO/Europe organised an online high-level meeting with ministers of health from across the WHO European Region to …
Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic
The article “Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic: governments must balance the uncertainty and risks of reopening schools against the clear harms associated with prolonged closure” has recently been published. …
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 …
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 …
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 …