Guidelines for schools in Namibia on the prevention and management of COVID-19
The main aim of these guidelines is to provide teachers and school administrations but also learners and parents with general information about COVID-19.
The main aim of these guidelines is to provide teachers and school administrations but also learners and parents with general information about COVID-19.
This report is based on a rapid survey of recently published materials, guidance documents and media commentary.
Le présent guide repose sur les prescriptions émises par le ministère des solidarités et de la santé pour les zones de reprise épidémique au vu des avis rendus par le Haut Conseil de la Santé publique ainsi que sur les dispositions législatives et réglementaires en vigueur.
As part of the coordinated global education response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank have conducted a Survey on National Education Responses to COVID-19 School Closures.
When considering the reopening of schools, four key sanitary criteria should be considered to ensure that students and teachers alike are safe: A) Ensure social distancing; B) Keep schools clean and disinfected; C) Ensure that students and teachers enter school healthy and stay healthy; and D) Pr
In Eastern and Southern Africa, at least 120 million children and youth are not able to attend school due to COVID-19 related school closures. More than 16 million affected school-children in the region rely on school meals and nutrition services.
According to WHO 2012 estimates, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) was responsible for 842 000 annual deaths from diarrhoea and 15% of the Global Burden of Disease in Disability- Adjusted Life Years (DALYs).
In the context of COVID 19, with the disruption of schools, routine health services and community-level centers, new ways of providing information and support to adolescents and young people for sexual and reproductive health and rights need to be established.
Possible negative effects on children’s physical and mental health because of prolonged school closure and home confinement during a disease outbreak.
Ministers of Education face hard choices as they respond to Covid-19.