Health, Nutrition, and WASH

Guidance for schools and other educational settings in providing advice about the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

This document presents the results of a survey  assessing the WASH readiness of schools in UNHCR- supported refugee camps and refugee settlements. UNHCR and partners are using the results to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) COVID-19 mitigation measures in schools and design targeted improvements to WASH facilities to allow for safe operation of schools.

This annex provides considerations for decision-makers and educators on how or when to reopen or close schools in the context of COVID-19. These decisions have important implications for children, parents or caregivers, teachers and other staff, communities, and society at large.

This guidance note is for UNICEF staff to help them in their preparedness and response to the current COVID-19 global pandemic. It provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control and its intersection with water, sanitation and hygiene and how staff can help prevent infection and its spread in schools, through human to human and by touching surfaces contaminated with the virus.

This document aims to guide the revision of existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Food Distribution in the COVID-19 context at the country level to minimize the risk of exposure of personnel, partners and beneficiaries.

Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus

How to protect yourself and your children.

The COVID-19 channel provides learning resources for health professionals, decision-makers and the public for the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

This collection of free resources from reputable health organizations such as WHO, CDC, KonTerra, and EJ4 will help responders of COVID-19 to work safely and promote infection prevention, preparedness and well-being during this pandemic.

The Global WASH Cluster is managing a google drive with collected global, regional, and country-level resources for COVID-19, and this document will be a living document (access live document here) stored in the same google drive.

This joint note intends to provide government decision makers, school administrators/staff and partners with preliminary guidance on how to support, transform or adapt school feeding (in the short term) to help safeguard schoolchildren’s food security and nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This brief presents guiding principles to safeguarding during COVID-19 and a non-exhaustive list of risks, suggestions and resources on how to manage those risks to ensure children are as safe as possible during COVID-19 response.

These documents include guidance on WASH in schools, COVID-19 WASH in schools and WASH upon return to school.

This document contains information and recommendations for schools regarding cleaning, disinfection, hygiene and supplies.

This global database includes data on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in schools, as well as in homes and health care facilities. It includes over 400 national data sources about WASH in schools, with the primary sources being Education Management Information Systems (EMIS).

This interim guidance supplements the infection prevention and control (IPC) documents by summarizing WHO guidance on water, sanitation and health-care waste relevant to viruses, including coronaviruses. It is intended for water and sanitation practitioners and providers, and health-care providers who want to know more about water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) risks and practices.