Infographics about COVID-19 in Many Languages

These infographics were designed through a strategic process led by Harvard Medical Students, Harvard School of Public Health professionals and alumni as well as physicians.

The infographics designers are now partnering with the Cincinnati Health Department to make more specific infographics.

Source: Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health

Date of Publication: July 21, 2020

Wearing Masks to Prevent COVID-19

These three videos cover different aspects of wearing masks to prevent covid-19

Ces vidéos couvrent différents aspects du port de masques pour éviter la covid-19

The videos are:

Source: Breakthrough ACTION/Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: July 21, 2020

COVID-19: Resources to Address Gender-based Violence Risks

This resource provides practitioners with key resources to support the integration of GBV risk mitigation into COVID-19 response. It will be frequently updated as the crisis unfolds.

Last modified: July 21, 2020

Language: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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    Grassroot Soccer SKILLZ COVID-19 Response Curriculum

    The SKILLZ COVID-19 RESPONSE curriculum was developed in March 2020 to help address the COVID-19 pandemic. Grassroot Soccer (grassrootsoccer.org) and its team of curriculum advisors rapidly designed this sport-based tool as a way for coaches, educators, and parents to easily facilitate fun, simple, and effective sessions with young people (ages 9+).

    The curriculum aims to increase comprehensive knowledge on COVID-19, promote healthy behaviors such as proper handwashing, provide skills for mental wellbeing during stressful times, and dispel common myths about the disease. Use this SKILLZ COVID-19 RESPONSE curriculum to connect with young people either in schools or the classroom (if deemed safe by local health authorities) or remotely through video-conferencing and WhatsApp (where available). .

    Parents and caregivers can also use this tool to provide COVID-19 education to children at home.

    Grassroot Soccer (GRS) is an adolescent health organization that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize at-risk youth in developing countries to overcome their greatest health challenges, live healthier, more productive lives, and be agents for change in their communities. Since 2002, GRS has reached over 2 million young people in 50 countries with life-saving HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services.

    Other related documents are:

    Last modified: July 21, 2020

    Language: Chichewa, English, French, Portuguese

    Guidance on Social and Behavior Change for Family Planning During COVID-19

    This short guide includes important considerations, messages, and resources to support country programs in adapting their FP/RH-focused SBC programming in response to the challenges presented by COVID-19. Program adaptations and messaging should be adapted in line with country context, available services, and local government response, including that of coordinating bodies responsible for COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement efforts.

    The guide is available in English, French, and Spanish.

    Last modified: July 21, 2020

    Language: English, French, Spanish

    Safe Ramadan Practices in the Context of the COVID-19: Interim Guidance

    This document highlights public health advice for social and religious practices and gatherings during Ramadan that can be applied across different national contexts.

    Last modified: July 21, 2020

    Language: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

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      SBCC for Emergency Preparedness Implementation Kit

      The purpose of this I-Kit is to provide a set of key considerations for SBCC activities in emergency situations.

      This I-Kit provides essential information and tools for responding to an outbreak using an SBCC approach. It presents a series of nine units, each accompanied by exercise worksheets to help link the SBCC theory to practice.

      Each unit builds on the one prior, and they all combine to provide key information for developing an SBCC strategy. It is not essential, however, to work through the I-Kit from start to finish. Users can choose to focus on specific aspects for which they need support in their emergency communication response. The nine units and corresponding worksheets are outlined in the I-Kit Site Navigator.

      The worksheets in each section are typically followed by a completed example. The completed examples will likely include information about an emergency that, during an actual event, might not be immediately available. This was done to illustrate the full range of information to inform a strategic communication response.

      This kit is also available in Portuguese.

      Last modified: July 21, 2020

      Language: English, French, Portuguese

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        Translators without Borders Glossary for COVID-19

        Translators without Borders (TWB)is identifying key terminology that people use to talk about COVID-19 as well as commonly-used technical terms to develop a multilingual, plain-language glossary.

        The glossary is designed to assist field workers and interpreters engaging with communities to raise awareness about COVID-19. It aims to improve communication between responders and affected communities by providing accurate translations of useful terminology related to the disease outbreak. In the coming weeks, we will keep adding new terms and additional languages to make this glossary far more widely relevant.

        Last modified: July 21, 2020

        Language: Arabic, Bangla, Bura-Pabir, Burmese, Chinese, English, French, Fulfulde, Hausa, Kibaku, Kurdish, Mandara, Marghi, Rohingya, Vietnamese, Waha

        WHO COVID-19 Learning Resources Application

        The WHO mobile learning app focuses on providing frontline health workers with critical, evidence-based information and tools to improve their skills and capabilities related to the pandemic.

        This COVID-19 Digital Response offers up-to-the-minute guidance, training, and virtual workshops to support health workers in caring for patients infected by COVID-19, as well as how they can protect themselves as they do their critical work.

        The app was created in direct response to an online survey of health workers conducted in March and April 2020 that received 20,000 submissions. Key features include learning guidance, learning materials, and tools organized into the following COVID-19 subject matter areas:

        • Case Management: How to care for COVID-19 patients
        • Infection Prevention Control: Protecting health worker and the community
        • Risk Communication and Community Engagement: Communicating effectively with the public
        • Epidemiology: Distribution, characteristics, and determinants of COVID-19
        • Statistics: Updated news and statistics on the COVID-19 pandemic
        • Laboratory: Testing for COVID-19 in humans
        • Health Services and Systems: Strategic planning and coordinated action
        • International Health Regulations: Public health and international spread of disease
        • Research & Development: Working towards a treatment and a vaccine.
        • Operational Support and Logistics
        • Regional Information

        The WHO mobile learning app is a convenient tool for accessing WHO’s rapidly expanding and evolving training materials and guidance, along with opportunities to participate in virtual classrooms and other live training in six global languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

        Last modified: July 21, 2020

        Language: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

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