ICHG: COVID-19
Newborns, children and young people are unlikely to be severely affected directly by the virus. Indirect effects have the potential to be catastrophic for child health. The ICHG is committed to raise awareness to mitigate these effects.
COVID-19 Useful Resources
Last updated 18/05/2020 by Beth Stinchcombe
Explaining COVID-19 to Children
1) Mindheart.co
2) Inter-agency standing committee (IASC)
Clinical Guidelines
Case Management & Supportive Technologies
1) Covid-19: concerns grow over inflammatory syndrome emerging in children
2) RCPCH COVID-19 - guidance for paediatric services
3) Strengthening the Basics: Approaches to COVID-19 Care in Low-Resource Settings
4) Advice on the use of masks for children in the community in the context of COVID-19
Infection Prevention and Control and WASH
1)WHO:Rational use of personal protective equipment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and considerations during severe shortages
2) ECDC Technical Report Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 in healthcare settings -
first update:
Maternal-neonatal guidance
1) RCPCH COVID-19 - guidance for neonatal settings
2) Pregnant mothers and babies born during COVID-19 pandemic threatened by strained health systems anddisruptions in services
Direct + Indirect Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Children
Physical distancing and Shielding LMICs
1) COVID-19 control in low-income settings and displaced populations: what can realistically be done?
2) Does One Size Fit All? Realistic Alternatives for COVID-19 Response in Low-Income Countries
3) Strategies combining self-isolation, moderate physical distancing and shielding likely most effective COVID-19 response for African
countries
4) Resources to support COVID-19 responses in LMICs
Maintaining key child health services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Impact of school closures on child health
1) COVID-19, schoolclosures, and child poverty: a social crisis in the making
2) Coronavirus Disease 2019, School Closures, and Children’s Mental Health
3) Mental health effects of school closures during COVID-19
4) Mitigate the effects of home confinement on children during the COVID-19 outbreak
Wider indirect effects on child health
1) Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on children
2) Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study
3) The Children’s Society - The impact of COVID-19 on children and young people
4) UNICEF - COVID-19 and children, in the North and in the South
5) As COVID-19 devastates already fragile health systems, over 440,000 additional children under five could die
in the next six months in South Asia, without urgent action
6) COVID-19’s Devastating Impact on Children
7) The potential impact of health service disruptions on the burden of malaria
8) As famines of ‘biblical proportion’ loom, Security Council urged to ‘act fast’
9) COVID-19 threatening global peace and security, UN chief warns
10) More Harm Than Good? The Net Impact of COVID-19 Policies Is What Matters for Health
11) Don’t let children be the hidden victims of COVID-19 pandemic—UNICEF
12) An increasing risk of family violence during the Covid-19 pandemic: Strengthening community collaborations to save lives
13) A wake-up call: COVID-19 and its impact on children's health and wellbeing
14) COVID-19 Aftershocks: Secondary impact threated more children’s lives that disease itself
15) Why measles deaths are surging — and coronavirus could make it worse
Child Migrant Health
1) Refoulement, detention, push-backs and deportations of asylum-seeking and migrant children in the context of the covid-19 pandemic
2) COVID-19 pandemic could devastate refugee, migrant and internally displaced populations
without urgent international action
3) 19 million children internally displaced by conflict and violence in 2019, highest number ever