The Covid-19 pandemic, while encouraging desirable new norms and behaviors, is reviving old struggles that continue to ail the social sector – such as exclusion and stigma caused due to “social distancing” or exacerbation of mental health challenges with inadequate counselling force. Authored by Siddhi Mankad, Catalyst Management Services...
Top Parent App – A one stop solution for parents to raise happy, healthy and smart children. If you have a child aged between 3 – 8 years, then Top Parent is for you. It provides parents with language, strategies and all necessary information to help their children improve...
A compendium of Covid-19 resources by Noora Health. The resources include recommendations and advisories of leading public health organizations including WHO, Ministry of Health & CDC. The collated Information has been developed and curated by a team of doctors, behavior change researchers, and designers. The primary audience for these...
What do new and expecting mothers need to know to protect themselves and their children during COVID-19? This poster provides key precautionary measures for pregnant women during the pandemic. https://www.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Covid-19-Poster-Pregnant-Women-final-draft-2.pdf Authored by JHPIEGO for the National Health Mission, Government of India.
This document lists resources for children of all ages to learn about the Coronavirus. This document was put together by Parag, Tata Trusts. The resources are categorized by age group, including ‘children learning to read’, ‘children from KG – grade 5’, and ‘all ages’. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1diqrNcWIW_ppDOrWOYBGtVakd-PWvjpP/view?usp=sharing Resources are available in...
PCMH Restore Health, Noora Health, Logistimo and CloudPhysician share their innovative tools for COVID-19 response. As the number of COIVD-19 cases expand in India the private sector will inevitably start to play a bigger role in referral and treatment of patients. This is already the case in several larger...
Stigma can undermine social cohesion and prompt possible social isolation of groups, which might contribute to a situation where the virus is more, not less, likely to spread. This can result in more severe health problems and difficulties controlling a disease outbreak. How we address the stigma attached to...
While there are multiple and dispersed sources of information on the coronavirus, this issue brief from Indian newspaper The Hindu presents a strong overview of the disease and how it spreads, tackles common misconceptions, and provides guidance on how to protect oneself from the disease. https://creatives.thehindu.com/covid_19_ebook.pdf Image by Melissa...
A poster created by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India, and the World Health Organization demonstrating how to use hand sanitizers effectively. https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/Poster3GHFGA.pdf Photo by Noah on Unsplash.
A list of frequently asked questions and answers developed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, for the general public. This documents provides simple answers to questions like what COVID-19 is, how it spreads, what precautions to take, etc. It can be shared with frontline...
