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This blog post by Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed and Ramya Subrahmanian of the UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti calls attention to the risks faced by women and girls in light of the economic and social fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impacts of the pandemic on women and girls' unpaid care work. "Emerging evidence suggests that care roles continue to be assumed disproportionately by women during this pandemic," note the authors. Furthermore, "people over the age of 60 have the highest risk of infection. They are also often sources of childcare support…
This editorial piece from the Lancet posits whether today's children "will be defined and confined by the losses from COVID-19." The editorial argues that "this roiling milieu offers a moment in which a new agenda for health could emerge with children and adolescents at the centre."
In this comment from the Lancet, the authors explores how to communication to children about the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly when someone in the family is hospitalised for or dies from COVID-19. "Crucially, the quality of communication with children about life-threatening illness and death has a long-term effect on their psychological wellbeing and family functioning. Therefore, health-care professionals need to identify affected children to promote and facilitate effective communication within the family," write the authors.
"COVID-19 presents a bewildering array of challenges…