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REPORT COVID

International Horizon Scanning and Learning – Summary Report On the impact of COVID-19 on increasing the Health Gap and Vulnerability

This report by Public Health Wales brings together international evidence and insights on inequalities from the International Horizon Scanning Learning Reports published between May 2020 and August 2021. It focuses on vulnerable groups and the unequal distribution of indirect impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, including impacts on education and childcare.

International Horizon Scanning and Learning – Summary Report On the impact of COVID-19 on increasing the Health Gap and Vulnerability


REPORT COVID

The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery

This report by The World Bank spotlights how COVID-19 has deepened the education crisis. It also charts a course for creating more resilient education systems for the future, including how to build on the investments made and the lessons learned during the pandemic to accelerate learning recovery and emerge from the crisis with increased education quality, resilience, and equity in the longer term.

The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery


PAPER

Youth in Europe: Effects of COVID-19 on their Economic and Social Situation

This study explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth in Europe, including the impacts of school closures, restrictions on training opportunities and early school leaving. It also includes actions taken to tackle the effects of COVID-19, including improving digital skills and quality traineeships.

Youth in Europe: Effects of COVID-19 on their Economic and Social Situation


ARTICLE

Modifying the School Determinants of Children’s Health

This commentary explores how the school determinants of children’s health can be modified to improve population outcomes and outlines a proposal for the next generation of health promoting schools.

Modifying the School Determinants of Children’s Health


REPORT

Education in the Digital Age

This OECD report looks into the role of education in supporting emotional and physical wellbeing of children, specifically looking at intersectionality between education, wellbeing and digital technologies. Solutions focused in that the report details the efforts of specific countries to tackle inequalities and protect and empower students.

Education in the Digital Age


REPORT

UNESCO Strategy on Education for Health and Well-being

The strategy presents UNESCO’s vision for better health and education outcomes for all learners, looking at issues impacting this, including gender-based violence, gender inequality, HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unintended pregnancies, and violence and discrimination highlighting the unmet need for mental health services in and around learning institutions.

UNESCO Strategy on Education for Health and Well-being


REPORT

Ready to Learn and Thrive: School Health and Nutrition Around the World

This UNESCO report focuses on education, health and nutrition as rights and ends in themselves, whilst also being an investment in a country’s future and in the capacity of its people to lead productive and fulfilling lives. Solutions focused in that the report illustrates the feasibility of school health and nutrition programmes across the globe.

Ready to Learn and Thrive: School Health and Nutrition Around the World


STRATEGY

Every Child Learns: UNICEF Education Strategy 2019-2030

The UNICEF strategy supports every child’s right to quality education, focusing on inequalities through children excluded on the basis of gender, children with disabilities, the poorest, ethnic and linguistic minorities, and children affected by emergencies.

Every Child Learns: UNICEF Education Strategy 2019-2030