Mental health resilience tools for the India COVID surge

The COVID pandemic in India continues to wreak havoc in a country struggling to cope with rising daily infections. In the rural state of Bihar, where CorStone has been working since 2009, the situation remains challenging as efforts to control the recent surge continue with increasing intensity. The Education and Resilience professionals at CorStone have developed a set of handouts for our Hindi-speaking colleagues and friends currently dealing with this dire COVID surge.

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    Campaign to mobilise youth in fight against COVID-19

    The Ministry of Youth Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partner organisation YuWaah, with the support of over 950 coalition partners, has launched a pan-India campaign called #YoungWarrior to engage young people across the country to address the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and to keep their families and neighbourhoods safe.

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      Nepalese Youth Helpline

      This poster lists a phone number for youth in Nepal to call if they need assistance with matters related to COVID-19. It also lists various COVID-19 symptoms and inspirational quotes.

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        Exploring the Behavioral Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among an Urban Population in Bangladesh: Implications for Behavior Change Interventions

        While vaccines ensure individual protection against COVID-19 infection, delay in receipt or refusal of vaccines will have both individual and community impacts. The behavioral factors of vaccine hesitancy or refusal are a crucial dimension that need understanding to implicate appropriate interventions. The aim of this study was to assess the behavioral determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and to provide recommendations to increase the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Bangladesh.

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          Vaccines for Pregnant Women

          This video from Bangladesh states that pregnant women and lactating mothers will be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine without SMS (on walk-in basis) from the designated designated center.

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            Together we can fight against the coronavirus

            This poster encourages the public to work together in order to fight the coronavirus.

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              Don’t laugh opening your mask, COVID will spread

              This poster encourages people to wear masks in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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                Should a newborn baby be tested for COVID-19 if the baby has a fever and cold

                This poster explains whether or not parents should request a COVID-19 test for their newborn baby if the baby has a fever and cold.

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                One mask has multiple benefits

                This poster explains the multiple benefits of wearing a mask.

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                  Coronavirus doesn’t care about position, caste or designation

                  This poster explains that the coronavirus doesn’t care about position, caste or designation. It is a highly infectious virus and does not discriminate in terms of whom it infects.

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