Free E-books for Children About Coronavirus

The New York City School Library System website has a page which offers a large collection of free e-books for children about COVID-19. The books are from many countries, in a selection of languages.  All of the books are free to download from the site.

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    COVID-19 Behaviour Tracker

    This site tracks global behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The site tracks how people across the world are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. The global survey, launched in partnership with YouGov (UK) the first week of April, is collecting fortnightly data from 29 countries to explore the public’s attitudes and health behaviors as the situation evolves.

    Through this survey they are monitoring how compliant individuals are with COVID-19 safety measures, such as self-isolation and avoiding unnecessary travel. They are also looking into a range of other relevant behaviours and measures, from hygiene to quality of life.

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      The Public’s Role in COVID-19 Vaccination: Planning Recommendations Informed by Design Thinking and the Social, Behavioral, and Communication Sciences

      This report considers human factors in relation to future vaccines against COVID-19, drawing on insights from design thinking and the social, behavioral, and communication sciences. It provides recommendations—directed to both US policymakers and practitioners, as well as nontraditional partners new to public health’s mission of vaccination—on how to advance public understanding of, access to, and acceptance of vaccines that protect against COVID-19.

      The report offers several recommendations for enhancing acceptance of vaccines:

      • Put people at the center of a revolutionary SARS-CoV-2 vaccine research enterprise
      • Understand and inform public expectations about vaccine benefits, risks, and supply
      • Earn the public’s confidence that vaccine allocation and distribution are evenhanded
      • Make vaccination available in safe, familiar, and convenient places
      • Communicate in meaningful, relevant, and personal terms, crowding out misinformation –
      • Establish independent representative bodies (i.e., public oversight committees) to instill public ownership of the vaccination program

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        A Guide to WHO’s Guidance on COVID-19

        Since January 2020, WHO has published more than 100 documents about COVID-19. Of these, more than half are detailed technical guidance, on how to find and test cases, how to provide safe and appropriate care for people depending on the severity of their illness, how to trace and quarantine contacts, how to prevent transmission from one person to another, how to protect health care workers, and how to help communities to respond appropriately.

        This page offers a summary of some of the documents WHO has developed for COVID-19 and how they can be used.

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          How to Greet Friends after Lockdown

          These two COVID-19 safety posters were created to illustrate the do’s and don’ts of greeting friends after lockdown.

          The posters outline appropriate greetings, such as: waving, bowing, nodding and touching elbows. These greetings have little to no contact and therefore reduce each person’s risk of contracting the novel coronavirus.

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            Key Messages: COVID-19 and Primary Health Care

            This document provides members of the primary health care (PHC) community with foundational messages to use in communication and advocacy efforts about how and why countries, global decision-makers and donors can – and must – center PHC as a key component of the COVID-19 response in the weeks and months to come.

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              CommunityFirst COVID-19 Roadmap

              This Roadmap is a planning tool to support communities to organize, prepare and respond to COVID-19.

              It provides key steps in working to respond to COVID-19:

              1. Determine level of transmission
              2. Identify high-risk and vulnerable groups
              3. Coordinate with health authorities and other relevant actors
              4. Protect your community
              5. Communicate key messages
              6. Provide food and essential items
              7. Supply water and sanitation

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                Wearing Masks to Prevent COVID-19

                These three videos cover different aspects of wearing masks to prevent COVID-19.

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                  Defeating Coronavirus with Vaccines

                  This video explains the science of vaccines and delves into the 3 types of vaccines being developed to combat the deadly coronavirus.

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