Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic Resources on Coronavirus and Disability

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This is a database of resources from experts around the world on coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it intersects with disability.

You can search the resource database by using the categories or by typing a title, author or keywords in the search box. You can also browse the most recently added resources.

The website offers the following types of resources:

  • Websites
  • Blog/webinars
  • Reports
  • Newsletters and fact sheets
  • Guides and toolkits
  • Research
  • Technical guidance

Source: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic Resources on Coronavirus and Disability

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    COVID-19 and Violence against Women

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    Violence against women remains a major threat to global public health and women’s health during emergencies. It is the most common form of violence.

    Violence against women tends to increase during every type of emergency, including epidemics. Older women and women with disabilities are likely to have additional risks and needs. Women who are displaced, refugees, and living in conflict-affected areas are particularly vulnerable. As distancing measures are put in place and people are encouraged to stay at home, the risk of intimate partner violence is likely to increase.

    Although the COVID-19 pandemic has placed an immense burden on health systems, including frontline health workers, there are things that can help mitigate the effects of violence on women and children.

    Source (English): COVID-19 and violence against women

    Source (Français): COVID-19 et violence à l’égard des femmes

    Source (Pyccкий): COVID-19 и насилие в отношении женщин

    Source (中文): COVID-19 和暴力侵害妇女行为

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    COVID-19 Key Tips and Discussion Points

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    This guide was created to help community workers, volunteers and community networks to provide timely and actionable health information, so that people know how to protect themselves and stay healthy.

    It offers three steps:

    Step 1: How to Engage – Simple tips for interacting with communities
    Step 2: Ask the right questions – Key guidance for community discussions, including addressing stigma and xenophobia
    Step 3: What to say – Essential knowledge to share with communities and Frequently Asked Questions that can guide a discussion

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      Stigma and Resilience (CDC)

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      It is important to remember that people – including those of Asian descent – who do not live in or have not recently been in an area of ongoing spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, or have not been in contact with a person who is a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 are not at greater risk of spreading COVID-19 than other Americans.

      Source: Stigma and Resilience (CDC)

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        Social Stigma Associated with COVID-19

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        This guide was designed for government and media organizations to educate them about the problems of social stigma associated with COVID-19.

        It includes “do’s and don’ts” regarding language when speaking about the virus, suggested wording, and reasons for stigma during the COVID-19 crisis.

         

        Source: Social Stigma Associated with COVID-19

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          Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools

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          The purpose of this document is to provide clear and actionable guidance for safe operations through the prevention, early detection and control of COVID-19 in schools and other educational facilities.

          The guidance, while specific to countries that have already confirmed the transmission of COVID-19, is still relevant in all other contexts. Education can encourage students to become advocates for disease prevention and control at home, in school, and in their community by talking to others about how to prevent the spread of viruses. Maintaining safe school operations or reopening schools after a closure requires many considerations but, if done well, can promote public health.

          Source: Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools

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          Key considerations: Online Information, Mis- and Disinformation in the Context of COVID-19

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          This brief sets out practical considerations relating to flows of information, misinformation and disinformation though online media, particularly social media networks, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

          It details various types of online media, key players and influencers on social media, and strategies for ensuring good information and disrupting mis- and disinformation. It is important to analyse different types of information across different channels, how it is spread and to whom, in order to determine how social media can be harnessed in both positive and negative ways.

          Source: Key considerations: Online Information, Mis- and Disinformation in the Context of COVID-19

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          Rumour Has It: A Practice Guide to Working with Rumours (CDAC Network)

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          The CDAC Network commissioned a practice guide to draw both on their experiences and many others’ in order to document approaches, practices and tools to working with rumours.

          It is aimed primarily at humanitarian programme managers and field staff to provide them with practical tips on how to work with rumours in their response programmes in a way that is achievable amid competing demands.

          Source: Rumour Has It: A Practice Guide to Working with Rumours

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          Risk communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Readiness and Response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (‎‎2019-nCoV)‎‎

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          This document provides WHO checklists for risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) readiness and initial response for novel coronaviruses (nCoV) recently identified in Wuhan, China (2019-nCoV). The objective of this document is to provide actionable guidance for countries to implement effective RCCE strategies which will help protect the public’s health in the early response to nCoV. This document includes recommended RCCE goals and actions for countries preparing for nCoV cases and for countries that have confirmed -nCoV cases.

          Source: Risk communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Readiness and Response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (‎‎2019-nCoV)‎‎

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            Introduction a la Communication de Risque en cas d’Urgence de Sante Publique

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            Cette présentation donne un aperçu de ce qu’est la communication des risques urgences et comment appliquer les principes de communication des risques en cas d’urgence et de crise.
            Au terme du présent module, les participants seront en mesure:
            • D’expliquer l’importance de la communication des risques lors d’une urgence de santé publique.
            • D’expliquer les théories et les modèles de communication des risques en cas d’urgence.
            • De décrire la psychologie d’une crise.
            • D’expliquer les six principes du CERC.

            Source: Introduction a la Communication de Risque en cas d’Urgence de Sante Publique

             

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