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AUTHOR(S) Reinaldo Plasencia; Clarisa Giamello; Manuel Gómez (et al.)
In a context in which many countries still have closed or partially closed schools, children and adolescents are telling us that they prefer to study at school, that it is a space that allows them to learn more and better, that they value the relationships they develop with their peers and teachers, and that they find more opportunities to play there. 80% have missed going to school, and girls even more so. They want to go back, but they also want to go back to a school that offers them everything they had before and improve it. They want “greener” schools, more connected to their surroundings, but they also are very aware of the advantages of digital education, when it is of a high quality, and want to be able to combine the best of both methods. They know exactly what kind of school they want.
Released to coincide with the 75th anniversary of UNICEF’s creation in 1946, the report, “Reigniting Opportunities for Children in South Asia,” highlights the terrible price children are paying not only as a result of COVID-19 but due to the climate crisis and humanitarian disasters affecting the region. Such has been the impact on children’s education, health care, nutrition, and protection services that the hopes and futures of an entire generation are at risk. In developed countries, COVID-19 vaccination rates are steadily increasing, and wealthier economies are recovering. But in South Asia, the picture remains bleak. Just 30 per cent of people in South Asia are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving families dangerously unprotected as new variants continue to emerge. While the region braces itself for future waves of the virus, more children and families are slipping into poverty.
The global disruption to education caused by the COVD-19 pandemic is without parallel and the effects on learning are severe. The crisis brought education systems across the world to a halt, with school closures affecting more than 1.6 billion learners. While nearly every country in the world offered remote learning opportunities for students, the quality and reach of such initiatives varied greatly and were at best partial substitutes for in-person learning. Now, 21 months later, schools remain closed for millions of children and youth, and millions more are at risk of never returning to education. Evidence of the detrimental impacts of school closures on children’s learning offer a harrowing reality: learning losses are substantial, with the most marginalized children and youth often disproportionately affected. The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery charts a path out of the global education crisis and towards building more effective, equitable and resilient education systems.
Almost two years into the pandemic, the widespread impact of COVID-19 continues to deepen, increasing poverty and entrenching inequality. While some countries are recovering and rebuilding in a ‘new normal’, for many, COVID-19 remains a crisis. The human rights of all children are under threat to a degree that has not been seen in more than a generation. The global response so far has been deeply unequal and inadequate. The world now stands at a crossroads. The actions we take now will determine the well-being and rights of children for years to come. As we commemorate UNICEF’s 75th year, this report lays out the work in front of us by taking stock of the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on children and the road to respond and recover to reimagine the future for every child.
AUTHOR(S) Fanxing Du; Li He; Mark R. Francis (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ana P. Antunes; Silvana Martins; Laura Magalhães (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Margarita Saliverou; Maria Georgiadi; Dimitra Maria Tomprou (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Mary Rose Jean Andrada-Poa; Ronaldo F. Jabal; Jerome V. Cleofas (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Mohammed Samannodi; Hassan Alwafi; Abdallah Y. Naser (et al.)
Vaccination against COVID-19 is the key to controlling the pandemic. Parents are the decision makers in the case of children vaccination as they are responsible for them. This study aims to investigate the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination for children among parents in Saudi Arabia. This cross-sectional study used an online self-administered questionnaire. A 35-items questionnaire was distributed via social media platforms between June 6 and July 9–2021. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the participants’ characteristics. Categorical variables were reported as frequencies and percentages. Predictors of vaccination acceptance were identified using binary logistic regression.
AUTHOR(S) Alexa Hiebert; Kathy Kortes-Miller
AUTHOR(S) Jandhyala B. G. Tilak
AUTHOR(S) Xiaoli Zong; Charissa S. L. Cheah; Huiguang Ren
AUTHOR(S) Alison Fogarty; Andi Jones; Monique Seymour (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Robert Przybylski; Molly Craig; Matthew Lippmann (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ashley E. Burch; Molly Jacobs
The threat of a deadly pandemic, racial tension, recessionary economic circumstances, and educational disruption likely contributed to the heightened anxiety felt by many Americans in 2020. This study examines the differential anxiety experienced by Black, White, and Hispanic households with and without children during 2020. Data from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey detailing the frequency of anxiety among a nationally representative sample of adults from April 23 to December 21, 2020, was coupled with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention records of COVID-19 diagnoses and state-level police killings. Multinomial logistic regression assessed the relative contribution of COVID-19 deaths, police violence, unemployment, fear of unemployment, change in educational delivery, and geographic location to anxiety among racial/ethnic cohorts with and without children.
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