Impacts of Pandemics & Epidemics on Child Protection: Lessons learned from a rapid review
How do pandemics and epidemics affect child protection?
UNICEF Innocenti undertook a rapid research review, which collates and synthesizes evidence on the child protection impacts of COVID-19 and previous pandemics, epidemics and infectious disease outbreaks and provides lessons for global and national responses to COVID-19 and recommendations for future research priorities.
📋 Download the research brief summarizing findings from the rapid review: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1103-brief-impacts-of-pandemics-and-epidemics-on-child-protection-lessons-learned-review.html?utm_source=youtube
📘 Read the working paper: Impacts of Pandemics and Epidemics on Child Protection: Lessons learned from a rapid review in the context of COVID-19: https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1103-brief-impacts-of-pandemics-and-epidemics-on-child-protection-lessons-learned-review.html?utm_source=youtube
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