Do children risk a ’generational catastrophe’ due to covid?
3 years, 6 months ago

Do children risk a ’generational catastrophe’ due to covid?

Live Mint  

The pandemic has severely affected children's rights worldwide, with young people risking a "generational catastrophe" if governments do not act, a rights group said in an annual survey. Marc Dulleart, founder and chairman of KidsRights, says that the effects of the pandemic on children had "unfortunately exceeded our predictions at the outset last year". "Apart from patients of the coronavirus, children have been hardest hit, not directly by the virus itself, but fundamentally failed through the deferred actions of governments around the world," he says. The group said schools for more than 168 million children have been closed for almost a full year, with one in three children worldwide unable to access remote learning while their schools were shut.

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Children in India are among the most vulnerable to climate change: UNICEF report
4 weeks ago

Children in India are among the most vulnerable to climate change: UNICEF report

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 26, 2024 16:05 IST - 5 MINS READ Nearly half the world’s children—around one billion—live in countries facing high risk from climate change and environmental hazards, warns The State of the World’s Children 2024 report by UNICEF. Released on World Children’s Day, November 20, the 2024 edition of the report, titled ‘From here to 2050’, studies the …

Climate to take toll on African children
1 month ago

Climate to take toll on African children

China Daily  

Children in sub-Saharan Africa are among the most at risk of facing the impacts of extreme climate crises. A study titled "The State of the World's Children 2024: The Future of Childhood in a Changing World", released by UNICEF on Tuesday, predicts that the 2050s will see children in sub-Saharan Africa increasingly exposed to extreme weather, including extreme heat waves …

Climate to take toll on African children
1 month ago

Climate to take toll on African children

China Daily  

Children in sub-Saharan Africa are among the most at risk of facing the impacts of extreme climate crises. A study titled "The State of the World's Children 2024: The Future of Childhood in a Changing World", released by UNICEF on Tuesday, predicts that the 2050s will see children in sub-Saharan Africa increasingly exposed to extreme weather, including extreme heat waves …

School absences doubled as ‘knock-on’ effect of pandemic lockdowns – report
3 months, 2 weeks ago

School absences doubled as ‘knock-on’ effect of pandemic lockdowns – report

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy School absence rates in the UK doubled from pre-pandemic levels …

Covid lockdowns had a 'catastrophic' impact on children's social and emotional skills, half of parents say
1 year, 4 months ago

Covid lockdowns had a 'catastrophic' impact on children's social and emotional skills, half of parents say

Daily Mail  

Youngsters aged four to seven more likely to be affected than 12- to 15-year-olds Nearly half of parents said their children's social and emotional skills got worse during the Covid-19 pandemic, a major study found. Youngsters aged between four and seven were significantly more likely to be affected than 12- to 15-year-olds, the research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies …

Ministers were warned that suicide would kill more children than Covid
1 year, 5 months ago

Ministers were warned that suicide would kill more children than Covid

The Telegraph  

The Government was warned that more children would die from suicide than from Covid-19 before they ordered damaging school closures, a report by parent campaigners has found. A joint briefing paper by the Department for Education and the Independent Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours warned in November 2020 that “many more children will die from suicide than Covid-19 this …

‘Catastrophic insecurity’: 10 million children in Sahel need aid
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Catastrophic insecurity’: 10 million children in Sahel need aid

Al Jazeera  

UNICEF says the number of children in extreme jeopardy has doubled since 2020 as armed groups continue to spread violence in region. In a report published on Friday, the United Nations children’s agency said nearly four million more children are at risk in neighbouring countries as hostilities between armed groups and national security forces spill across borders. “Children are increasingly …

‘Perfect storm’ of disease ahead with vaccines delayed and measles cases up, WHO and UNICEF say
2 years, 7 months ago

‘Perfect storm’ of disease ahead with vaccines delayed and measles cases up, WHO and UNICEF say

CNN  

CNN — The World Health Organization and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund warned of an increased risk of measles spread, with worldwide cases up nearly 80% so far in 2022 compared with 2021. “Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the diversion of resources from routine immunization are leaving too many children without protection against measles …

Mandate COVID Vaccination for Adults, Don’t Make School-going Children a Scapegoat
2 years, 8 months ago

Mandate COVID Vaccination for Adults, Don’t Make School-going Children a Scapegoat

News 18  

Schooling has been a matter of enthusiastic, and often passionate, debate since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world. The second cause of worry is the assumption that with schools being open, children would infect each other and spread it to their teachers or carry it home and infect the adults, especially the grandparents who we do know have a higher …

Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19: Lancet study
2 years, 9 months ago

Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19: Lancet study

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: More than 1.9 million children in India lost a parent or caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a modelling study of 20 countries published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. “We estimate that for every person reported to have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, one child is left orphaned or loses …

How Children and Teens are the Most Affected by Pandemic?
2 years, 10 months ago

How Children and Teens are the Most Affected by Pandemic?

News 18  

Entering high school for the first time, starting to write with a pen instead of a pencil, entering the premise of your college for the first time, or attending a fresher party. Time and the situations that entailed resulted in this transitioning category of adolescence and youth to be known as the ‘COVID Generation.’ The lack of planning in the …

Real-time impact of lockdowns on education sector difficult to gauge, says Economic Survey
2 years, 10 months ago

Real-time impact of lockdowns on education sector difficult to gauge, says Economic Survey

India Today  

The Economic Survey 2021-22 found out that children in all age groups in rural areas moved out from private to government schools during the pandemic while also acknowledging that it is difficult to gauge the real-time impact of repeated lockdowns on the education sector. Financial stress cause for migration to government schools The survey also suggests the closure of low-cost …

Keep schools open, children can't wait: UNICEF
2 years, 10 months ago

Keep schools open, children can't wait: UNICEF

India Today  

Keep schools open amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said an official statement released by UNICEF. Also, World Bank's Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra said that there is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to the UNICEF Recommendations to reopen schools …

No justification now for keeping schools closed in view of COVID-19: World Bank Education Director
2 years, 11 months ago

No justification now for keeping schools closed in view of COVID-19: World Bank Education Director

The Hindu  

There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to the World Bank's Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra. Talking about the impact of school closures due to the pandemic in India, Mr. Saavedra said the "impact is more severe than …

Prolonged School Closures Due to Covid-19 Pose Threat to Gender Equality: UNSECO
3 years, 1 month ago

Prolonged School Closures Due to Covid-19 Pose Threat to Gender Equality: UNSECO

News 18  

Educational disruption due to prolonged closure of schools across the globe will not only have alarming effects on learning loss but also poses threat to gender equality, a new study by UNESCO has pointed out. The global study titled ”When schools shut: Gendered impacts of COVID-19 school closures” brings to the fore that girls and boys, young women, and men …

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more
3 years, 3 months ago

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more

Live Mint  

With most Indian schools shut for the past year and a half, children from poor households, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, are rapidly forgetting what they had learned before the pandemic, new survey data suggests. Previous surveys during the pandemic have also reported learning setbacks, but the latest one comes at a time when children are preparing to advance two …

Vaccinate teachers, children to keep schools safe from Covid-19: WHO
3 years, 3 months ago

Vaccinate teachers, children to keep schools safe from Covid-19: WHO

India TV News  

As millions of children return to school for the new academic session, vaccinating teachers and other school staff against Covid-19 disease can help make schools a safe place against the infectious disease, the World Health Organisation and Unicef said on Monday. Children aged 12 years and above who have underlying medical conditions that put them at greater risk of severe …

Has climate change put 1 billion children at risk?
3 years, 4 months ago

Has climate change put 1 billion children at risk?

Live Mint  

The United Nations Children’s Fund has recently stated that at least 1 billion children across the globe are at risk due to the climate crisis. This report comes ahead of the November 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, thus giving countries the opportunity to take drastic action to prevent some of these events and set appropriate carbon budgets. …

Nearly 1Bln children at \'extremely high risk\' globally due to climate change: UNICEF
3 years, 4 months ago

Nearly 1Bln children at \'extremely high risk\' globally due to climate change: UNICEF

Deccan Chronicle  

New York: One in two children around the world live in conditions exposing them to the extremely harmful effects of climate change, with those in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau jeopardized the most, the UN Children's Emergency Fund said on Friday. In a study titled "the climate crisis is a child rights crisis: Introducing the children's …

What are the risks of kids getting COVID-19 as schools reopen?
3 years, 4 months ago

What are the risks of kids getting COVID-19 as schools reopen?

LA Times  

Julie Silk works with her kindergarten students in the classroom at Jackson STEM Dual Language Magnet Academy in Altadena. Among the nation’s three most populous states, the rate for new daily pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 per 100,000 children in Florida is 1.28; in Texas, it’s 0.53; and in California, it’s 0.21. The best way to keep children safe, in schools …

From increased hospitalizations to long Covid, children can get hit hard by Covid-19. Here’s why doctors say kids should be protected
3 years, 4 months ago

From increased hospitalizations to long Covid, children can get hit hard by Covid-19. Here’s why doctors say kids should be protected

CNN  

CNN — The myth that kids can’t get seriously sick from Covid-19 keeps getting debunked as more children get hospitalized during the Delta variant surge. “Half of the children that we’ve admitted have been under the age of 2,” Dr. Mark Kline, physician-in-chief of Children’s Hospital New Orleans, said this month. Covid-19 deaths in children shouldn’t be ignored, CDC chief …

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid
3 years, 4 months ago

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid

India Today  

The debate is contentious. Children, the data reveal, represented 14.2 per cent of all Covid cases and accounted for 1.3-3.6 per cent of total reported hospitalizations in the United States. In the pre-Covid year of 2019, 47 per cent children lacked access to education and/or health, which shot up to 56 per cent during the pandemic, according to UNICEF data. …

Making sense of the fourth national sero-survey
3 years, 4 months ago

Making sense of the fourth national sero-survey

New Indian Express  

If the seroprevalence is adjusted for the vaccination in adult age sub-groups, it is very clear that children have a very similar or even higher rate of infections than the adults. A few sero-surveys including one conducted by AIIMS, New Delhi, has found that up to three-fourth of total children in the survey population had antibodies, well before the middle …

How has the pandemic affected children's mental health? AIIMS professor explains
3 years, 5 months ago

How has the pandemic affected children's mental health? AIIMS professor explains

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic put a lot of pressure on the mental health of people, but it was especially hard on children with schools closed for months on end, and restrictions on being able to play with or meet friends and peers. Dr Rajesh Sagar, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi and Member, Central Mental …

UNICEF, WHO chief scientist urge Govts across the world to prioritise reopening of schools
3 years, 5 months ago

UNICEF, WHO chief scientist urge Govts across the world to prioritise reopening of schools

Op India  

The UNICEF on Monday urged the decision-makers and governments to prioritize and plan for the safe reopening of schools. WHO Chief Scientist also urged for reopening of schools Soumya Swaminathan, the Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization furthered UNICEF’s appeal of reopening the schools. Quoting UNICEF’s Tweet, Swaminathan wrote, “With teachers & adults working in schools prioritized for vaccination …

Global study estimates 1.5 million children lost parents or grandparents to Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Global study estimates 1.5 million children lost parents or grandparents to Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — More than a million children around the world have lost a parent to Covid-19, and a total of 1.5 million have lost either a parent, a grandparent who helped care for them or some other relative responsible for their care, a new study finds. “Covid-19 has created this urgent crisis affecting children in almost every nation,” Dr. Susan …

Rights activists caution against child labour and trafficking during pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Rights activists caution against child labour and trafficking during pandemic

Hindustan Times  

Child labour, abandonment by family members, risk of trafficking, child marriage, malnourishment, and an increasing number of school dropouts – these are some risks the national capital’s children are facing due to Covid-19 pandemic-induced hardships in marginalised communities, experts said. A Covid-19 ground report released by child rights NGO Protsahan, which is working closely with Delhi Commission for Protection of …

Covid anxiety remains as Pfizer and US government provide different messaging
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid anxiety remains as Pfizer and US government provide different messaging

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance Friday with an unmistakable message: Kids should be back in school in person this fall and schools should be very cautious about removing the measures meant to protect them. Greg Abbott, for example, banning mask mandates in public schools earlier this year, while California health officials announced …

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school
3 years, 5 months ago

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Many of my children are …

Child Labour Records 1st Rise in 20 Years, Millions More at Risk Due to Covid: ILO-UNICEF Report
3 years, 6 months ago

Child Labour Records 1st Rise in 20 Years, Millions More at Risk Due to Covid: ILO-UNICEF Report

News 18  

The number of children in child labour has risen to 16 crore worldwide — first increase in two decades — with millions more at risk due to COVID-19, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization and the UNICEF. The report — 'Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward' — released ahead of the World …

SC asks states, UTs to ensure no breaks in education of children orphaned due to Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

SC asks states, UTs to ensure no breaks in education of children orphaned due to Covid-19

India Today  

The Supreme Court of India has directed the governments of states and union territories to ensure that there is no break in the education of children who have become orphans or lost one parent during the Covid-19 pandemic. During the Supreme Court hearing on June 7, the central government asked the court to provide them with more time to set …

Coronavirus has impacted on children worldwide, Dutch NGO says
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus has impacted on children worldwide, Dutch NGO says

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has risen one place to fifth in the annual KidsRights index, drawn up by global NGO Kids Rights Foundation which monitors how children’s rights are being respected and improved. The coronavirus pandemic has had a ‘devastating impact’ on children worldwide, the Netherlands-based foundation says. ‘With the ongoing global pandemic, we had to address the devastating impacts and outcomes …

Children versus the virus: An unequal battle in the mind
3 years, 6 months ago

Children versus the virus: An unequal battle in the mind

The Hindu  

Pathologically, the Coronavirus has been easy on children. “Having learnt from these stories, I have grown up with the positive belief that the universe would take care of you.” “One can see Facebook flooded with posters, personal posts from God knows who about so-and-so child having been orphaned and left with no support from the extended family,” says Champa. These …

Childhood development threatened by the pandemic
3 years, 9 months ago

Childhood development threatened by the pandemic

Live Mint  

Closed schools, surging poverty, forced marriages and depression—after a year of the pandemic, indicators measuring child and adolescent development have all regressed, a setback that heralds lasting stigma for an entire generation, UNICEF has warned. "The number of children who are hungry, isolated, abused, anxious, living in poverty and forced into marriage has increased," Henrietta Fore, executive director of the …

Closure of 1.5 million schools in India due to Covid-19 pandemic impacts 247 million children
3 years, 9 months ago

Closure of 1.5 million schools in India due to Covid-19 pandemic impacts 247 million children

India Today  

In India, the closure of 1.5 million schools due to the pandemic and lockdowns in 2020 has impacted 247 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools. Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost a full year, said UNICEF. Schools closed for one year While talking about the impact of the pandemic on …

I'm A Therapist Working With Children And Families. Here's How COVID-19 Is Affecting Them.
3 years, 9 months ago

I'm A Therapist Working With Children And Families. Here's How COVID-19 Is Affecting Them.

Huff Post  

"Even the fear of germs, which may have been considered a phobia or obsessional thought for children and adults, is now at least somewhat appropriate," the author writes. Getty Images As a psychoanalyst and parent guidance expert working in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic with parents of children and adolescents, and often with the children themselves, it has …

How Covid lockdowns are wiping out the gains made by disadvantaged children
3 years, 11 months ago

How Covid lockdowns are wiping out the gains made by disadvantaged children

The Telegraph  

Social mobility gains that have given a lift to disadvantaged children over the past decade could be wiped out by Covid lockdowns, one of Britain's leading education research bodies has said. Carole Willis, the chief executive of the National Foundation for Educational Research, said its studies showed the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers had increased by almost half …

A Lost Generation: UNICEF Report Reveals COVID-19 Toll on Children's Health and Education
4 years, 1 month ago

A Lost Generation: UNICEF Report Reveals COVID-19 Toll on Children's Health and Education

News 18  

It has been a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and while we count the massive death toll and economic losses, what is going unnoticed by most governments across the world is the disruption that this pandemic has caused in the lives of children and young adults. It was released ahead of World Children’s Day and is titled ‘Averting a …

1 in 9 children infected by COVID-19: UNICEF
4 years, 1 month ago

1 in 9 children infected by COVID-19: UNICEF

The Hindu  

Children and adolescents account for 1 in 9 reported COVID-19 infections, according to an analysis by the UNICEF in a report released on Friday. As of November 3, children and adolescents accounted for 11 per cent of the 25.7 million infections reported across 87 countries, the report stated. The future of an entire generation is at risk.” As schools remain …

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open
4 years, 1 month ago

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open

NPR  

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open Enlarge this image toggle caption Serge Haouzi/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Serge Haouzi/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Updated on Jan. 30 at 7:47 p.m. Sponsor Message Barve says everyone is doing their part: "It's a little bit of choppy water, but if people are swimming in their own lanes, there's less …

Thousands fewer children immunised against common diseases because of lockdown
4 years, 1 month ago

Thousands fewer children immunised against common diseases because of lockdown

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lockdown measures in England led to thousands fewer children receiving vital …

COVID-19 Has Robbed The World's Poorest Children Of Nearly 4 Months Of Schooling
4 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 Has Robbed The World's Poorest Children Of Nearly 4 Months Of Schooling

NPR  

COVID-19 Has Robbed The World's Poorest Children Of Nearly 4 Months Of Schooling Enlarge this image toggle caption Yawar Nazir/Getty Images Yawar Nazir/Getty Images In April, 9 in 10 of the world's children were out of school in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Several months later, a new report from UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank …

The little talked about side-effects of COVID-19
4 years, 2 months ago

The little talked about side-effects of COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

In March, we predicted that the 70 million people fleeing violence and persecution across the world would be hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. This week my organisation, the Norwegian Refugee Council, published a report, Downward Spiral, showing that the world’s most vulnerable communities are facing a quadruple crisis because of the COVID-19 pandemic: a health crisis, a hunger crisis, …

Schools reopening from September 21 amid pandemic can be a matter of grave concern: Here's why
4 years, 3 months ago

Schools reopening from September 21 amid pandemic can be a matter of grave concern: Here's why

India Today  

Coronavirus is here to stay and we have to learn to live with this problem. Before we reopen, we need to concentrate on the three major stakeholders, namely the parents, teachers and the students; a lot needs to be done in terms of mentoring, counselling capacity building and assessments. Take a deep breath parents: Parents' emotional counselling Parents being one …

COVID-19 could fuel more conflict, poverty, starvation, says UN
4 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 could fuel more conflict, poverty, starvation, says UN

The Hindu  

Top UN officials have warned that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated discrimination and other human rights violations that can fuel conflict, and its indirect consequences are dwarfing the impact of the virus itself in the world’s most fragile countries. Mr. Lowcock warned the council that the indirect economic and health effects from the crisis in fragile countries “will be higher …

Coronavirus: With textbooks and face masks, Europe's children return to school
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: With textbooks and face masks, Europe's children return to school

India Today  

Tens of millions of pupils returned to school in France, Poland and Russia on Tuesday, their rucksacks loaded with exercise books, geometry sets and, for many, face masks to protect them from a resurgent coronavirus pandemic. Hand cleansing stations, social distancing and staggered play time will become the new normal as countries across Europe seek ways to get children back …

A third of world's children missed remote learning during coronavirus pandemic: UNICEF
4 years, 3 months ago

A third of world's children missed remote learning during coronavirus pandemic: UNICEF

India Today  

The UN children's agency says at least a third of children couldn't access remote learning when the Covid-19 pandemic closed schools, creating "a global education emergency." "For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to Covid-19, there was no such a thing as remote learning," UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said. "The sheer number of children whose education …

Millions return to schools lacking handwashing facilities: UN
4 years, 4 months ago

Millions return to schools lacking handwashing facilities: UN

Al Jazeera  

Some 818 million children at increased risk of being infected with COVID-19 when schools reopen, UN agencies warn. More than 800 million children around the world lack basic handwashing facilities at their schools, putting them at an increased risk of catching the new coronavirus when schools reopen, the World Health Organization has warned. A joint report published last week by …

Coronavirus: ‘Very low’ risks to children mean school reopenings are safe, expert says
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘Very low’ risks to children mean school reopenings are safe, expert says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Prof Viner revealed the Public Health England study as Boris Johnson beefed up his pledge …

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