Welcome to the Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center
Cities are at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis. The Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center is home to practical guidance and tools to support cities in four technical areas:
Featured Resources
COVID-19: 24/7 Parenting. Proven tips and activities for all ages in worldwide languages.
Reports from around the world indicate that violence against women and children is spiking. COVID-19 movement restrictions are preventing governments from reaching families with regular support services precisely at the moment when parents are facing overwhelming stress from financial insecurity, social isolation, overcrowding, and childcare and education. In response to this urgent problem, a collation of the CDC, the WHO, UNICEF, the Global Partnership to End Violence, USAID, and Parenting for Lifelong Health develop open-source, evidence-based COVID-19 parenting resources. These resources include 15 tip sheets (available in 100+ languages), available at https://www.covid19parenting.com/englishtips.
COVID-19 Parenting: Parenting during COVID-19 can be extra hard. It’s normal to feel stressed and overwhelmed. Here are 6 tips to make things easier for you and your children
This parents' tip sheet addresses the difficulties of parenting during COVID-19's imposition of challenges to normal family life. This material was developed by a coalition of the CDC, WHO, UNICEF, Global Partnership to End Violence, USAID, and Prenting for Lifelong Health. Resources in 100+ languages are available at https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/healthy-parenting
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Public health surveillance for COVID-19: interim guidance
This document summarizes current WHO guidance for public health surveillance of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in humans caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
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“The Partnership for Healthy Cities initiative has been successful in bringing global cities together to advance public health – and now, in the face of the coronavirus crisis, it is stepping up to help local leaders around the world save even more lives.”
Michael R. Bloomberg