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Relevant UN System Resources on COVID-19 and Older Persons
Policy briefs and reports
- Policy brief on COVID-19 and the impact on older workers: Don’t forget about older workers – ILO, Forthcoming
- Protecting and Supporting Vulnerable Groups Through the Covid-19 Crisis – UNRISD, July 2020
- The Impact of COVID-19 on older persons –Secretary General Brief, May 2020
- Covid-19 and Older Persons: A defining Moment for an Informed, Inclusive and Targeted Response – UN DESA, May 2020
- COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health – United Nations, 13 May 2020
- A policy framework for tackling the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 crisis – ILO, May 2020
- Implications of COVID-19 for Older Persons: Responding to the Pandemic – UNFPA Global Technical Brief, 24 April 2020
- Social protection responses to the COVID-19 crisis: Country responses and policy considerations – ILO, 23 April 2020
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Women– United Nations, 9 April 2020
- Older persons and Covid-19: A defining Moment for Informed, Inclusive and Targeted Response – UN DESA – PAU, April 2020
- Ageing populations & COVID-19 risk UNFPA EECARO, April 2020
- The Impact and Policy Responses for COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific– UNESCAP, 26 March 2020
- The impact of COVID-19 on Older Persons in the Arab Region – UN ESCWA & WHO, 2020
Technical Guidance
- WHO updated technical guidance, vaccine information and data dashboard (2021)
- Strengthening the health system response to COVID-19: Preventing and managing the COVID-19 pandemic across long-term care services in the WHO European Region– WHO Regional Office for Europe, 21 May 2020
- COVID-19 Guidance Note – OHCHR, 13 May 2020
- Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19 – United Nations Coordinated Appeal, May 2020 Update
- Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Interim Guidance – IFRC, WHO, UNICEF, May 2020
- UNFPA COVID-19 Regional Technical Guidance on Older Persons – Regional technical guidance note published by UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office, April 2020
- COVID-19 Guidance Note– OHCHR, 14 April 2020
- Infection Prevention and Control guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities in the context of COVID-19 – Interim Guidance WHO, 21 March 2020
- Age, Gender and Diversity Considerations – COVID-19 -UNHCR, 21 March 2020
- Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak – WHO, 18 March 2020
- Recommendations for Measuring Older Population in Institutions– UNECE, March 2020
News and Websites
- Webpage with COVID-19 resources relating to Accountability and Inclusion, with a section on older persons – The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (Updated by UNHCR as co-chair of the IADC Results Group on Accountability and Inclusion)
- Older people & COVID-19 – WHO Website with relevant resources, including Q&As, Guidance documents, Multimedia.
- Resources Covid-19 and Older Persons– UNECE, 2 July 2020
- Culture and Covid-19 tracker, Issue 4 – UNESCO, 6 May 2020
- COVID-19 Sends the Care Economy Deeper into Crisis Mode – UNRISD, 4 May 2020
- COVID-19: Older people at risk but resilient – UN OCHA, 4 May 2020
- Op-ed: COVID-19 crisis: Older persons are the pillars of our society – we cannot leave them behind – Kaveh Zahedi (ESCAP) and Eduardo Klien (HelpAge), 1 May 2020, China Daily
- COVID-19 sends the care economy deeper into crisis mode– UN Women, 22 April 2020
- COVID-19: Battling stigma and discrimination against older persons – UNDRR, 3 April 2020
Statements
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