April 2020

WEBINAR | Home Visitors’ Attending To Risks for Abuse and Neglect During COVID-19: A Guided Reflection

Who Should Attend: Home Visitation program supervisors/directors/administrators

Key Issues/Concerns:
  • Restraints on home visitation protocols due to social distancing restrictions – implications for opening/closing cases, virtual intervention technology and assessing and addressing risk for potential abuse and neglect
  • Where in person home visiting is still allowed- concerns around personal safety and how that may impact ability to assess/address potential risk for abuse or neglect

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore’s on COVID-19 and children

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore  is working from home, since the UNICEF building in New York was closed to protect the safety and well-being of staff and the wider community in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

See the UNICEF Coronavirus outbreak video series playlist.

UNICEF has been working with partners to prepare and respond to the epidemic of COVID-19 around the world, knowing that the virus could spread to children in any country or community. Learn more on how you can help protect yourself and your loved ones from the virus.

2:17 / ENG 

WEBINAR | COVID-19 and Global Affairs: Lessons Learned from the Ebola Crisis

The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs has launched a new Virtual Discussion Forum on the COVID-19 crisis and its far-reaching impact worldwide.

The next discussion in the series, “COVID-19 and Global Affairs: Lessons Learned from the Ebola Crisis of 2014-2015,” will feature Ron Klain, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Biden and White House Ebola Response Coordinator, and John Podesta, Jackson Senior Fellow and former White House Chief of Staff.

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