March 26, 2020

The social support networks stepping up in coronavirus-stricken China | openDemocracy

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  The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China started in January 2019 and put a massive strain on the public health system. As a rapid response, the ironclad lockdown of tens of millions of people in the province of Hubei, and practical house confinement of hundreds of millions of Chinese, have hit pause on everyone’s […]

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Mapping the landscape of artificial intelligence applications against COVID-19 • UN Global Pulse

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   The number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow at an alarming rate – with over 487,000 people being infected worldwide as of  March 26, 2020 – and predictions paint a gloomy picture of the next weeks and potentially months to come. Members of our data science team joined forces with researchers from the World Health Organization

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How are countries addressing the Covid-19 challenges in education? A snapshot of policy measures | World Education Blog

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By Gwang-Chol Chang and Satoko Yano, UNESCO’s Section of Education Policy Close to 80% of the world’s student population – 1.3 billion children and youth – is affected by school closures in 138 countries. Taken as a measure to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, some of these closures are recent, in others, they have

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Education in a pandemic: five messages that Australia’s aid program could consider now – Governance and Development Soapbox

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After much debate in the media about whether it is safe for the community, teachers and children themselves to continue going to school,[1] the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria in Australia are going ahead with student-free schooling. Whilst the symptoms and deaths of children from COVID-19 have been lower in comparison to other ages groups

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