#HealthyAtHome - Healthy parenting
Across the world, due to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), children are affected by physical distancing, quarantines and nationwide school closures.
Some children and young people may be feeling more isolated, anxious, bored and uncertain.They may feel fear, and grief, over the impact of the virus on their families.
Working with our partners, WHO will bring you content to help open the world of isolation. Watch out for resources and ideas to support parents and projects that will engage children in understanding the coronavirus, the challenges it brings to their world and what can be done to protect them.
We will also introduce children to creative content that will entertain and provide a much-needed escape into the fun and magical worlds of imagination.
How to keep your child safe online while stuck at home during the COVID-19 outbreak
As part of ongoing collaborations with children's entertainment and education platforms, WHO partnered with preschool animated television series Peppa Pig to launch the "Wash Wash Wash Your Hands" sing-along video. Peppa and her friends show the fun in safe hand hygiene by encouraging children and families to wash their hands.
WHO has teamed up with Ubongo, Africa-based children's education and entertainment producer, to launch 'Will you wash your hands with Akili?'. The sing-a-long video by Akili and Me shows children how to wash their hands to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read the World is a collaboration between the International Publishers Association (IPA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. It kicked off on International Children’s Book Day, 2 April 2020 with Italian author Elisabetta Dami, creator of the popular character Geronimo Stilton.
