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In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, governments around the world have mobilized billions of dollars to save their economies. But there is another impending and devastating loss if we do not act: a lost generation of children.
Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals is slipping backwards, and children continue to pay the steepest price. Without coordinated, global action to prevent, mitigate and respond to the effects of the pandemic, the consequences for children now, and for the future of our shared humanity, will be severe.
Guidelines on Operationalization of COVID Care Services for Children
& Adolescents
Table of contents
Topic Page
1. Executive Summary 4
2. Introduction 6
3. Estimated burden of COVID-19 in children 7
4. Development of Guidance to Prepare for Managing an increased number of
Children and Adolescents with COVID-19 8
5. Proposed operationalization 8
6. Requirements for Pediatric COVID Care 9
7. Suspecting COVID-19 and testing in children 10
8. Management of COVID-19 cases at community level 11
9. Community level preparations 11
10. Categorization of COVID Health Facilities 12
11. Triaging/ deciding the level of care of children with COVID-19 14
12. Types of health facilities presently functional for care of patients with active
COVID-19 14
13. Augmentation of the above facilities for pediatric care 15
14. Provisions to allow parent/ family member to stay with the child 17
15. Augmentation of existing pediatric care facilities to provide care to children with
MIS-C 17
16. Augmenting bed capacity for pediatric care in urban, peri urban and rural area 18
17. Admission criteria in different types of health facilities 19
18. Initial Screening and Triage 1 at the health facility 19
19. Hospital Infrastructure (DCHC/DCH) 21
20. Training 24
21. Equipment 24
22. Infection Prevention and control 24
23. Disposal of the deceased 25
24. Discharge criteria 25
25. Post covid care 25
26. Care of neonates born to COVID-19 positive mothers and newborn developing
infections 26
27. Registry 28
28. Appendix 1: Checklists for surveillance and monitoring by ANM/ASHA 30
Appendix 2: Specific requirements for Inter- Facility transport – transfer to a
higher facility 35
Appendix 3: Common services for all type of health facilities 38
Appendix 4: Human Resource 40
Appendix 5: Equipment/ Medications required at various levels of health care 41
Appendix 6: Governance 44
Appendix 7: Equity and Dignity of Care 4