Thread by @WHO

No country is adequately protecting children’s
•health
•their environment, and
•their futures

On #WorldChildrensDay and every day, we must build a future fit for children.

👉bit.ly/3lMuC6D

Risks to a child’s health are all around us, from

🔴 A rapidly changing climate
🔴 Polluted air
🔴 Harmful marketing
🔴 Displacement
🔴 Conflict
🔴 Inequality

Every child deserves a healthy life 👉bit.ly/3lMuC6D

#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay

Climate change leaves children at risk from

🔸Extreme weather
🔸Flooding
🔸Drought
🔸Rising food prices and shortages
🔸 Rapid disease spread

A healthy child needs a clean & healthy planet to live in.

👉bit.ly/3lMuC6D

#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay

Vaccines save lives.

Where it is safe and feasible, we must ensure children continue to get immunized during the #COVID19 pandemic to protect them from other deadly diseases like meningitis.

#WorldChildrensDay #VaccinesWork

On #WorldChildrensDay these little ones are telling YOU how they imagine the 🌎will look like in 1⃣ 0⃣0⃣ years' time.

Here’s what they say 👇

To protect children, leaders must

🔹Invest in children
🔹Ensure children’s voices are heard
🔹Reduce carbon emissions now
🔹Regulate harmful marketing

👉bit.ly/3lMuC6D

#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay

Children around the 🌎 are speaking out for their health and rights. 📢It’s time to listen to what they have to say.

Are we building a future fit for them? 👉bit.ly/3lMuC6D

#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay

Today is #WorldChildrensDay

Here is some helpful advice on how to talk to children about #COVID19 👇

Exploitative marketing exposes children to harmful products:

🧃Sugary drinks
🍭Sweets
🍟Fast food
🚬Tobacco
🍷Alcohol
🎮Gaming

Children must be protected 👉 bit.ly/3lMuC6D

#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay

What do children need to be protected from?

Here’s what they see as the major threats to their health, futures, and wellbeing👇

#HealthForAll #WorldChildrensDay

"I want to grow up in a healthy environment"
"I want to grow in a world that's healthy, clean & without pollution"

That's the 🌍children want to see.

Are we building the future they want and deserve?

#WorldChildrensDay

.@DrMikeRyan answering a question about whether it is safe for children to go back to school 👇

#COVID19 #WorldChildrensDay

How can grandparents spend time with their children during #COVID19?

#WorldChildrensDay

Kids, meet Ario - a kind, orange dragon with a horn-like a unicorn, who will introduce you to #COVID19 and help you understand how to protect yourself, your families, and friends from the #coronavirus

📚bit.ly/2VrqOw3

📚 The book “My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!” - aimed at children aged 6-11 years old helps them

✅ understand & come to terms with #COVID19
✅ explains how to manage difficult emotions when
confronted with COVID-19.

👉bit.ly/2VrqOw3

“So we can’t fight the #COVID19 because we can’t see it?”
Sara asked.

“We can fight it,” said Sara’s mum. “The virus affects many kinds of people, and everyone can help us fight it. Children are special and they can help too”

📚 bit.ly/2VrqOw3

How can we stay safe from the #COVID19?

📚 bit.ly/2VrqOw3

“Sometimes when we are feeling very afraid or unsafe, it can help to imagine a safe place in our minds.". Ario asked the children to close their eyes and imagine a place where they feel safe.

📚bit.ly/2VrqOw3

The 📚book “My Hero is You, How kids can fight #COVID19!” is now available in over 100 languages.

Help your children understand & manage their anxiety around COVID-19 👉 bit.ly/3kIG95W

Try taking 20 minutes doing something the kids choose – like playing a game or reading - together with them.

No phone or TV so you can focus on them.

Quality time will make them feel safe and loved.

More parenting tips during #COVID19
👉 bit.ly/ParentingCOVID…

Exercise helps kids with a lot of energy (and adults) to de-stress when we #StayAtHome

Let your child choose the music and have a 10-minute dance! You might even impress them with your moves! 💃🕺 👯

More parenting tips during #COVID19
👉bit.ly/ParentingCOVID…

Praise is powerful. Try praising your child or teenager for something they have done well.

Do it in a genuine way.

They may not show it, but you’ll see them doing that good thing again.

👉 bit.ly/ParentingCOVID…

A structured day helps kids feel secure and makes it easier to manage them.

Try making a timetable, with schoolwork, games, free time, exercise, and handwashing.

Take charge of your days - routine up!

👉 bit.ly/ParentingCOVID…

Talk to your children about #COVID19.
It’s hard for them not to hear about it.

Silence & secrets do not protect our children. Honesty & openness do.

Think about how much they will understand. You know them best.

👉 bit.ly/ParentingCOVID…

"Children are the true value to our society and the true resource we send to future"-@DrMikeRyan