For Educators: Keeping schools safe from cholera 🎒📚

Evidence has confirmed that school closures have significant negative effects on the safety, learning, mental health and overall well-being of children and adolescents. Such measures rarely help to reduce the spread of cholera.

School closures have been associated with high rates of anxiety and depression among children and young people, with some studies finding that girls, adolescents, especially those living in rural areas are the most likely to experience these problems.

For many children, schools do not just provide an opportunity to learn, but also for social interaction in a place where they can be supported by their peers and teachers.