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Every day, news broadcasts detail the impact that coronavirus is having on communities. Civic websites share reopening guidelines and specify the precautions residents must take to protect themselves. Businesses disseminate policies related to work-from-home protocols and employee resources pertinent to life during the pandemic. We all rely on these communications to keep us safe and informed. But for the millions of Americans who do not speak proficient English, language is a hurdle.<\/p>\n

Translation to support employees, clients, and the community<\/h2>\n

According to the Census Bureau, 38% of the nation\u2019s population (125.6 million residents) report speaking English \u201cless than very well.\u201d And some of the most linguistically diverse areas of the country\u2014Seattle, New York, New Orleans\u2014were the first to confront the most serious coronavirus outbreaks. Now, cases rise in Florida, Texas, and Arizona where between 20-35% of the populations speak a language other than English at home.<\/p>\n

As the pandemic rages on, language is more important than ever. Non-English-speaking members of the community must be informed about public health guidelines. People need to understand social distancing protocols, and what to do if they get sick. It is also important for people in affected areas to remain informed about reopening guidelines, unemployment, housing rights, meal distribution, and other local resources. Without access to dependable information that they can understand, limited English proficient individuals are at risk of not understanding the steps they must take to protect themselves and others.<\/p>\n

The pandemic also impacts the daily interactions businesses have with their employees, clients, and communities. Companies are reinventing their businesses, testing new processes, and rolling out the training needed to support remote workforces. For many, this means translating company-wide communications into multiple languages.<\/p>\n

Translating COVID-19-related materials poses challenges. The pandemic introduced specific terms and phrases that must be translated effectively and used consistently.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 glossary in 18 languages<\/h2>\n

SARS-CoV-2. Flattening the curve. Dry cough. Social distancing measures<\/em>. Over the past months, we have all become overly familiar with the new coronavirus lexicon. But not all words translate easily into other languages. Organizations are faced with the challenge of communicating many new COVID-19-related concepts. This process entails establishing the most appropriate translations for specific terms and phrases, and using them consistently across materials.<\/p>\n

At Eriksen, we want to make sure people have the information they need to keep themselves and their families safe. Our team has developed a COVID-19 glossary of 150 terms in 18 languages and made it available for download. While this resource was initially developed to support the hardest-hit regions, our glossary is now accessible to anyone who can benefit.<\/p>\n

Download the COVID-19 glossary in\u00a0PDF format<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Download the COVID-19 glossary\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Excel format<\/strong>\u00a0(includes all languages).<\/p>\n

A\u00a0glossary<\/a>\u00a0is a valuable linguistic resource as it provides a central, searchable place to store translations. When a glossary is compiled, translations for specific phrases are established and approved up front. This system helps achieve accurate, consistent translations across materials, ultimately improving uniformity and impact in messaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The Every Newborn Action Plan Measurement Improvement Roadmap details the challenges in measurement and provides a multi-year, multi-partner pathway to improving metrics, including testing and standardizing indicator definitions and developing new tools.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">71\r\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1513274052338{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage of newborn deaths that are preventable with access to quality health care\r\n<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">1<\/span>\/<span class=\"ticker\">3<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1517246179677{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">babies do not have a birth certificate by their first\u00a0birthday<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-blue\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">10<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1456360643415{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of priority Every Newborn indicators identified<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a>\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"More information\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a> for more newborn health specific epidemiology including rates, trends, and causes of death.\r\n\r\nEpidemiology is the \u201cstudy of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems.\u201d Epidemiology examines how health conditions are distributed among a population and seeks to understand the risks or causes associated with those conditions.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The numbers of stillbirths and neonatal deaths, and the causes, are generated through modeled estimates using information from national civil registration databases, household surveys, surveillance systems, and special studies. High-quality, universal birth and death registration are required to provide nationally representative, timely data, and to signify a shift in social norms to value counting every newborn baby and stillbirth. Increasing global momentum to improve the data is important, and highlights the human face of those who are counted the least\u2014newborn babies and stillbirths.[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=\"Key resources\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/Every-Newborn-Metrics-Cards_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every Newborn Metrics Report Cards<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/supplements\/volume-15-supplement-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Count every newborn, a measurement improvement roadmap for coverage data<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/series\/everynewborn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lancet Every Newborn Series (2014)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/every-newborn-action-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Every Newborn Action Plan<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/handle\/10665\/184225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The WHO Technical consultation on newborn health indicators<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/handle\/10665\/153544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthdatacollaborative.org\/fileadmin\/uploads\/hdc\/Documents\/the-roadmap-for-health-measurement-and-accountability.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Roadmap for Health Measurement and Accountability<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/teams\/maternal-newborn-child-adolescent-health-and-ageing\/epidemiology-monitoring-and-evaluation\/maternal-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing (Maternal and newborn health monitoring)<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Epidemiology","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"data-epidemiology","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-19 17:59:04","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-19 21:59:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&p=120","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":49497,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2021-08-04 20:35:27","post_date_gmt":"2021-08-05 00:35:27","post_content":"[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>COVID-19 disease<\/h2>\r\nAccording to the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Current evidence indicates that COVID-19 does not appear to directly impact newborns. Few novel coronavirus infections have been reported in newborns, and these were almost uniformly asymptomatic. The few that had symptoms were reported to have mild illness.\r\n<h2><strong>There is no evidence of vertical mother-to-newborn transmission during pregnancy or via breastfeeding.<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Indirect adverse effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy and newborns<\/h2>\r\nWhereas the <strong>direct effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy and newborns are minimal, indirect adverse effects are becoming increasingly apparent<\/strong> and important areas of concern. These include potential disruptions of routine maternal and newborn health (MNH) care that is essential for the health and survival of mothers and newborns. Countries\u2019 responses to the pandemic \u2013 such as social distancing measures \u2013 can pose threats to continuing best practices by health care providers, as well as to home caregiver practices that are essential to newborn health and survival. Leading <strong>examples of these threats to best MNH practices<\/strong> include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>separation of mothers and newborns instead of promoting immediate skin-to-skin contact and rooming in, in facilities, and<\/li>\r\n \t<li>immediate and exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/breastfeeding-and-feeding-of-small-and-sick-newborns\/\">breastfeeding<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/kangaroo-mother-care\/\">Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)<\/a> for preterm and small babies.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThus, pandemic mitigation by social distancing should not result in unintended harm to mothers and their newborns.\r\n\r\nThere is also a risk to mothers and babies that pandemic responses limit needed psychosocial support to mothers during pregnancy, delivery, and in the postpartum period. Additionally, the economic toll of the pandemic response poses serious risks to many families \u2013 especially mothers and newborns \u2013 living in poverty or near-poverty. Policies and programs must recognize and take steps to prevent or ameliorate these important risks which may otherwise be overlooked. These can include food insecurity, loss of livelihoods, misinformation, and lockdown-induced social isolation and loss of vital community\/family support.\r\n\r\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) and partners continue to monitor the evidence and provide guidance accordingly.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452696349804{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f6f6f4 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Key Resources:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/WHO-2019-nCoV-clinical-2021-2\">Living guidance for clinical management of COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0(WHO)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/questions-and-answers-covid-19-vaccines-and-pregnancy\/\">Questions and Answers: COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy<\/a> (WHO)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/coronavirus\/navigating-pregnancy-during-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-pandemic\">Navigating pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic \u2013 How to best protect yourself and your baby<\/a> (UNICEF)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/event\/maintaining-essential-mnch-services-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-lessons-from-19-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maintaining essential MNCH services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from 19 countries<\/a> (WHO)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/technical-guidance\">View WHO Technical and Country Guidance<\/a> (WHO)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/question-and-answers-hub\/q-a-detail\/q-a-on-covid-19-pregnancy-and-childbirth\">COVID-19, pregnancy & childbirth<\/a> (WHO)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/action\/showPdf?pii=S1473-3099%2820%2930157-2\">Guideline for pregnant women with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection<\/a> (Lancet)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/coronavirus?dgcid=kr_pop-up_tlcoronavirus20\">Covid-19 Resource Center\u00a0<\/a>(Lancet)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/question-and-answers-hub\/q-a-detail\/q-a-on-covid-19-and-breastfeeding\">COVID-19 & breastfeeding<\/a> (WHO)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/commentaries\/detail\/breastfeeding-and-covid-19\">Breastfeeding and COVID-19 Scientific Brief<\/a> (WHO)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/guidelines-for-continued-newborn-healthcare-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\">Guidelines for continued newborn healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: compiled programmatic information for implementers and project managers<\/a> (WHO)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/covid-19-technical-brief-for-antenatal-care-services\/\">COVID-19 Technical Brief for Antenatal Care Services<\/a> (UNFPA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/covid-19-technical-brief-for-maternal-services\/\">COVID-19 Technical Brief for Maternal Service<\/a> (UNFPA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancingnutrition.org\/news-events\/2020\/04\/24\/infant-and-young-child-feeding-recommendations-when-covid-19-suspected-or\">Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations When COVID-19 is Suspected or Confirmed<\/a> (USAID, UNICEF & IFE)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/resourcecentre.savethechildren.net\/library\/iycf-tools-context-covid-19\">Infant and Young Child Feeding Tools in the Context of COVID-19<\/a> (Save the Children)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Additional resources are regularly updated on the <a 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