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Download File ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ INSTITUTUL NAȚIONAL DE CERCETĂRI ECONOMICE “COSTIN C. KIRIȚESCU” INSITUTUL DE CERCETARE A CALITĂȚII VIEȚII RAPID ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITH A FOCUS ON THE VULNERABLE ONES, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN ROMANIA PHASE I ROUND 2 ©UNICEF/Adrian Holerga – June 2019 Bucharest May 2020 Coordinators for the UNICEF Country Office in Romania Gabriel Vockel, Deputy Representative Viorica Ştefănescu, Child Rights Systems Monitoring Specialist External Research Team: Claudia Petrescu, Team Leader, Research Institute for Quality of Life Alexandra Deliu, author, Research Institute for Quality of Life Flavius Mihalache, author, Research Institute for Quality of Life Adriana Neguț, author, Research Institute for Quality of Life Laura Tufă, author, Research Institute for Quality of Life Data collection was conducted by: The staff of the UNICEF Country Office in Romania Step-by-Step Centre for Education and Professional Development Bianca Gheorghiu Emil Ionescu Daniela Florescu Mihaela Kerekes Gabriela Albu Mariana Boicu Cristiana Boca Centre for Health Policies and Services Mirela Mustață Ileana Costache Council of Institutionalised Youth Andreas Novacovici Terre des hommes Romania Marian Damoc Marius Cernușcă Mihai Enache 2 /66 Acknowledgements This Rapid Assessment has been undertaken as a partnership between the UNICEF Country Office in Romania, the Step-by-Step Centre for Education and Professional Development, Terre des hommes Romania, the Centre for Health Policies and Services, the Council of Institutionalised Youth. Special appreciation is due to the World Bank and the World Health Organisation for having provided technical input to the concept note as well as to the data collection tool. We would like to thank the National Authority for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Children and Adoptions, to Mrs. Mădălina Turza, President, and Mrs. Elena Tudor, Director, for the input to the reports prepared for Rounds 1 and 2 of the Rapid Assessment. 3 /66 CONTENTS Abbreviations..................................................................................................................................................... 6 List of figures ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 List of tables ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 Executive summary............................................................................................................................................ 9 Context ............................................................................................................................................................ 13 Public policy context during the COVID-19 pandemic ................................................................................ 13 Socio-economic context .............................................................................................................................. 14 Data on COVID-19 PANDEMIC incidence in Romania.............................................................................. 15 Main public policies in healthcare, social protection and education .......................................................... 16 Healthcare ............................................................................................................................................... 16 Social protection ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Education ................................................................................................................................................. 18 Goal and objectives of the Rapid Assessment ................................................................................................. 20 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Methodological limitations of the Rapid Assessment ............................................................................. 23 Findings of the U-Report survey ...................................................................................................................... 24 Findings of the Rapid Assessment – Round 2 .................................................................................................. 29 Impacted vulnerable groups ........................................................................................................................ 29 Main problems at community level ............................................................................................................ 31 Utilities and access to basic products .......................................................................................................... 31 Health services............................................................................................................................................. 32 Health services affected by the COVID-19 pandemic .............................................................................. 32 Access barriers to health services ........................................................................................................... 34 Measures for improving access to health services .................................................................................. 34 Educational services .................................................................................................................................... 35 Educational services affected by the COVID-19 pandemic ..................................................................... 35 Access barriers to educational services ................................................................................................... 37 4 /66 Measures for improving access to educational services ......................................................................... 38 Social services .............................................................................................................................................. 39 Social services affected by the COVID-19 pandemic ............................................................................... 39 Access barriers to social services ............................................................................................................. 41 Measures for improving access to social services ................................................................................... 42 Services for children whose parents are isolated, quarantined or hospitalised ......................................... 43 Additional measures .................................................................................................................................... 44 Conclusions ...................................................................................................................................................... 45 Conclusions of the U-Report survey ............................................................................................................ 45 Rapid Assessment conclusions .................................................................................................................... 46 Impacted vulnerable groups .................................................................................................................... 46 Main problems at community level......................................................................................................... 46 Utilities and access to basic products ...................................................................................................... 46 Health services ......................................................................................................................................... 47 Educational services ................................................................................................................................ 47 Social services .......................................................................................................................................... 48 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................... 48 Health services............................................................................................................................................. 48 Educational services .................................................................................................................................... 49 Social services .............................................................................................................................................. 50 References ....................................................................................................................................................... 51 Annexes ........................................................................................................................................................... 52 Annex 1. Methodology ................................................................................................................................ 52 Annex 2. U-Report questionnaire
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