Through a rapid review drawing on pandemics and epidemics with associated school closures, this article aims to understand first, the state of the evidence on impacts of school closures on select child protection outcomes and second, how governments have responded to school closures to protect the most vulnerable children. Only 21 studies out of 6433 reviewed met the inclusion criteria, with most studies exploring the effects of Ebola. While few studies were identified on harmful practices, a more robust evidence base was identified in regards to adolescent pregnancy, with studies pointing to its increase due to the epidemic or infection control measures, including school closures. The evidence base for studies exploring the impact on violence outcomes was limited, with sexual violence and exploitation located in a few studies on Ebola. Important lessons from this exercise can be applied to the COVID-19 response, particularly the inclusion of the most vulnerable children in programming, policy and further research.

通过对与学校停课相关的大流行病和流行病进行快速审查，本文旨在首先了解有关学校停课对特定儿童保护成果影响的证据状况，其次，政府如何应对学校停课以保护最受弱势儿童。在所审查的 6433 项研究中，只有 21 项研究符合纳入标准，其中大多数研究探索了埃博拉病毒的影响。虽然很少有关于有害习俗的研究，但在青少年怀孕方面却找到了更强有力的证据基础，研究表明流行病或感染控制措施（包括学校停课）导致青少年怀孕增加。探索对暴力结果影响的研究的证据基础是有限的，性暴力和性剥削存在于一些关于埃博拉的研究中。