Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia
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Disruptions in health services due to COVID-19 “may have contributed to an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia” - new UN report
Kathmandu/Bangkok/New Delhi, 17 March 2021: Drastic cuts in the availability and use of essential public health services across South Asia due to COVID-19 may have contributed to an estimated 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, according to a new United Nations report. Around 11,000 additional maternal deaths are also expected.
Clinics and other health facilities have been closed and many vital health and nutrition programmes halted as the region battles to contain COVID-19 cases, which numbered 11 million by the end of 2020.
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Publication Date May 1, 2020 .vulnerable and disadvantaged children and youth are more likely to be first-generation learners , and thus are less likely to have parental education support during school closures. As schools closed around the world due to COVID-19, many governments acted quickly to try to ensure that students continued learning through a number of distance learning modalities. As the crisis developed, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequalities in access to technology and led to a global widening of gaps between those with opportunities to learn - in particular, those who can access online lessons and resources, and those with few or no such opportunities. From the United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Office for South Asia, this guidance document provides key considerations and recommendations for government policymakers and education staff of national and international organisations working to ensure continuit
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