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Pandemic Estimates of Orphaned, Abandoned Kids Keep Increasing

Pandemic Estimates of Orphaned, Abandoned Kids Keep Increasing At least 25,000 children lost their mother to covid in the past year An estimated 1.5 million children in 21 countries, including 119,000 in India, suffered the death of their primary or secondary caregiver between April 2020 and March 2021, according to a recent study. Published in the Lancet medical journal, the study titled ‘Global minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19’ estimates that 25,500 children in India lost their mother to covid in the past year, while 90,751 lost their father and 12 lost both their parents. The study was published in collaboration with the US National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health. In a press release the NIH stated that “traumatic experiences, such as the loss of a parent or caregiver, are associated with increases in substance use, mental health conditions, and other behavioural and chronic health conditions.”

Delhi: Massive spike in cases of children s rights violations, DCPCR likely to receive 20,000 compla- The New Indian Express

Express News Service Struggling to recover from the setbacks caused by the pandemic, here is a chilling fact for Delhiites. The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) is likely to receive over 20,000 complaints of violations this year. This will be a staggering 2.5 times the complaints the commission has received in the last 12 years. The DCPCR is a statuary watchdog of the Delhi government in matters pertaining to child rights. With a vision of making the national capital child-labour free by 2023, it has been coming up with new initiatives as well as renewing energy into the existing set-up. Anurag Kundu, who took over as chairperson of the DCPCR a year ago, launched a helpline number to address the issues of child distress at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in April this year. Any person can register his or her grievance, share information or seek information related to rights of children on this 24x7 helpline. In three months until June, the commission rece

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