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COVID-19 ORPHANHOOD - The numbers of children orphaned due to COVID-19 continues to grow rapidly and is accelerating, according to new research.
E-Mail Study offers first global estimates of the number of children who experienced the death of a parent, grandparent, or primary caregiver from COVID-19. Researchers estimated figures based on COVID-19 mortality data from March 2020 through April 2021, and national fertility statistics for 21 countries, and extrapolated findings to produce global estimates. Findings suggest 1 million children have lost a parent, 1.1 million have lost a parent or custodial grandparent, and more than 1.5 million have lost a parent, custodial grandparent, or other secondary familial caregiver from COV...
At current rates, one child is orphaned every 12 seconds due to a COVID-19-associated death, and the toll is growing. Photo: World Bank The toll is staggering The economic, developmental, and psychological impacts on these children will reverberate across generations, a tragic legacy of COVID mortality. To examine this pressing issue, we formed a Global Reference Group on Children Affected by COVID-19: Joint Estimates and Action through a collective of like-minded academics, practitioners from global organizations, and civil society groups.[1] We used mortality and fertility data to mode...