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‘Covid disruptions killed 228,000 children' The disruption in healthcare services caused by Covid-19 may have led to an estimated 239,000 maternal and child deaths in South Asia, according to a new UN report. It's focused on Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, home to some 1.8 billion people. The report found that women, children and adolescents were the worst-hit. © Getty Images Coronavirus has hit hundreds of thousands of children South Asia has reported nearly 13 million Covid cases and more than 186,000 deaths so far. Many countries, including those in So...

" -- ranging from nutrition benefits to immunisation -- as reasons behind additional deaths. Besides, the report says the number of children treated for severe malnutrition fell by more than 80% in Bangladesh and Nepal, and immunisation among children dropped by 35% and 65% in India and Pakistan. The report expects almost 9 million children to permanently drop out of primary (2,724,686) and secondary (6,063,789) education. The disruption in education may decrease future lifetime earnings by 15-23% across South Asia, costing the region US$ 63.5 billion over 45 years. The highest cost is expect...

Covid disruption led to nearly a quarter of a million infant deaths in South Asia, UN estimates Closed clinics and suspended health programmes are thought to be behind the large numbers of extra deaths in young children Covid-19's disruption of healthcare in South Asia led to nearly a quarter of a million young children's deaths last year, the United Nations has estimated. An analysis of the impact of closed clinics and suspended health programmes suggested there had been large numbers of extra deaths soon after birth or from malnutrition and childhood diseases. Modelling from the UN's childr...

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