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Pandemic Has Long-Term Impact On Mother And Child Health
Study finds lack of health services led to an increase in maternal deaths, stillbirths and maternal depression.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on health-care systems globally and potentially on maternal and neonatal outcomes, with an increase in maternal deaths, stillbirths and maternal depression.
A recently released systematic review, published in The Lancet Global Health Journal, titled “Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis” has indicated that the rates of stillbirth and maternal deaths rose by around a third during the COVID-19 pandemic with outcomes showing a considerable disparity in stillbirths between high and low resource settings.
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Here’s a story of three Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA workers)of Uttar Pradesh who defied the pandemic to help women in need
ASHA, or Accredited Social Health Activists, a fleet of volunteer female community workers, have revolutionized last-mile health care system across the complex and culturally diverse Indian landscape. Part of the National Health Mission (NHM), approximately 900,000 ASHA workers in India have significantly improved the uptake of family planning and immunization services and successfully ensured more and more women in rural India give birth in hospitals.
Watch | Building Solidarity, Raising Voices: Women s Leadership in a Post-COVID World
The panellists, actor Dia Mirza, rapper Sofia Ashraf and Population Foundation of India director Poonam Muttreja, speak about their work and their hope for the future.
This International Women’s Day, the Population Foundation of India and
The Wire bring you a panel discussion on what the last year has looked like for women in India and globally, and how we can rebuild after this crisis in a way that is more gender-sensitive.
The panellists, actor Dia Mirza, rapper Sofia Ashraf and Population Foundation of India director Poonam Muttreja, talk about their work, their experiences and their hopes for the future.