Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child health services in Uttar Pradesh, India.
In: Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care, Jg. 10 (2021), Heft 1, S. 509-513
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Background: In the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic, parts of the public health system at increased risk of reduced efficiency include healthcare services for women and children. This in turn could reverse all the progress achieved over the years in reducing maternal and child mortality. In this study, an attempt has been made to assess the indirect effect of the pandemic on maternal and child health services in public health facilities. Methods: Data pertaining to maternal and child health services being provided under specific Government programmes, were collected from public health facilities of District Sant Kabir Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, India. Comparative analysis of the data from the pandemic phase with data from the year 2019 was done to determine the impact on services. Results: Reduced coverage across all maternal and child health interventions was observed in the study. There was an overall decrease of 2.26 % in number of institutional deliveries. Antenatal care services were the worst affected with 22.91% decline. Immunization services were also dramatically decreased by more than 20%. Conclusion: The response of the public healthcare delivery system to the Covid-19 Pandemic is negatively affecting both the provision and utilization of maternal and child healthcare services. It is deterrent to the progress achieved in maternal and child health parameters over the years. Better response strategies should be put in place to minimize lag in service deliwvery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child health services in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Singh, Anil ; Jain, Pankaj ; Singh, Naresh ; Kumar, Sandip ; Bajpai, Prashant ; Singh, Soni ; Jha, Mohan |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care, Jg. 10 (2021), Heft 1, S. 509-513 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 2249-4863 (print) |
DOI: | 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1550_20 |
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