A new report finds that the coronavirus epidemic threatens decades of work to prevent childhood deaths

But the coronavirus epidemic is threatening to undermine the benefits of reducing mortality in children and adolescents, endangering the lives of millions, according to child mortality levels and trends: a report released by the World Health Organization, the Department of Population, UNICEF 2019. Social Affairs and World Bank Group.

A recent survey by UNICEF and the WHO found that the epidemic was disrupting child and maternal healthcare services around the world, with vaccines and check-ups due to limited resources and the agreement on Covid-19.

“When children are denied access to health services because the system is overworked, and when women are afraid to give birth in a hospital for fear of infection, they can also succumb to Covid-19,” Forre said.

“Without immediate investments in resuming disrupted health systems and services, millions of children under the age of five, especially newborns, could die,” he added.

Of the 77 countries surveyed by UNICEF during the summer, 68% reported disruptions in childhood checkups and vaccinations. The WHO survey of 105 countries also reported 52% significant disruptions in medical services for sick children and 51% disruption in malnutrition programs.

Such services are crucial to preventing neonatal and infant mortality, the WHO said, citing a statistic that pregnant women who see midwives are 16% less likely to lose their children and 24% experience pre-term.

“The Kovid-1p epidemic has made global progress over the years to prevent the deaths of critically endangered children,” said Mohammed Ali Patel, the World Bank’s global director for health, nutrition and population. “Protecting life-saving services is essential which is key to reducing child mortality.

According to the UNICEF Mortality Report, one infant dies every 13 seconds in 2019, even before the coronavirus epidemic. According to the WHO, they may be at higher risk of death with coronavirus-related disruptions in essential health services.

Johns Hopkins University, which has been monitoring the epidemic since its inception, said modeling shows that Covid-19 disruption of health care could lead to the deaths of about 6,000 additional children each day.

Although progress is being made in child mortality, the UNICEF Mortality Report also predicts that if current trends continue, 100 million children between the ages of 5 million and 14 and 52 million children under the age of 5 will still be between 2019 and 2030. Will die.

“About half of these under-five deaths will be newborns whose deaths can be prevented through high-quality prenatal care (prenatal care), skilled care at birth, care for mothers and their babies, and care for young and sick newborns.” Said in the report.

The UNICEF report concludes that inequalities need to be reduced to end this stunted childhood death and ensure that no child is left behind.