Dear CHIFA members,
Sharing an article which talks about the correlation between COVID19, effect on GDP and MNCH.
I feel it is just the tip of the iceberg.
Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in Bangladesh
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09720510.2020.1833465?needAc...
Abstract:
Bangladesh has been going through an incremental trend of GDP growth rates for a long time. The GDP is the key aspect to measure the economic growth of a country. But the current world wide pandemic due to the COVID-19 hardly affects the world’s economy as well as Bangladesh. The present lockdown make the wheel of the industries uncertain. The main source of the GDP of this country is ready made garment sector which has been shut down since mid of March 2020. Already 20 billion of cancellation of foreign order makes the situation worse. Also, the foreign remittance has been decline dramatically due to the loss of jobs of Bangladeshi workers in foreign countries.
The overall economic situation declines in this country due to the COVID-19 which has huge impact on the health care system especially in maternal and child health. In this paper, the economic situation of Bangladesh before and during the COVID-19 has been shown. Also, how the COVID-19 would affect the condition of maternal and child health across the country directly as well as indirectly through the GDP has been discussed.
Regards,
Sanchika
CHIFA Profile: Sanchika Gupta is a program officer at jhpiego, India. Professional interests: FP/RH, Adolescent Health, MCH. Email address: sanchika12ATgmail.com
