Relation
Immediate consequences for young children
- Increase in maternal and child mortality and morbidity bc of critical resources being diverted away from primary care
- In the US, 1/3rd of parents with children younger than age of 6 reported delaying health care visits - risks of delayed healthcare visits: HIV positive pregnant women's schedule of antiretroviral medication being interrupted = infants at risk of vertical HIV transmission
- loss of caregivers = impacts children's health, nutrition, learning
- maternal mental health = exposure to prenatal depression affecting DNA methylation in a gene related to the stress response in the child = averse pregnancy outcomes
- Poverty: - Pandemic can lead this year to an additional 42 to 66 million children who live in extreme poverty - Nutrition, health, and education risks
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Updated 2020-10-26
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Biomedical Sciences