228,000 Children

[Randy]

Covid disruptions 'killed 228,000 children' - BBC News

A new UN report says interrupted health services caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in South Asia.

www.bbc.co.uk

The report - Direct and Indirect Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic and Response in South Asia - examines the effect of these government strategies on healthcare, social services, including schools, and the economy.

It estimates that there have been 228,000 additional deaths of children under five in these six countries due to crucial services, ranging from nutrition benefits to immunisation, being halted.

It says the number of children being treated for severe malnutrition fell by more than 80% in Bangladesh and Nepal, and immunisation among children dropped by 35% and 65% in India and Pakistan respectively.


Mind blowing numbers.

 

[BoroMart]

It says the number of children being treated for severe malnutrition fell by more than 80%

we didn't even need a pandemic to see those levels of failure of care to disadvantaged children over here!

Yes 228k is a lot, but south asia has how big a population 11/2 billion? It's probably a small %, although of course we'd all like it to be 0

 

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in 2019 almost 40% of children taken to hospital in the UK displayed signs of malnutrition

 

[JM14]

in 2019 almost 40% of children taken to hospital in the UK displayed signs of malnutrition

In completely unrelated news, free school meals weren't provided during the worse economic conditions in a generation.

 

[Randy]

In completely unrelated news, free school meals weren't provided during the worse economic conditions in a generation.

It's related definitely.

Kids should be the priority.

 

[BoroBosco]

in 2019 almost 40% of children taken to hospital in the UK displayed signs of malnutrition

Where has this figure come from & is there any context to go with it?

When one of my daughters was little she was malnourished but it had nothing to do with not having enough food it was because she had an undiagnosed bowel disease.

 

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Where has this figure come from & is there any context to go with it?

When one of my daughters was little she was malnourished but it had nothing to do with not having enough food it was because she had an undiagnosed bowel disease.

I assume it includes everrything from overweight kids not getting enough fruit and veg to starving kids. It is a published figure every year and can be found from google.