COVID-19 disruptions to health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India

Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Kachwaha, Shivani; Avula, Rasmi; Menon, Purnima; and Wang, Michael. 2022. COVID-19 disruptions to health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India. In COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, eds. John McDermott and Johan Swinnen. Part Three: Nutrition, Health and Social Programs, Chapter 25, Pp. 142-143. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_25.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major disruptions in preventive health and nutrition services around the world, posing particular risks for vulnerable groups such as young children and pregnant women. Early estimates suggest that these disruptions could lead to more than 1 million additional child deaths and more than 56,000 additional maternal deaths worldwide.