Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global child health: joint statement of the International Child Health Group and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
International Child Health Group
Abstract
Mothers, newborns and childrenespecially in the poorest countriesare suffering significant indirect impacts on health and care as a result of COVID-19, with potentially longterm adverse effects. Governments, donors, international agencies and civil society organisations engaged in confronting COVID-19 must collaboratively and transparently monitor and publicly report the effects of pandemic response on families and children. Global investments in COVID-19 recovery must prioritise a new era of investment in robust health systems supporting a family-centred model of healthcare and child health programmes.
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MedicineChild healthPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PediatricsStatement (logic)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakFamily medicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)OutbreakVirologyPathologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)LawPolitical scienceChild and Adolescent HealthCOVID-19 Impact on ReproductionGlobal Maternal and Child Health