World Bank warns Covid-19 could trigger 'secondary' global health crisis

PARIS: Diverting the scarce healthcare resources of developing countries to the rapidly expanding Covid-19 pandemic could see a 45% jump in child and maternal mortality before the end of the year, an international health consortium warned Thursday.

“If routine healthcare is disrupted — as a result of unavoidable shocks, health system collapse, or intentional choices in response to the pandemic — the increase in child and maternal deaths will be devastating,” the authors said in a draft submitted for peer review. “As Covid-19 cases surge worldwide, the survival of pregnant women and children is at great risk due to strained healthcare systems,” commented Stefan Peterson, UNICEF’s global chief of health.

Poor women and their families are also likely to suffer from any economic downturn caused by the pandemic.

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