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Estimate: 10.5 Million Children Lost a Parent, Caregiver to COVID-19
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NSTL
Amer Medical Assoc
About 10。5 million children worldwide experienced COVID-19–associated loss of parents and caregivers through May 1， 2022， according to estimates based on World Health Organization (WHO) data。 COVID-19 orphaned an estimated 7。5 million of those children。Writing in JAMA Pediatrics， researchers cautioned that the consequences for bereaved children can be “devastating，” including traumatic grief， abuse， mental health problems， and poor educational and health outcomes。Using excess deaths data from WHO， The Economist， and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)， researchers estimated the number of bereft children in every country to measure COVID-19’s effect on orphanhood and caregiver loss。 WHO data are more conservative than findings from IHME and The Economist， the study authors explained。The WHO regions of Africa and Southeast Asia had more children affected by orphanhood and caregiver loss than had the Americas， Eastern Mediterranean， European， and Western Pacific regions through May 1， 2022。 Countries with the highest numbers of bereaved children in the Southeast Asia WHO region included Bangladesh， India， Indonesia， Myanmar， and Nepal。 In Africa， the Democratic Republic of Congo， Ethiopia， Kenya， Nigeria， and South Africa were among those with the most bereaved children， the study reported。“Effective， caring action to protect children from immediate and long-term harms of COVID-19 is an investment in the future and a public health imperative，” the researchers concluded。
NSTL
Amer Medical Assoc
