Τίτλος:
Building resilient societies after COVID-19: the case for investing in maternal, neonatal, and child health
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Resilient societies respond rapidly and effectively to health challenges and the associated economic consequences, and adapt to be more responsive to future challenges. Although it is only possible to recognise resilience retrospectively, the COVID-19 pandemic has occurred at a point in human history when, uniquely, sufficient knowledge is available on the early-life determinants of health to indicate clearly that a focus on maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) will promote later resilience. This knowledge offers an unprecedented opportunity to disrupt entrenched strategies and to reinvest in MNCH in the post-COVID-19 so-called new normal. Furthermore, analysis of the short-term, medium-term, and longer-term consequences of previous socioeconomic shocks provides important insights into those domains of MNCH, such as neurocognitive development and nutrition, for which investment will generate the greatest benefit. Such considerations apply to high-income countries (HICs) and low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, implementing appropriate policies in the post-COVID-19 recovery period will be challenging and requires political commitment and public engagement. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license
Συγγραφείς:
Jacob, C.M.
Briana, D.D.
Di Renzo, G.C.
Modi, N.
Bustreo, F.
Conti, G.
Malamitsi-Puchner, A.
Hanson, M.
Περιοδικό:
The Lancet Public Health
Εκδότης:
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
biological marker, birth weight; child; child health; climate change; cognition; coronavirus disease 2019; female; food security; government; health care policy; high income country; human; hypertension; immunization; low income country; malnutrition; maternal mortality; maternal welfare; middle income country; morbidity; newborn; nutrition; obesity; pandemic; postnatal care; premature labor; prevalence; priority journal; reproductive health; Review; risk factor; sedentary lifestyle; social distancing; socioeconomics; training; unemployment; vaccination; virus transmission; child health; Coronavirus infection; economics; global health; maternal welfare; pregnancy; virus pneumonia, Child; Child Health; Coronavirus Infections; Female; Global Health; Humans; Infant Health; Infant, Newborn; Maternal Health; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Pregnancy
DOI:
10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30200-0
