Peer-reviewed article
Impact of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on child health and well being
MD Abu Bashar, Nazia Begam ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5The paper looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in Wuhan, China, has affected children's health and well-being around the world. It describes the direct effects of the illness, such as illness and death. It also describes indirect effects from disrupted routine health services, school closures, isolation and quarantine, and long periods indoors during lockdowns. The authors say these indirect effects are harming children's health and psychological well-being.
Key points
- COVID-19 began in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, and has spread across the world.
- The pandemic has caused loss of human lives and stagnation of economies in most countries.
- Children are affected directly through illness and death caused by the disease.
- Children are affected indirectly through disrupted routine health services, school closures, isolation and quarantine, and prolonged time indoors during lockdowns.
- The indirect effects on children's health and psychological well-being are described as an alarming sign.
Limitations
Only the title and a short abstract are available, so there is no data, method, or country-specific findings to assess. The document does not say which countries or child groups were studied, and China is mentioned only as where the pandemic began.
Abstract
The pandemic of coronavirus disease-19 starting from Wuhan city of Hubei province in China has engulfed the entire world with adverse effects in terms of loss of human lives and stagnation in economies of most of the countries including the developed ones. One important aspect of this ongoing pandemic is its effect on children and their health round the globe. Apart from its direct effect in terms of morbidity and mortality caused by the illness itself, the indirect effect of the pandemic due to disruption of routine health services, closure of schools, isolation, and quarantining of the diseased and suspected persons, prolonged period of being indoors due to lockdown imposed by most of the countries which are having a more dreadful impact on children’s health and psychological well-being, which is an alarming sign.