作者
H Juliette T Unwin, Susan Hillis, Lucie Cluver, Seth Flaxman, Philip S Goldman, Alexander Butchart, Gretchen Bachman, Laura Rawlings, Christl A Donnelly, Oliver Ratmann, Phil Green, Charles A Nelson, Alexandra Blenkinsop, Samir Bhatt, Chris Desmond, Andrés Villaveces, Lorraine Sherr
发表日期
2022/4/1
期刊
The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
卷号
6
期号
4
页码范围
249-259
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
In the 6 months following our estimates from March 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021, the proliferation of new coronavirus variants, updated mortality data, and disparities in vaccine access increased the amount of children experiencing COVID-19-associated orphanhood. To inform responses, we aimed to model the increases in numbers of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and caregiver death, as well as the cumulative orphanhood age-group distribution and circumstance (maternal or paternal orphanhood).
Methods
We used updated excess mortality and fertility data to model increases in minimum estimates of COVID-19-associated orphanhood and caregiver deaths from our original study period of March 1, 2020–April 30, 2021, to include the new period of May 1–Oct 31, 2021, for 21 countries. Orphanhood was defined as the death of one or both parents; primary caregiver loss included …
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