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COVID-19 and the burden of ill-health: a double crisis of disruptions and inequalities

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  • Ramila Bisht

    (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU))

  • Rajashree Saharia

    (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU))

  • Jyotishmita Sarma

    (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU))

Abstract

In this paper, we attempt to show how the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has disrupted routine health services in India and has created further inequalities in the society. By taking a few examples of non-COVID diseases and conditions like immunization, maternal health services, tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases, this paper shows how these services have been disrupted by the pandemic. The paper argues that these disruptions have not emerged only as a result of the current crisis, but because of the paradigm shifts in the healthcare delivery in the country towards privatization which have disproportionately marginalized particular sections of the society. The paper concludes by stating that if adequate measures are not taken now to transform the health system and strengthen the public healthcare system, it might lead to catastrophic consequences in the future, especially for the marginalized sections.

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  • Ramila Bisht & Rajashree Saharia & Jyotishmita Sarma, 2021. "COVID-19 and the burden of ill-health: a double crisis of disruptions and inequalities," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 23(2), pages 342-356, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jsecdv:v:23:y:2021:i:2:d:10.1007_s40847-020-00117-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s40847-020-00117-x
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    1. Zhao, Zichao & Li, Dexuan & Dai, Wensheng, 2023. "Machine-learning-enabled intelligence computing for crisis management in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    2. Abu S. Shonchoy & Shatakshee Dhongde & Erdal Asker, 2023. "COVID-19 Lockdown and Neonatal Mortality: Evidence from India," Working Papers 2303, Florida International University, Department of Economics.

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