how has covid 19 affected health services in rural india
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India could find itself in an acute health crisis over the next few months and the direct cause of it will not be the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Hundreds of thousands of children might already have missed vital immunizations, shows a Mint analysis of the latest health ministry data. Thousands of adults may have missed potentially life-saving medical treatment as the novel coronavirus epidemic spread and a lockdown came into force.
A range of hundreds of indicators shows a worrying disruption in India’s basic health services in March as local administrations focused on containing the spread of covid-19. These include curtailed immunization schedules, restricted inpatient, outpatient and emergency treatment for infectious and non-communicable diseases, reduced laboratory investigations, and lowered access to mental health treatment.
This analysis is based on data recently released by the National Health Mission (NHM), which usually covers all sub-centres, primary health centres, community health centres, district hospitals and sub-district hospitals, as well as some private facilities. For March, data was reported from 150,000 facilities across 627 districts, which means that data for roughly 40,000 facilities in 75 districts was not reported, presumably on account of lockdown-related disruptions in the administrative machinery.
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