Disruptions, restorations and adaptations to health and nutrition service delivery in multiple states across India over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: An observational study.
Rasmi AvulaPhuong Hong NguyenSattvika AshokSumati BajajShivani KachwahaAnjali PantMonika WaliaAnshu SinghAnshuman PaulAyushi SinghBharati KulkarniDeepak SinghaniaJessica Escobar-AlegriaLittle Flower AugustineMadhulika KhannaMaitreiyee KrishnaNandhini SundaravathanamPrakash Kumar NayakPraveen Kumar SharmaPrerna MakkarPuspen GhoshSadhana SubramaniamSai MalaRakesh GiriSameeksha JainSantosh Kumar BanjaraSapna NairSebanti GhoshSuman DasSumeet PatilTanmay MahapatraThomas ForissierPriya NandaSuneeta KrishnanPurnima MenonPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Services to mothers and children were disrupted during stringent lockdown but restored thereafter, albeit not to pre-pandemic levels. Rapid policy guidance and adaptations by FLWs enabled restoration but little remains known about uptake by client populations. As COVID-19 continues to surge in India, focused attention to ensuring essential services is critical to mitigate these major indirect impacts of the pandemic.