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Pandemic Effects
1/ The lockdown induced carnage was even worse internationally, particularly in developing nations. An estimated 140 million people, at minimum, have been added to the number of people on the edge of starvation, and this is likely to worsen.
2/ Malaria has risen dramatically: an additional 70,000 children died of malaria in 2020 compared to the previous yearβmostly because they could not access clinics when they had a fever, or could not get the necessary medications due to lockdown-induced supply chain problems.
3/ Tuberculosis and HIV rates rose dramatically as well. School closures crippled the ability of countries to rise out of poverty: UNICEF estimates an additional 10 million girls will be forced into child marriage to survive, due to school closures and poverty.
4/4 Also according to UNICEF calculations, in six South Asian countries in 2020 an estimated 228,000 infants and children have died, and an additional 400,000 teenage pregnancies.
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