New Delhi, July 14 -- Mothers, newborns, young children and adolescents are losing 20 per cent of their health and social services due to the Covid-19 pandemic across the world, according to the UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel (IAP).
"Health systems in both rich and poor nations are massively struggling and the services for mothers, newborns, young children and adolescents are crumbling," said Elizabeth Mason, co-chair of the UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel (IAP) for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent reviewing the impact of Covid-19 on these groups.
"Especially worrisome are declines in access to life-saving vaccines for children and maternal health services due to closures and move...