Dhaka, June 25 -- An icddr,b study released on Wednesday showed that COVID-19 severely affected women working in factories and slums, exposing significant loopholes in health services.

The COVID-19 pandemic directly impacted the health of both women and men, along with maternal, newborn, and child health, nutrition, mental health, and overall well-being, according to the research.

Over 90 per cent of working women in Bangladesh are employed in the informal sector, which was particularly hard-hit.

The intervention demonstrated significant improvements in various areas, the study added.

icddr,b, in collaboration with the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), the Ministry of Health, and SickKids, Canada - with ...