Children’s health has suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic to protect the health of adults, the Children's Institute said on Tuesday.
The concerning picture that has emerged from the Western Cape is probably far worse in other provinces with fewer resources.
This was driven by a general decrease of 56% in road traffic injuries during hard lockdown and the ban on alcohol sales.Speaking from the Eastern Cape during a webinar, public sector paediatrician Dr Nomlindo Makubalo said: “We are seeing an increase in diarrhoea from rotavirus as so many children missed their immunisations.
She said many complicated TB cases in children were not adequately treated as services had been diverted to the Covid-19 crisis, and much defaulting on antiretroviral treatment had occurred for the same reason.Prof Michael Hendricks of the department of paediatrics and child health at UCT said: “Rising unemployment and food prices increased pressure on poor households, with 47% of households running out of money to buy food during hard lockdown.
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