Health Dimensions of COVID-19 in India and Beyond.

• Author: Pachauri, Saroj.
• TeilnehmendeR: Pachauri, Ash.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (370 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction: Context of the Book -- The COVID-19 Pandemic Dynamics and Response in India -- Travel Restrictions -- The COVID-19 Health Advisory -- Testing and Screening for COVID-19 -- COVID-19 Treatment and the Impact on Pharmaceuticals -- The Context of This Book -- Responding to the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Service Delivery -- Investing in a Resilient and Responsive Healthcare System During COVID-19 Pandemic -- Using Technology to Harness Existing Resources for an Emergency: COVID-19 Response -- Unveiling the Clinical Face of COVID-19 -- The Twin Epidemics: TB and COVID-19 in India -- Ensuring the Continuity of Sexual Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences and Lessons from the Women's Integrated Sexual Health Program -- COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Administration in India -- The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health, Nutrition and Hunger, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Family Planning, Gender, and Health Financing -- A Lifestyle Disorder that Spared Nobody: Mental Health and COVID-19 -- Malnutrition and COVID-19 in India -- Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Young People in India: The Missing Links During and Beyond a Pandemic -- Family Planning in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Gender Insights into a Unique Threat to Human Development -- Financing for a Resilient Health System in India: Lessons from the COVID Pandemic -- The Impact of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Populations -- 'I Just Want to Go Home': What the Lockdown Meant for India's Interstate Migrant Workers -- From Vulnerability to Resilience: Sex Workers Fight COVID-19 -- Changing Role of Media and Communications in the COVID Era -- Communicating COVID: Learnings and Way Forward.

Relevance of Social and Behavior Change and Communications in the Media on COVID-19 Response -- Experiences of Countries that Have Successfully Contained the Pandemic -- 'Go Ahead, Go Early': New Zealand's COVID-19 Elimination Strategy -- Learnings from Asia -- The Research Imperative -- References -- Part I Responding to the Impact of COVID-19 On Health Service Delivery -- 2 Investing in a Resilient and Responsive Healthcare System During COVID-19 Pandemic -- Introduction -- Jhpiego's Innovative COVID-19 Response Through NISHTHA -- Key Strategic Projects Under NISHTHA for COVID-19 Response -- Data-Driven Intelligence Support for COVID-19 in Maharashtra -- Intervention Rationale -- Model Description -- Maha Swasthya Citizens' Application -- Outcome Insights -- Alternate Platform for Risk Communication and Community Engagement: NISHTHA Swasthya Vaani -- Intervention Rationale -- Model Description -- Outcome Insights -- Provision of Tele-medicine Services Across Health and Wellness Centers in Nagaland -- Intervention Rationale -- Model Description -- Outcome Insights -- NISHTHA COVID Sanchar-An Interactive Voice Response System-Based Surveillance and Tracking of COVID-19 Suspects and Patients in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand -- Intervention Rationale -- Model Description -- Outcome Insights -- Jhpiego's Innovative COVID-19 Response Through Reaching Impact Saturation and Epidemic Control (RISE) -- Intervention Rationale -- RISE: India's Strategic Response -- Engagement with Critical Care Working Groups -- Situational Assessments Using Specific Tools -- Strategic Interventions Under RISE -- Capacity Building -- Capacity Building Network -- Hub-and-Spoke Model for Training and Mentorship -- e-Grand Rounds -- e-Learning -- Data for Action e-Dashboards -- Building an Enabling Environment.

Jhpiego's Efforts in Safeguarding Quality Maternal Care in India's Private Healthcare Facilities During COVID-19 Pandemic -- Key Learnings from the Interventions -- Way Forward: Toward Resilient Healthcare Systems -- References -- 3 Using Technology to Harness Existing Resources for an Emergency: COVID-19 Response -- Waking Up to a Crisis -- Resource Crunch -- WHP Makes the First Move -- Bihar Responds First -- Chief Minister Gives the Push in Andhra Pradesh -- Comparison of the Bihar and Andhra Pradesh Projects -- Phase-Out -- 4 Unveiling the Clinical Face of COVID-19 -- Introduction -- Early days -- The Incipient Phase: Addressing the Unknown -- Clinical Presentation -- The Problem of Late Presentation -- Streamlining the System -- Managing the Unmanageable -- Drug Management -- The Hospital Scenario in COVID-19 Pandemic -- The Diary of a Patient -- A Doctor's Perspective -- Salient Takeaways -- 5 The Twin Epidemics: TB and COVID-19 in India -- Introduction -- The Emergence of COVID-19 and Its Impact on Health Care and Populations -- Impact on the Health System and the Population -- TB and COVID-19 in India -- The Impact of COVID-19 on TB in India -- Diagnosis -- Economics and TB -- Treatment -- Workforce Challenges -- Mental Health -- Stigma -- Lack of Effective Communications -- Lack of Integrating Gender and Sexuality in Care -- Addressing TB and COVID-19 Together -- Prioritize Case Detection -- Address Treatment Challenges -- Deploy Overarching Communication Plans -- Initiate and Create Accessible Remote Treatment Support -- Create and Emphasize Community-Based Care -- Engage Private Health Services -- Strengthen Coverage and Timeliness of Direct Benefit Transfers to Patients and Providers -- Make Response Gender-Sensitive -- Concluding Comments -- References.

6 Ensuring the Continuity of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences and Lessons from the Women's Integrated Sexual Health Program -- Introduction -- Background -- Women's Integrated Sexual Health Program -- COVID-19 Outbreak -- Ensuring Continuity of Government's Sexual and Reproductive Health/Family Planning Services -- Policy and Planning Pathway -- Key Learnings from the Pathway -- Health Financing Pathway -- Key Learnings from the Pathway -- Quality Improvement Pathway -- Key Learnings from the Pathway -- Evidence and Accountability Pathway -- Key Learnings from the Pathway -- Program Contribution to Mitigating the Disruption of COVID-19 on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Family Planning Service Uptake -- Key Conclusions and Lessons -- References -- 7 COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Administration in India -- Background -- Vaccine Development -- Research and Development of Vaccines -- Leveraging Technology -- India and International Alliances Fighting the Pandemic -- Vaccine Surveillance -- Vaccine Supply, Stocking, and Financing -- India Action Plan -- Logistics, Management, Distribution, and Data Management -- Funding -- Challenges -- Ethical Issues -- Distribution and Administration -- Vaccine Hesitancy -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Part II Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health, Hunger and Nutrition, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender, and Financing -- 8 A Lifestyle Disorder that Spared Nobody: Mental Health and COVID-19 -- Background -- Approach -- Factors Impacting Mental Health -- Impact on Frontline Workers and Vulnerable Groups -- Impacts on the General Population -- Influences of Media and Virtual Dependency -- Influence of Changes in Working Environment -- Economic Insecurity and Increased Risk of Suicides and Crime -- The Gender Factor.

Concluding Comments -- References -- 9 Malnutrition and COVID-19 in India -- Introduction -- Impact of COVID on the Already Grim Statistics for Public Health and Nutrition -- Disruption and Slowdown in National and Global Food Production and Supply Chains of Perishables -- Longer Shelf Life, Easy Availability, and Lower Price of Ultra-processed Foods (High Energy-Low Nutrient Value) -- Disruption of Nutrition and Social Protection Programs, Preschool Nutrition, Mid-Day Meal Programs, and Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme -- Job Loss, Family Income Threatened, and Purchasing Power Reduced -- Public Health and Nutrition Policy Responses to Tackle Multiple Forms of Malnutrition Especially in COVID Times -- International Community Responses to COVID's Nutrition Challenge -- Way Forward -- Concluding Comments -- Appendix 1. Initiatives by the Central and State Governments to Ensure Food Security During COVID-19 -- Appendix 2. New Initiatives During COVID-19 -- References -- 10 Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Young People in India: The Missing Links During and Beyond a Pandemic -- Introduction -- Adolescents and Young People in India -- Impact of COVID on AYA's Sexual Relationships -- COVID and the Rise in Partner Violence -- Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Growing Gap for AYA During COVID -- Mental Health of AYA During COVID and Its Links to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights -- Taking Stock of Responses to Adolescents' and Young Adults' Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights During the Pandemic -- The Way Forward -- References -- 11 Family Planning in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Introduction -- Access to Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services -- Impact of COVID-19 on Family Planning Services -- Projections of the Impact of Disruption of Essential Health Services.

Mitigating the Risk to the Family Planning Program.