Health Dimensions of COVID-19 in India and Beyond.

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Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2022.
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Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (370 pages)
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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.