Spillover Trends of Child Labor During the Coronavirus Crisis- an Unnoticed Wake-Up Call

Ahad, Abdul; Parry, Yvonne; Willis, Eileen

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00488

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“…In Bangladesh, this includes organising immunisation outreach services, tracking children who had missed their vaccinations as well as increasing home visits by health workers 53,54 . In addition, addressing some of the mental health challenges arising from lockdown measures including increasing domestic violence and child labour [55][56][57][58][59][60] .…”

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Pilot Study on the Current Management of Children with COVID-19 In Hospitals in Bangladesh; Findings and Implications

Nusrat

Haque

Chowdhury

et al. 2021

Bangladesh J Med Sci

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Objective: The focus on COVID-19 in children in low- and middle-income countries including Bangladesh has been on addressing key issues including poor vaccination rates as well as mental health issues, domestic violence and child labour. However, the focus on optimally managing children in hospitals is changing with new variants and concerns with the development of hyperinflammatory syndromes. There are also concerns with the overuse of antimicrobials to treat patients with COVID-19 in hospitals enhancing resistance rates. The Bangladesh Paediatric Association have developed guidelines to improve patient care building on national guidance. Consequently, there is a need to document the current management of children with COVID-19 in Bangladesh and use the findings for future guidance. Methods: Rapid analysis of the management of children with COVID-19 among eight private and public hospitals in Bangladesh with varying numbers of in-patient beds using purposely developed case report forms (CRFs). The CRFs were piloted before full roll-out. Results: Overall low numbers of children in hospital with COVID-19 (4.3% of in-patient beds). The majority were male (59.6%) and aged 5 years or under (63.5%). Reasons for admission included respiratory distress/ breathing difficulties with 94.2% of COVID-19 cases confirmed. All children were prescribed antibiotics empirically, typically those on the Watch list of antibiotics and administered parenterally, with only a small minority switched to oral therapy before discharge. There was appreciable prescribing of Vitamins (C and D) and zinc and encouragingly limited prescribing of other antimicrobials (antivirals, antimalarials and antiparasitic medicines). Length of stay was typically 5 to 10 days. Conclusion: Encouraging to see low hospitalisation rates and limited use of antimicrobials apart from antibiotics. Concerns with high empiric use of antibiotics and limited switching to oral formulations can be addressed by instigating antimicrobial stewardship programmes. We will be monitoring this. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.20(5) 2021 p.188-198

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Pilot Study on the Current Management of Children with COVID-19 In Hospitals in Bangladesh; Findings and Implications

Nusrat

Haque

Chowdhury

et al. 2021

Bangladesh J Med Sci

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“…63 Moreover, in households experiencing poverty and greater economic distress due to the pandemic, adolescents (particularly boys) are more likely to enter the workforce before adulthood. 27,64,65 Furthermore, for girls, increased demands on time use for care work and other domestic tasks can combine with overall lower access to technology than male peers 66 and pressure for girls to marry at an early age due to economic stressors, 3 which all undermine girls' ability to stay in (and succeed in) school.…”

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COVID-19 and the gendered impacts on adolescent wellbeing: Evidence from a cross-sectional study of locally adapted measures in Ethiopia, Jordan, and Palestine

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“…As per the World Health Organization (WHO), the best mode to prevent/ decrease transmission is to well inform the public about the pandemic, its cause, and the transmission. Traditionally, health awareness campaigns educate people regarding diseases, and their spread and consequences (Ahad et al, 2020). The awareness programs are primarily delivered as seminars or workshops.…”

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Cultivating STEM Interest in High School Students through Computer-assisted COVID-19 Pandemic Awareness Course

Alkhair¹,

Ali²,

Elhawary³

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students were sidetracked by the shift in the educational process, primarily in the field of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education. Teachers were also besieged to find sustainable teaching solutions. During this chaos, many were subjected to various rumors and misinformation about the pandemic. Hence, we aimed to design a 3 week long computer-assisted STEM-based health awareness course. The course was designed and delivered to twenty high school students in various public schools in Qatar. The course creators utilized various innovative computer-based educational tools to involve and motivate students. In addition, students attended several synchronous and asynchronous sessions with experts in different fields to gain a better awareness of the crisis. A feedback mechanism was also operated to assess the effectiveness of the course delivery. The results revealed a 100% retention rate. The student questionnaire survey result showed higher post-test scores on pandemic awareness. A SWOT analysis depicted the strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the executed course. Thereby, we successfully investigated the effectiveness of the STEM-integrated pedagogical approach through the learning outcomes of the student’s awareness of the course.

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Spillover Trends of Child Labor During the Coronavirus Crisis- an Unnoticed Wake-Up Call

Cited by 18 publications

References 7 publications

Pilot Study on the Current Management of Children with COVID-19 In Hospitals in Bangladesh; Findings and Implications

Pilot Study on the Current Management of Children with COVID-19 In Hospitals in Bangladesh; Findings and Implications

COVID-19 and the gendered impacts on adolescent wellbeing: Evidence from a cross-sectional study of locally adapted measures in Ethiopia, Jordan, and Palestine

Cultivating STEM Interest in High School Students through Computer-assisted COVID-19 Pandemic Awareness Course

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