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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India May See An Unintended Baby Boom Due To COVID-19 Lockdown. Is Govt Prepared? -Nandita Saikia and Jayanta Kumar Bora

India May See An Unintended Baby Boom Due To COVID-19 Lockdown. Is Govt Prepared? -Nandita Saikia and Jayanta Kumar Bora

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published Published on May 4, 2020   modified Modified on May 6, 2020

-Outlook India

While nationwide lockdown is unavoidable and is a wise decision to contain the spread of the virus, there is a need to address the possibility of an unintended baby boom among poor and vulnerable groups.

With most countries following nationwide lockdown or stay at home orders due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, there has been a debate on a possible unintended baby boom across the world. Although many demographers from western countries believe it is unlikely to occur due to economic, psychological, household stress and shortage of healthcare workers, a report by UNFPA projects that 47 million women in low and middle income countries are unable to use modern contraceptives, leading to seven million unintended pregnancies in the coming months.

In case of India, we cannot reject outright possibility of a baby boom if the lockdown continues for more than three months. Though this may not be anticipated in urban India due to anxiety, awareness, and access to contraceptives, but there is a higher possibility of a spurt in birth of children in rural India, particularly in populous and high fertility states.

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Outlook India, 4 May, 2020, https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-with-country-under-coronavirus-lockdown-india-may-see-lakhs-of-unintended-pregnancies-is-govt-prepared/352055?fbclid=IwAR3q6ygKnmL2jNKjlrm_Ok9azAwHgGNKlMVnhHhBGRytQ_cb_Cr5dN3Pj


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