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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Investigating gender disparities in India’s vaccine rollout -Soumya Kapoor Mehta and Steven Walker

Investigating gender disparities in India’s vaccine rollout -Soumya Kapoor Mehta and Steven Walker

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published Published on Jun 25, 2021   modified Modified on Jun 30, 2021

-Hindustan Times

A primary barrier to getting women vaccinated is the limited understanding of the disparate impacts Covid-19 vaccines have on them

While less than 20% of India’s adult population has received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose, clear gender disparities have arisen in the rollout. A recent analysis by Ashoka University shows that for every 100 men, around 86 women were vaccinated. This is significantly lower than India’s sex ratio of approximately 924 women per 1,000 men. In only three states, women have received equal or higher vaccine shots than men: Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. Union Territories including Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chandigarh, and states such as Delhi fare poorly. As the vaccination programme continues, addressing these gaps is an urgent priority.

When India started its vaccination drive, women comprised a majority of recipients because of their roles in frontline work. However, as the general population started getting vaccinated, these numbers began reversing, with more men being vaccinated. In April alone, 2.4 million fewer women were vaccinated than men.

How did we get here?

A primary barrier to getting women vaccinated is the limited understanding of the disparate impacts Covid-19 vaccines have on them. While few clinical trials capture the sex-differentiated impacts, those that exist suggest that women experience more frequent and more severe adverse effects post-immunisation.

Stories of what might happen post-vaccination reflect the fallacies on the ground. In a study released recently by the Self-Employed Women’s Association, poor women expressed their fears of how the vaccine might inject a virus into them and disable them from using the only asset they have – their health. There are also concerns about the effects on pregnant women, menstrual cycles, and fertility rates. Many public health researchers rue the lack of data on the gendered impacts of the vaccine, making it harder to pass on accurate information on the vaccine’s after-effects.

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Hindustan Times, 25 June, 2021, https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/investigating-gender-disparities-in-india-s-vaccine-rollout-101624626595289.html


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