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Impacts of COVID-19 on Public Health in Urban Slums in India and Lessons for the Future

In: Reimagining Prosperity

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  • Siddharth Agarwal

    (Urban Health Resource Centre)

  • Kanupriya Kothiwal

    (Urban Health Resource Centre)

  • Shabnam Verma

    (Urban Health Resource Centre)

  • Mayaram Sharma

    (Urban Health Resource Centre)

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of the pandemic on India’s public health system of the country, especially from the perspective of urban slumdwellers. Drawing on a qualitative study carried out by the Urban Health Resource Centre in selected slums in Indore and Agra, the paper reflects the impact of the pandemic on the provision of essential health services such as maternal and child healthcare, family planning, immunization for children and the detection and treatment of non-COVID ailments such as tuberculosis. The authors argue that the veritable collapse of healthcare to the most vulnerable sections of the population exposed the structural weaknesses of India’s healthcare system. To build a more robust public health system in India to tackle future crises of this kind, the authors call for strengthening the health infrastructure in small to medium-sized cities and reinforcing other crucial determinants of well-being such as food security, livelihood opportunities and support and enhanced education opportunities.

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  • Siddharth Agarwal & Kanupriya Kothiwal & Shabnam Verma & Mayaram Sharma, 2023. "Impacts of COVID-19 on Public Health in Urban Slums in India and Lessons for the Future," Springer Books, in: Arash Fazli & Amitabh Kundu (ed.), Reimagining Prosperity, chapter 0, pages 283-304, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-19-7177-8_16
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7177-8_16
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