Guwahati News Desk: An estimated 1.4 million unplanned newborns across the world as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the lives of women in lower- and middle-income countries, informed the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
The projection looked at contraceptive service disruptions in 115 lower- and middle-income countries from last year, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
According to the data made available by the UNFPA, travel restrictions, interrupted supply chains and overwhelmed health facilities disarrayed access to family planning facilities.
The agency said, “These latest figures come even as many countries, particularly high-income countries, show early signs of steeply declining birthrates.”
“Together, the findings demonstrate how severely women’s reproductive destinies have been altered, and their preferences undermined, by the pandemic,” it added.