 Indirect impact of health disasters on maternal and child mortalityAmira El-Shal, Mahmoud Mohieldin and Eman Moustafa Economic Analysis and Policy, 2022, vol. 74, issue C, 477-493 Abstract: In times of epidemics and pandemics, depletion or diversion of health system resources from routine health care is common, posing serious threats to primary care. This study estimates the contemporaneous and long-run effects of health disasters on maternal and child mortality in 111 countries during 2000–2019 using two-way fixed-effects and two-step system general method of moments frameworks. We also provide evidence that indicates how health system capacity, public health infrastructure, health care coverage and financing, and social determinants of health can mitigate disaster effects. In low- and middle-income countries, health disasters increase maternal, under-5, and neonatal mortalities by 0.3%, 0.3%, and 0.2% instantaneously and by 35%, 80%, and 26% after one year, respectively. Our estimates show that emergency preparedness and response can prevent these effects. However, other mitigators, namely physician density, water, sanitation, and hygiene coverage, universal health coverage, education, gender equality, and financial inclusion have greater impact. Keywords: Health disaster; Epidemic; Mortality; Mitigation; Preparedness; SDG3 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:74:y:2022:i:c:p:477-493 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2022.03.003 Access Statistics for this article Economic Analysis and Policy is currently edited by Clevo Wilson More articles in Economic Analysis and Policy from Elsevier |
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