Burden of COVID‐19 on health and wellbeing, education, and economy of Bangladesh

• Published in: Clinical case reports Vol. 10; no. 11; pp. e6639 - n/a
• Main Authors: Rahman, Azizur, Abdulla, Faruq, Karimuzzaman, Md, Hossain, Md Moyazzem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-11-2022; Wiley
• Subjects: Bangladesh; Case reports; challenges; Coronaviruses; COVID-19 vaccines; COVID‐19; Dengue fever; Epidemics; Health care policy; Health services; Hospitals; Immunization; long‐term impact; Mental health; Mortality; Pandemics; Population density; Questionnaires; Refugees; Rohingya people; SDGs; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Social networks; Bangladesh; Bangladesh; SDGs; COVID‐19; challenges; long‐term impact
• ISSN: 2050-0904; 2050-0904
• DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.6639

The long‐term impact of this pandemic will continue in almost all sectors of a country such as health, economic situations, education, mental health, and violence. Therefore, the authors intended to discuss the prolonged effect of COVID‐19 on the health along with wellbeing, education, and economy of Bangladesh through a mixed approach. To assess the possible scenario in health sector of Bangladesh, we conducted a short survey through online with a structured questionnaire. The impact of the pandemic is highlighted by graphical presentations and discussed the issues in light of the existing literature. It is realized that health care services and resources are always essential for predominant health conditions and fatal diseases patients. Mental health has also been impacted a lot during this pandemic. Moreover, students of only those schools located in urban areas are attended some online classes but due to the internet interruption and scarcity of devices students from rural areas cannot attend the classes and it will widen the gap between pupils from urban areas and those who live in remote rural areas. Additionally, many students terminate school. The country's youth unemployment is projected to intensify as a result of the economic effects, which would promote antisocial behavior and cause social discontent among young people. Also, the flow of remittances greatly declined in the last couple of months and a many people were jobless abroad, and the majority of them were sent back home. The demographic dividend's intended results are expected to be negatively impacted by COVID‐19's overall effect as well as sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh. Therefore, many social services systems need strategic backup resources at community, national, and global levels if any basic system may collapse due to COVID‐19 and socio‐economic as well as geopolitical negligence in handling post‐pandemic challenges.
People in low‐income countries like Bangladesh experienced difficulties in the early periods of the COVID‐19 pandemic in accessing medical care, including doctor appointments, hospital admissions, diagnoses, medications, medical personnel, and equipment, and dealing with staff negligence and mistreatment due to fear and insufficient of beds, intensive care units, and ventilators.