The ongoing COVID‑19 pandemic has aggravated and exposed the inequities in healthcare. Power dynamics dictate priorities in medicine and public health. [1] From the beginning of the pandemic, all interventions to control it have disadvantaged the poor and vulnerable, particularly children. Lockdowns and restrictive measures took livelihoods, which will increase all‑cause mortality among the vulnerable. These interventions cause deaths in the developing world to prolong lives in the developed world.
[2] The ethics and economics of public health demand that with limited resources, the maximum benefit to maximum number is achieved. A child born in India today has a 3.2% chance of dying before it reaches its first birthday. [3] Under-five child mortality in India is also high. Every day, over 2000 under‑five die in India from preventable causes. [4] Hazards of survival for children in…
