{"id":946,"date":"2026-03-26T11:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=946"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:58:12","slug":"covid-19_phade-two_proposal","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/publication\/covid-19_phade-two_proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19_Phade Two_Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Battling the second wave: addressing<br>emergency health needs; protecting livelihoods<br><\/strong>A proposal by SEWA Cooperative Federation and Lok Swasthya SEWA Trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Background: situation on ground and main challenges<\/strong><br>The second wave of COVID-19 has spread quickly and ruthlessly, affecting both urban and rural<br>parts of India. Largely due to an unprepared and overwhelmed health infrastructure, there has<br>been a loss of many lives and livelihoods. The pandemic also continues to generate immense<br>fear in people.<br><br>The impact of this crisis has fallen disproportionately on informal women workers. Women are<br>primarily tasked with caring for the sick, as well as responsible for household work. They have<br>lost their source of income, putting them and their households in great distress.<br><br>The needs of our members are centred around availability and access to basic medical<br>resources like oximeters, thermometers, along with a basic health kit with sanitisers\/soaps,<br>paracetamol, Vitamin D, C, B-complex with zinc, masks. Since many of the members have<br>either tested positive themselves or have at least a family member who is positive, easy access<br>to emergency services like oxygen cans and concentrators is also required.<br><br>Finally, the need for awareness and information via various means remains high: testing<br>information, vaccine awareness and precautions on COVID-19 (prone position, breathing<br>techniques). The awareness campaign also needs to re-emphasise the importance of masks,<br>washing hands and social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-0b5a8419 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/COVID-19_Phade-Two_Proposal.pdf\" style=\"background-color:#114056;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;text-transform:uppercase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the Pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second wave of COVID-19 has spread quickly and ruthlessly, affecting both urban and rural parts of India. Largely due to an unprepared and overwhelmed health infrastructure, there has been a loss of many lives and livelihoods. The pandemic also continues to generate immense<br \/>\nfear in people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":958,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"publication-category":[26],"class_list":["post-946","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publication-category-practice-learning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication-category?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}