Typhoon's long, deadly toll on female infants
The immediate destruction from the typhoon are visible and palpable.
But after the body bags are removed, the deceased mourned and debris
cleaned, what happens next?
The toll from typhoons
can linger long after and is linked to disproportionate deaths of
Filipino baby girls two years after a storm, according to a recent
report. In comparison, male infants were not affected to the same
extent.
The authors posit that
female infants in the Philippines suffer "economic deaths," resulting
from economic hardships to households and impacts on how families
allocate resources. These female infant deaths is 15 times greater than
typhoon exposure deaths.
"A lot of times when you
think about climate change or disasters, we focus on obvious immediate
damage," said Jesse Antilla-Hughes, assistant professor at University of
San Francisco. "When you look at the enduring legacy of the events, the
lag damage is diffused, long-lasting, but serious -- it takes a long
time to show up."
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