The estimates shown are minimums for the numbers of children affected by COVID-19 and excess deaths during the pandemic, following the statistical methodology for global extrapolations in Hillis, Unwin, Chen et al, "Global minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and deaths of caregivers: a modelling study", The Lancet, 2021 and "Children: The Hidden Pandemic 2021. A joint report of COVID-19 associated orphanhood and a strategy for action." Further technical documentation is available here.

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