ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2021
In Nigeria, Stillbirths And Newborn Deaths Increased During The COVID-19 Pandemic.
Article in Health affairs (Project Hope), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04090762 (Improving Perinatal Outcomes Using Conditional and Targeted Transfers), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Improving Perinatal Outcomes Using Conditional and Targeted Transfers
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of COVID-19 mitigation measures on neonatal health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health · 2025Pooled it
- Burden and determinants of stillbirth in a Nigerian Tertiary health facility: a five-year retrospective cohort analysis.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Comprehension, viewpoint and precautionary measures against covid-19 among pregnant women attending ante-natal care at a tertiary health facility in Abuja, Nigeria.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Seasonal Patterns of Preterm Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Romania.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Fetal mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a single-center cohort study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Article
- Preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 pandemic in Bihor County/Romania.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Are households with under-five children in Nigeria socioeconomically disadvantaged?PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 lockdowns in 26 countries.Nature human behaviour · 2023Article
- The effect of Coronavirus disease pandemic on maternal and neonatal health: A cohort study from Isfahan, Iran.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2023Article
- Comparison of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes using archival medical records before and during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a facility-based, retrospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Playing defense? Health care in the era of Covid.Journal of health economics · 2022Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has put severe pressure on health care systems worldwide. Although attention has been focused on COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, some experts have warned about potentially devastating secondary health effects. These effects may be most severe in low- and middle-income countries with already weak health care systems. This study examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on early infant deaths, a question that is currently unsettled. We present new evidence from Nigeria showing that early infant deaths have significantly increased during the pandemic. Using data on the birth outcomes of a large and diverse cohort of pregnant women enrolled in a prospective study and a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design, we found a 1.1-percentage-point (22 percent) increase and a 0.72-percentage-point (23 percent) increase, respectively, in stillbirths and newborn deaths. Our findings show that the health effects of the pandemic extend beyond counted COVID-19 deaths. If these findings generalize to other low- and middle-income countries, they may indicate that the hard-won gains in child survival made during the past two decades are at risk of being reversed amid the ongoing pandemic. Policies addressing disruptions to health services delivery and providing support to vulnerable groups-specifically to households with pregnant women-will be critical as the pandemic continues.
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