ArticleJournal of international development2022
Impact of Covid-19 on Maternal Health Seeking in Ghana.
Article in Journal of international development, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Impact of COVID-19 on Maternal Health Service Uptake and Perinatal Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Profiling Disease Patterns Using ICD-11 at a University Hospital in Ghana: A Retrospective Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data From 2018 to 2021.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Trends and distribution of birth asphyxia, Uganda, 2017-2020: a retrospective analysis of public health surveillance data.African health sciences · 2025Article
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- Impact of COVID-19 on antenatal care provision at public hospitals in the Sidama region, Ethiopia: A mixed methods study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Pregnancy outcomes before and during COVID-19 pandemic in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana: A retrospective cohort study.PloS one · 2024Article
- An integrative literature review on the impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in Africa.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Review
- Impact of Covid-19 on Maternal Health Seeking in Ghana.Journal of international development · 2022Article
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Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic is widely speculated to have disrupted the delivery of primary health care in low-income countries. Yet, there is little rigorous empirical research identifying this effect. This paper estimates the impact of Covid-19 on facility and skilled delivery and utilisation of antenatal care (ANC) services by comparing these outcomes for women who were pregnant/delivered before and during the Covid-19 period. The results show that Covid-19 led to 23% and 25% reductions, respectively, in the likelihood of facility delivery and four or more ANC visits during pregnancy. These findings highlight the need to build more resilient health systems in low-income settings.
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