ReviewPediatric research2023
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mother and child health in Sub-Saharan Africa - a review.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Maternal and neonatal health service access and utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa (2015-2023): a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- Obstetric admission and maternal mortality in the intensive care unit in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Adequate antenatal care service utilizations after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Emergency medical team interventions involving pregnant patients of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Poland) in 2020-2022.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- The population-level impact of COVID-19 on maternal healthcare utilization: evidence from the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey.International health · 2026Article
- "If they were telling us to go, we will go": factors associated with effective postnatal care coverage before and after discharge - a mixed-methods study in rural western Kenya.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Coadaptation and implementation of intrapartum clinical guidelines to save lives during childbirth: Protocol for an adapted PartoMa intervention in Eastern Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- The Landscape on Access to Maternal and Child Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa: A Scoping Review.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2026Review
- Lessons of practices of community-based maternal and child health surveillance system during and post COVID-19 in Indonesia.Global health action · 2025Article
- Global, regional and national disease burden of neonatal disorders from 2000 to 2021 and the comparison before and during COVID-19: a systematic analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The cost of inaction to strengthen the resilience of primary health care in Latin America and the Caribbean: a modelling study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Effects of a gender-responsive maternal, newborn and child health program on health and economic outcomes during COVID-19 in Kenya: a mixed-methods study.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Community perspectives on access to maternal health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Western Kenya: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Humoral immune response to COVID-19 vaccines in onchocerciasis-infected individuals: a field study from Ghana.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Trends in the quality of maternal and neonatal care in Sweden and Norway as compared to 12 WHO European countries: A cross-sectional survey investigating maternal perspectives during the COVID-19 pandemic.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Observational
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- Analysis of Risk Determinants of Neonatal Mortality in the Last Decade: A Systematic Literature Review (2013-2023).Pediatric reports · 2024Review
- Effect of COVID-19 on paediatric TB service delivery and patients' comfort receiving TB services in Cameroon and Kenya during COVID: a qualitative assessment.BMJ open respiratory research · 2024Article
- A population-based estimation of maternal mortality in Lagos State, Nigeria using the indirect sisterhood method.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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Abstract
Prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there was a decrease in the maternal mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by 38%. This corresponds to a decline of 2.9% on average each year. In spite of this reduction, it falls short of the 6.4% annual rate required to reach the global Sustainable Development Goal of 70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. This study reviewed the impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health. Due to the major challenge of the health systems and lack of strategies in preparation for emergencies, several studies have reported significant impacts of COVID-19 on women and children in SSA. Global estimates of the indirect impacts of COVID-19 suggested a 38.6% increase in maternal mortality and a 44.7% increase in child mortality per month across 118 low- and middle-income countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened the continuity of essential mother-to-child healthcare service delivery in SSA. It is important for health systems to address these challenges as lessons learnt for future health crises and to develop adequate response policies and programs for emerging diseases of public health importance. IMPACTS: This literature review will provide in-depth insight into the impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The findings of this literature review suggest to the concerned health systems the need to prioritize women's antennal care for the safety of the baby. The findings of this literature review will aid the basis for intervention in maternal and child health and reproductive health in general.
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