Impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health

On August 3 we published an article on the impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health. The article was published in The Lancet Global Health, and it starts off like this: 

"Previous infectious outbreaks taught us how over-concentrating resources on one vertical program can aggravate the epidemic of lives lost during childbirth. We applaud Timothy Roberton and colleagues for raising the alarm on how history is repeating itself in this COVID-19 pandemic. Workforce reductions (as staff are quarantined, ill, or reallocated), interrupted supply chains, and decreases in service use are contributing to rising deaths.

We draw attention to additional concerns and the increased clinical complexity of maternity care in COVID-19 times, particularly in countries with fragile health systems and the highest maternal and child mortality."

Read the rest of the article here.