Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on institutional delivery, neonatal admissions and prematurity: a reflection from Lagos, Nigeria

We assessed the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on deliveries and neonatal admissions according to gestation in Lagos, Nigeria. During lockdown (April–June 2020), there was a marked fall of about 50% in in-hospital deliveries and admissions to the neonatal wards for both in and outborn infants compared...

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Autores principales: Ezenwa, Beatrice Nkolika, Fajolu, Iretiola B, Nabwera, Helen, Wang, Duolao, Ezeaka, Chinyere V, Allen, Stephen
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Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Original Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8076627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34192196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001029
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author Ezenwa, Beatrice Nkolika
Fajolu, Iretiola B
Nabwera, Helen
Wang, Duolao
Ezeaka, Chinyere V
Allen, Stephen
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description We assessed the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on deliveries and neonatal admissions according to gestation in Lagos, Nigeria. During lockdown (April–June 2020), there was a marked fall of about 50% in in-hospital deliveries and admissions to the neonatal wards for both in and outborn infants compared with prelockdown (January–March 2020) and a comparison period (April–June 2019). However, the proportion of preterm infants was broadly similar in each period. Lockdown markedly reduced hospital deliveries and healthcare-seeking for sick newborns but did not influence the overall proportion of preterm births among in-house deliveries and outborn neonatal admissions.
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spelling pubmed-80766272021-04-27 Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on institutional delivery, neonatal admissions and prematurity: a reflection from Lagos, Nigeria Ezenwa, Beatrice Nkolika Fajolu, Iretiola B Nabwera, Helen Wang, Duolao Ezeaka, Chinyere V Allen, Stephen BMJ Paediatr Open Original Research Letter We assessed the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on deliveries and neonatal admissions according to gestation in Lagos, Nigeria. During lockdown (April–June 2020), there was a marked fall of about 50% in in-hospital deliveries and admissions to the neonatal wards for both in and outborn infants compared with prelockdown (January–March 2020) and a comparison period (April–June 2019). However, the proportion of preterm infants was broadly similar in each period. Lockdown markedly reduced hospital deliveries and healthcare-seeking for sick newborns but did not influence the overall proportion of preterm births among in-house deliveries and outborn neonatal admissions. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8076627/ /pubmed/34192196 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001029 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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Nabwera, Helen
Wang, Duolao
Ezeaka, Chinyere V
Allen, Stephen
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on institutional delivery, neonatal admissions and prematurity: a reflection from Lagos, Nigeria
title Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on institutional delivery, neonatal admissions and prematurity: a reflection from Lagos, Nigeria
title_full Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on institutional delivery, neonatal admissions and prematurity: a reflection from Lagos, Nigeria
title_fullStr Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on institutional delivery, neonatal admissions and prematurity: a reflection from Lagos, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on institutional delivery, neonatal admissions and prematurity: a reflection from Lagos, Nigeria
title_short Impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on institutional delivery, neonatal admissions and prematurity: a reflection from Lagos, Nigeria
title_sort impact of covid-19 lockdown measures on institutional delivery, neonatal admissions and prematurity: a reflection from lagos, nigeria
topic Original Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8076627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34192196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001029
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