Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on antenatal healthcare services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Many Sub-Saharan African countries have been known to suffer various challenges which threaten the quality of health services that are offered to the population. With the emergence of COVID-19 outbreak, it is not impossible that access to quality antenatal care services would be further threatened i...

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Autores principales: Ogunkola, Isaac Olushola, Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo, Imo, Uchenna Frank, Odey, Goodness Ogeyi, Esu, Ekpereonne, Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8204802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34151307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100076
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Sumario:Many Sub-Saharan African countries have been known to suffer various challenges which threaten the quality of health services that are offered to the population. With the emergence of COVID-19 outbreak, it is not impossible that access to quality antenatal care services would be further threatened in the region due to the competition for limited health care resources. This paper seeks to highlight the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on antenatal healthcare services in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is imperative for all African countries to put up measures to ensure antenatal care services, which are just as important and needed, are not disrupted due to the urgent need to shift limited resources to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

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