Pandemics and maternal health

Pandemics and maternal health: the indirect effects of COVID‐19

With any pandemic, the indirect as well as direct health effects need to be evaluated. There is growing evidence that the COVID‐19 pandemic's ...

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternal Health in the United ...

These data show the significant negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on US maternal health and major disparities in outcomes.

Outcomes Worsened and Disparities Persisted During the Pandemic

Each year in the U.S., hundreds of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth—known as maternal death. GAO's analysis of ...

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mother and child health in Sub ...

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 ...

Effects of COVID-19 on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes ... - CDC

The second COVID-19 wave led to a 57% increase in maternal death rate (rate ratio [RR] 1.57; p = 0.0228) compared with the counterfactual ...

Maternal Health: HHS Should Improve Assessment of Efforts to ...

Hundreds of women in the U.S. die each year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth—a crisis exacerbated by COVID-19.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal ...

The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to avoidable deaths of both mothers and babies. Policy makers and health-care leaders ...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal ...

The COVID-19 pandemic required postponement of many non “essential” health services to prevent transmission within clinics, which led to ...

Maternal and perinatal health research during emerging and ...

Introduction Pregnant women and their offspring are often at increased direct and indirect risks of adverse outcomes during epidemics and pandemics.

The Momnibus: Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act

The Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act makes key investments and advances comprehensive strategies to address maternal health risks during public health ...

Pandemics and maternal health: the indirect effects of COVID‐19

Indirect consequences also encompass a lack of equity when considering the inclusion of pregnant women in COVID-19 research and their absence ...

The direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on maternal ...

Delayed care-seeking behaviours for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services increased, along with an increased preference for ...

Maternal Health Inequities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Before the pandemic, the United States was already experiencing a maternal morbidity and mortality crisis. Maternal health outcomes are ...

All-Cause Maternal Mortality Before vs During COVID-19 Pandemic

In the US, maternal deaths increased substantially (33.3%) after March 2020, corresponding to COVID-19 onset, a figure higher than the 22% ...

Pregnancy in a pandemic: inequalities in maternal health - The Lancet

Using data from 2017 to 2019, results of a maternal deaths and morbidity report by MBRRACE-UK showed persistent inequalities in maternal mortality rates; ...

Childcare disruptions and maternal health during the COVID-19 ...

We estimated the association between childcare disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and self-reported mental and physical health among female parents of ...

Disruptions in maternal health service use during the COVID-19 ...

We focus on data from 37 non-governmental organisation-supported health facilities in Haiti, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico and Sierra Leone.

Access to Maternal Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This rapid qualitative study draws data from an extensive literature review and from interviews with 12 purposively selected mothers who were either expectant ...

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternal Health - NIHCM

The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating concerns about maternal health in the United States, which has the highest maternal mortality rate of ...

Pandemics and maternal health: the indirect effects of COVID-19

There is growing evidence, however, that while organisational changes to healthcare delivery have occurred to protect those vulnerable to the virus (staff and ...