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

Ogunkola, I. O., Adebisi, Y. A. , Imo, U. F., Odey, G. O., Esu, E. and Lucero-Prisno III, D. E. (2021) Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on antenatal healthcare services in Sub-Saharan Africa. Public Health in Practice, 2, 100076. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100076) (PMID:34151307) (PMCID:PMC8204802)

Abstract

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.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo
• Authors: Ogunkola, I. O., Adebisi, Y. A., Imo, U. F., Odey, G. O., Esu, E., and Lucero-Prisno III, D. E.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences
• Journal Name: Public Health in Practice
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 2666-5352
• ISSN (Online): 2666-5352
• Published Online: 11 January 2021
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 The Author(s)
• First Published: First published in Public Health in Practice 2:100076
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence