Community health workers for pandemic response: a rapid evidence synthesis

S Bhaumik, S Moola, J Tyagi, D Nambiar, M Kakoti - BMJ Global Health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), affects 213 countries or territories globally.
We received a request from National Health Systems Resource Centre, a public agency in …

Effective interventions to ensure MCH (Maternal and Child Health) services during pandemic related health emergencies (Zika, Ebola, and COVID-19): A systematic …

SK Palo, S Dubey, S Negi, MR Sahay, K Patel… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Ensuring accessible and quality health care for women and children is an
existing challenge, which is further exacerbated during pandemics. There is a knowledge …

Disruptions in maternal and child health service utilization during COVID-19: analysis from eight sub-Saharan African countries

G Shapira, T Ahmed, SHP Drouard… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The coronavirus-19 pandemic and its secondary effects threaten the continuity of essential
health services delivery, which may lead to worsened population health and a protracted …

Malaria and COVID-19: common and different findings

F Di Gennaro, C Marotta, P Locantore, D Pizzol… - Tropical medicine and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Malaria and COVID-19 may have similar aspects and seem to have a strong potential for
mutual influence. They have already caused millions of deaths, and the regions where …

Increase in tuberculosis diagnostic delay during first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: data from an Italian infectious disease referral hospital

F Di Gennaro, G Gualano, L Timelli, P Vittozzi, V Di Bari… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The WHO advised that the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on TB services was
estimated to be dramatic due to the disruption of TB services. Methods: A retrospective data …

Rapid assessment on the utilization of maternal and child health services during COVID-19 in Rwanda

D Wanyana, R Wong, D Hakizimana - Public health action, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTING: All public health facilities in Rwanda, East Africa. OBJECTIVE: To assess the
change in the utilization of maternal and child health (MCH) services during the COVID-19 …

Decreased fetal movements: a sign of placental SARS-CoV-2 infection with perinatal brain injury

G Favre, S Mazzetti, C Gengler, C Bertelli, J Schneider… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neonatal COVID-19 is rare and mainly results from postnatal transmission. Severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), however, can infect the placenta and …

SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare professionals and general population during “first wave” of COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study conducted in Sicily, Italy

C Costantino, E Cannizzaro, MG Verso… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
On December 31, 2019, an outbreak of lower respiratory infections was documented in
Wuhan caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Maternal caesarean section infection (MACSI) in Sierra Leone: a case–control study

F Di Gennaro, C Marotta, L Pisani… - Epidemiology & …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Sierra Leone is the country with highest maternal mortality and infections are the underlying
cause in 11% of maternal deaths, but the real burden remains unknown. This study aims to …

The effect of Ebola virus disease on maternal health service utilisation and perinatal outcomes in West Africa: a systematic review

ZY Kassa, V Scarf, D Fox - Reproductive health, 2022 - Springer
Background Ebola outbreaks pose a major threat to global public health, especially in Sub-
Saharan Africa. These outbreaks disrupt the already fragile maternal health services in West …