SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnant Women and Their Newborns.
Africa South of the Sahara
/ epidemiology
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control
/ methods
Coronavirus Infections
/ epidemiology
Female
Humans
Infant Health
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
/ prevention & control
Pandemics
/ prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral
/ epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
/ epidemiology
Research Design
Risk Assessment
/ methods
Risk Factors
Women's Health
Journal
Annals of global health
ISSN: 2214-9996
Titre abrégé: Ann Glob Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101620864
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 10 2020
08 10 2020
Historique:
entrez:
26
10
2020
pubmed:
27
10
2020
medline:
5
11
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
There remain a number of uncertainties globally about the risks posed to women who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy. Furthermore, our understanding of the spread of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa is limited, owing to low testing rates in many parts of the continent. PeriCOVID Africa, in conjunction with the WHO/HRP Alliance, plans to address these knowledge gaps by harnessing research infrastructures in place in five sub-Saharan African countries in order to screen more than 50,000 pregnant women and their infants for SARS-CoV-2, while monitoring pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. We anticipate that the results of this study will provide much needed information about the risks that SARS-CoV-2 poses to pregnant women and their babies, as well as establishing potential routes of mother-to-child transmission.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33102152
doi: 10.5334/aogh.3072
pmc: PMC7546109
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
132Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have no competing interests to declare.
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