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How South Africa is integrating COVID into routine care for mothers and babies

How South Africa is integrating COVID into routine care for mothers and babies

COVID-19 has had a direct impact on maternal mortality. Pregnant women are not at an increased risk of becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2. But data show they are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease. This is especially the case in the last 12 weeks of pregnancy, and this is still the case two years into the pandemic. Authors JEANNETTE WESSELS, Researcher, Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn and Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria UTE FEUCHT, Associate Professor in Paediatrics, University of Pretoria In South Africa, this risk equated to an additional 16 COVID-19-related maternal deaths per 100,000 live births,…
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