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Impact of the COVID ‐19 pandemic on maternal health services in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Sarwer Abdullah,
Javed Bilal,
Soto Erik B.,
Mashwani ZiaurRehman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.3048
Subject(s) - pandemic , outbreak , covid-19 , environmental health , epidemiology , transmission (telecommunications) , economic growth , mental health , rural area , maternal health , business , medicine , health care , affect (linguistics) , geography , health services , disease , psychology , psychiatry , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , population , computer science , economics , communication , telecommunications , pathology
Summary Throughout the world as health systems are being prepared to deal with the SARS‐CoV‐2 outbreak which will affect the management of HIV, diabetes, mental health and mainly maternal healthcare systems. As all efforts are focused on understanding the epidemiology, clinical features, transmission patterns, and management of the COVID‐19 outbreak, there has been very little concern expressed over the effects on maternal health services. It is highly likely that the present situation may exacerbate maternal mortality in suburban and rural areas. The present situation requires governments and NGOs to make necessary arrangements to support people with prenatal and postnatal care.