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. 2020 Oct 8;86(1):132.
doi: 10.5334/aogh.3072.

SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnant Women and Their Newborns

Melanie Etti  1   2 , Musa Sekikubo  3 , Victoria Nankabirwa  4   5 , Halvor Sommerfelt  5 , Bridget Freyne  6 , Kondwani Kawaza  7 , Gladys Gadama  8 , Kondwani Jambo  9 , Esperança Sevene  10 , Marleen Temmerman  11 , Laura A Magee  12 , Peter von Dadelszen  12 , Asma Khalil  13 , Kirsty Le Doare  2 ; WHO/HRP Alliance author group
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnant Women and Their Newborns

Melanie Etti et al. Ann Glob Health. .

Abstract

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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Research collaborations in sub-Saharan Africa recruiting participants for periCOVID Africa.
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