Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health care services in Phuentsholing General Hospital: A retrospective descriptive study.
Yeshey DorjeyYezer TshomoDorji WangchukPurushottami BhandariChoki DorjiDiptika PradhanRinzin PemoPhub WangdiPublished in: Health science reports (2022)
The pregnant mothers and newborn babies missed antenatal and postnatal follow-up visits, missed immunization, and women were not able to be screened for cervical cancers during the pandemic. These negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child health care were profound.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- pregnancy outcomes
- pregnant women
- mental health
- birth weight
- gestational age
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- preterm infants
- intellectual disability
- primary care
- affordable care act
- emergency department
- type diabetes
- physical activity
- weight gain
- cervical cancer screening
- body mass index
- acute care
- electronic health record