Marked variability in institutional deliveries and neonatal outcomes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria.
Beatrice Nkolika EzenwaIretiola B FajoluSimon PiusObumneme B EzeanosikeKenechukwu IlohDominic UmoruOlukemi TongoIsa AbdulkadirAngela A OkoloHelen M NabweraKhadijah Oleolo-AyodejiNelson DanielIsmaela AbubakarChinwe ObuEmeka Onwe-OgahOlapeju DaniyanAzuka AdekeObinna NwegbuJ D BisumangLaila HassanFatimah AbdullahiAisha MohammadUsman NasirVeronica Chinyere EzeakaStephen AllenPublished in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2023)
The COVID-19 lockdown had markedly deleterious effects on healthcare seeking for deliveries and neonatal care that varied between zones with no consistent pattern.