The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many health systems to the brink, resulting in non-urgent care being deprioritized to make way for thousands of COVID-19 patients. However, there are some areas that cannot wait, and one of them is maternal health. Reductions in access to and use of essential maternal and newborn health services during epidemics translate into increases in the number of women and newborns who suffer complications or die during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. Join Dr. Pamela and Prof. Bosede B Afolabi, Professor and Head of Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos and Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos as they discuss – Maternal Care in Covid Era.
