Abstract
Having to cope with corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is likely to create imbalances in health care provision in the obstetrics and gynecology practices in Africa where most countries still battle with high rate of maternal morbidities and mortalities as well as poor or inadequate quality gynecological care. COVID-19 has spread to the continents of the world including all African nations since it was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Its impact and implications on the obstetrics and gynecology practice in Africa are yet to be fully explored. Routine essential services are being disrupted; therefore, giving rise to the need to redeploy the already limited health personnel across health services in Africa. This is an attempt to discuss the potential implications for obstetrics and gynecologic practice in Africa.
Highlights
Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel public health problem threatening the life of nearly20 million people globally and is caused by a new human corona virus (SARS-CoV-2) previously known as 2019-nCov [1,2]
In Africa, COVID-19 infection was first reported on 14th February, 2020 in Egypt and community transmission was suspected by the following month [3]
The articles used were searched from PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus databases using terms such as: COVID-19/severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 in Africa, impact of corona virus on the African health sector and COVID-19 in obstetrics and gynecology care in Africa
Summary
Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel public health problem threatening the life of nearly. 20 million people globally and is caused by a new human corona virus (SARS-CoV-2) previously known as 2019-nCov [1,2]. In Africa, COVID-19 infection was first reported on 14th February, 2020 in Egypt and community transmission was suspected by the following month [3]. The main route of transmission of the virus is through droplet spread and via contact from contaminated surfaces to mucosal surfaces [4,5,6]. The risks of exposure for healthcare providers increase when medical emergencies occur. A systematic approach to management of these emergencies would contribute significantly to lowering the risk of healthcare providersexposure to the virus [7]
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