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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
卷 151, 期 1, 页码 17-22出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.13325
关键词
COVID-19; Health workers; Nigeria; Obstetric practice
资金
- Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA)
- African Population and Health Research Center
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Sida
- DELTAS Africa Initiative
- African Academy of Sciences (AAS)'s Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA)
- New Partnership for Africa's Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency)
- Wellcome Trust (UK)
- UK Government
Objective To review what is known about COVID-19 and highlight gaps in the context of Nigerian obstetric practice. Research data on COVID-19 are understandably sparse in Africa. Nigeria, like most African countries, is battling a disease she is poorly equipped to fight. Methods The current available literature on COVID-19 was reviewed in relation to obstetric practice in the Nigerian context, gaps were identified, and recommendations were made to improve the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigerian obstetric practice. Results In and out of hospital, both the obstetrician and the obstetric patient are constantly being put at risk of exposure to the coronavirus because testing and preventive measures are either ineffective or non-existent. Conclusion The pandemic has exposed the gross inadequacies in Nigeria's healthcare system and is therefore a wake-up call to the need for a complete overhaul of infrastructure and services. The government will do well to increase the budget allocation for health from the current paltry 4.14% to the recommended 15% of the total budget. The Nigerian obstetrician stands a high risk of exposure due to inadequate preventive measures, and testing and diagnostic challenges.
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