Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan/University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Jan 7;38:15. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.15.25520. eCollection 2021.
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.
应对 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）可能会使非洲妇产科实践中的医疗服务提供出现不平衡，因为大多数国家仍然面临高孕产妇发病率和死亡率以及妇产科护理质量差或不足的问题。自 2019 年 12 月中国武汉首次报告 COVID-19 以来，该病毒已传播到世界各大洲，包括所有非洲国家。其对非洲妇产科实践的影响和意义尚未得到充分探索。常规基本服务受到干扰；因此，有必要在非洲卫生服务中重新部署已经有限的卫生人员。这是一次尝试，讨论其对非洲妇产科实践的潜在影响。
