Department of Maternal and Child Health, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-535 Poznan, Poland.
Greater Poland Specialist Centre, 60-479 Poznan, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 24;19(1):180. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010180.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a direct impact on the extent of guaranteed healthcare services. Many gynecologists', obstetricians', and midwives' offices were closed, laboratories suspended their activities, the collection of necessary tests was delayed, and women had to wait much longer for test results than they had to previously. General women's healthcare prophylactic programs were suspended or delayed. In 2020, screening financed by public funds covered less than one-seventh of the female population in Poland. As medical teams, professionals, clinicians, and scientists, we have been facing a challenge to help, protect, and care for one of the most vulnerable population groups, pregnant women. A significant part of that challenge has been in preventing the spread of severe COVID-19, along with other preventable diseases, among women who are pregnant, who are in labor, or who have recently given birth.
COVID-19 大流行直接影响了保障医疗服务的范围。许多妇科医生、产科医生和助产士的办公室关闭，实验室暂停活动，必要的检查收集被推迟，女性不得不比以前等待更长时间才能得到检查结果。常规妇女保健预防方案被暂停或推迟。2020 年，由公共资金资助的筛查仅覆盖波兰不到七分之一的女性人口。作为医疗团队、专业人员、临床医生和科学家，我们一直在努力帮助、保护和照顾孕妇等最脆弱的人群之一。我们面临的挑战很大一部分是防止 COVID-19 重症以及其他可预防疾病在孕妇、分娩中和分娩后不久的妇女中传播。
