Obstetrics, gynecology, andrology, sexual and reproductive health

Maternal and neonatal infections

Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection: pregnancy, newborn, breastfeeding

 

Argentina

• Archivos argentinos de pediatría
  • Preparedness strategies in neonatology units during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey conducted at maternity centers in Argentina [2021]

Asia, Pacific

• United Nations Population Fund
  • UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Guidance Document [2020]

Australia

• Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Clinical care of pregnant and postpartum women with COVID-19: Living recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce [2020]

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Antenatal care during COVID–19, 2020 [2021]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Alignment of national COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant and lactating women [2021]

• Department of Health Australia
  • COVID-19 vaccination – Shared decision making guide for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy [2021]

• Genetics in Medicine
  • Newborn bloodspot screening in the time of COVID-19 [2021]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • The National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce: pregnancy and perinatal guidelines [2022]

• Queensland Clinical Guidelines
  • Maternity care for mothers and babies during the COVID-19 pandemic

• WA Health, Government of Western Australia
  • COVID-19 Guidance for Neonatal Services [2022]

• Women and Birth
  • Clinical guidelines for caring for women with COVID-19 during pregnancy, childbirth and the immediate postpartum period [2021]

Australia, New Zealand

• Department of Health Australia
  • Joint statement between RANZCOG and ATAGI about COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women [2021]

Austria

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • COVID-19 During Pregnancy and Puerperium – A Review by the Austrian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (OEGGG) [2020]

Belgium

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Results from an Observational Study in Primary Care in Belgium [2020]

Brazil

• Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
  • Position Statement on COVID-19 and Pregnancy in Women with Heart Disease Department of Women Cardiology of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology – 2020 [2020]

• Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Universal COVID-19 testing in the obstetric population: impacts on public health [2020]

• Clinics
  • Expert recommendations for the care of newborns of mothers with COVID-19 [2020]

• Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • COVID-19 during pregnancy and adverse outcomes: Concerns and recommendations from The Brazilian Teratology Information Service [2021]

• International Breastfeeding Journal
  • The impact of coronavirus outbreak on breastfeeding guidelines among Brazilian hospitals and maternity services: a cross-sectional study [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Demographic and epidemiological characteristics of pregnant and postpartum women who died from severe acute respiratory syndrome in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study comparing COVID-19 and nonspecific etiologic causes [2022]

• Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
  • We have Vaccine for COVID-19! What to Recommend for Pregnant Women? [2021]
  • Outpatient care for pregnant and puerperal women during the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]
  • Childbirth, Puerperium and Abortion Care Protocol during the COVID-19 Pandemic [2020]
  • COVID-19 and Maternal Death in Brazil: An Invisible Tragedy [2020]

• Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
  • Guidance on breastfeeding during the Covid-19 pandemic [2020]

• Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
  • Maternal solitude before the new guidelines in SARS-COV-2 times: a Brazilian cutting [2021]

Cambodia

• Global Health & Medicine
  • Challenges to neonatal care in Cambodia amid the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

Canada

• BC Centre for Disease Control
  • Pregnancy

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Key concerns among pregnant individuals during the pandemic [2021]
  • Interim schedule for pregnant women and children during the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Care considerations for infants born to mothers with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection [2023]
  • NICU care for infants born to mothers with suspected or proven COVID-19 [2021]
  • Delivery room considerations for infants born to mothers with suspected or proven COVID-19 [2021]
  • Breastfeeding when mothers have suspected or proven COVID-19 [2021]
  • COVID-19 information and resources for paediatricians

• CMAJ
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding and the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: an ethics-based framework for shared decision-making [2021]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
  • Pregnancy outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, March to August 2020 [2021]

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • COVID-19: Pregnancy, childbirth and caring for a newborn [2021]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Urgent Update – Temporary Alternative Screening Strategy for Gestational Diabetes Screening during the COVID-19 Pandemic [2020]
  • COVID-19

Chile

• Journal of Perinatal Medicine
  • Analysis of prevalence and sociodemographic conditions among women in labor with and without COVID-19 in public hospitals in Chile [2021]

China

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pregnant women: A report based on 116 cases [2020]

• Annals of Translational Medicine
  • Chinese expert consensus on the perinatal and neonatal management for the prevention and control of the 2019 novel coronavirus infection (First edition) [2020]
  • Chinese expert brief consensus on newborn screening of inherited metabolic disorders during the novel coronavirus infection epidemic [2020]

• BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Safe Delivery for COVID-19 Infected Pregnancies [2020]

• European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
  • Analysis of the susceptibility to COVID-19 in pregnancy and recommendations on potential drug screening [2020]

• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • Management of a delivery suite during the COVID-19 epidemic [2020]

• Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • Mental health and preventive behaviour of pregnant women in China during the early phase of the COVID-19 period [2021]

• International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Expert consensus for managing pregnant women and neonates born to mothers with suspected or confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection [2020]

• Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • A contingency plan for the management of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in neonatal intensive care units [2020]

Colombia

• Biomédica
  • Indirect effects of the SARS CoV-2 pandemic on the prevalence of breastfeeding: Modeling its impact [2021]

• Colombia Médica
  • Coronavirus (COVID 19) Infection in Pregnancy [2020]

Democratic Republic of Congo

• World Health Organization
  • Maintaining the provision and use of services for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and older people during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Democratic Republic of the Congo: community-based distribution of DMPA-SC and self-injectable DMPA-SC [2022]

Denmark

• Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition
  • Danish premature birth rates during the COVID-19 lockdown [2021]

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Concerns about transmission, changed services and place of birth in the early COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey among Danish pregnant women. The COVIDPregDK study [2021]

• Danish Medical Journal
  • Dilemmas and Priorities in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during the COVID-19 Pandemic [2020]

• European Journal of Pediatrics
  • Preterm birth, stillbirth and early neonatal mortality during the Danish COVID-19 lockdown [2021]

Developing countries

• Anesthesia, Essays and Researches
  • Management of Obstetric Analgesia in the Developing Countries during the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic: A Narrative Review [2020]

Ethiopia

• Maternal and Child Health Journal
  • Could COVID-19 Reverse the Modest Gains Made in Newborn Health in Ethiopia? [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Pregnant women's knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 infection prevention in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

Europe

• European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • EBCOG position statement on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant and breastfeeding women [2021]
  • How to reduce the potential risk of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during vaginal delivery? [2020]

• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • Perinatal mortality and morbidity of SARS-COV-2 infection during pregnancy in European countries: Findings from an international study [2020]

France

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on preterm birth and stillbirth: a nationwide, population-based retrospective cohort study [2021]

• Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine
  • Anaesthesia and intensive care in obstetrics during the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

• Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • Covid-19, pregnancy and childbirth [2020]

• Diabetes & Metabolism
  • Three alternative ways to screen for hyperglycaemia in pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

• Gynécologie Obstétrique Fertilité & Sénologie
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy. Information and proposal of management care. CNGOF [2020]

• Haute Autorité de Santé
  • Post-natal follow-up for women and neonates during the COVID-19 pandemic: French National Authority for Health recommendations [2020]
  • Follow-up for pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: French national authority for health recommendations [2020]

• Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
  • A snapshot of the Covid-19 pandemic among pregnant women in France [2020]

• Midwifery
  • Adaptation of independent midwives to the COVID-19 pandemic: A national descriptive survey [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Obstetrical outcomes and maternal morbidities associated with COVID-19 in pregnant women in France: A national retrospective cohort study [2021]

Germany

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • Pregnancy and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Germany—the CRONOS Registry [2020]

Greece

• European Journal of Midwifery
  • Prevalence of postpartum depression and antenatal anxiety symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic: An observational prospective cohort study in Greece [2022]

High-income countries

• Diabetes Epidemiology and Management
  • Performance of guidelines for the screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of the guidelines and diagnostic studies evaluating the recommended testing strategies [2021]

• Nature Communications
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness and perinatal outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy [2022]

Iceland

• Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • Changes in obstetric interventions and preterm birth during COVID-19: A nationwide study from Iceland [2021]

India

• Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India
  • Good clinical practice recommendation on pregnancy with COVID-19 Infection [2020]

• Indian Academy of Pediatrics
  • Breastfeeding in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Position Statement of Indian Academy of Pediatrics and Infant and Young Child Feeding Chapter [2022]
  • Breastfeeding and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination: Position Statement of Indian Academy of Pediatrics Advisory Committee on Vaccination and Immunization Practices [2021]

• Indian Pediatrics
  • Update to Perinatal-Neonatal Management of COVID-19 Guidelines [2022]
  • Perinatal-Neonatal Management of COVID-19 Infection — Guidelines of the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), National Neonatology Forum of India (NNF), and Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) [2020]

• International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries
  • Diagnosis and principles of management of gestational diabetes mellitus in the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India
  • Preliminary Results from the FOGSI's National Registry on Pregnancy with COVID-19 [2021]
  • Coping with COVID Crisis [2020]

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • Operational Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccination of Pregnant Women [2021]

• Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics
  • Assessment of knowledge and opinion regarding breastfeeding practices during COVID-19 pandemic among paediatricians and obstetricians in India: an online survey [2021]

Indonesia

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Monitoring continuity of maternal and child health services, Indonesia [2022]

International

• Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in general population: A living systematic review and meta-analysis (updated Aug 14, 2021) [2022]
  • Novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) in pregnancy: What clinical recommendations to follow? [2020]
  • A critical review of the pathophysiology of thrombotic complications and clinical practice recommendations for thromboprophylaxis in pregnant patients with COVID-19 [2020]

• AJOG Global Reports
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of COVID-19 maternal and neonatal clinical features and pregnancy outcomes up to June 3, 2021 [2022]

• American Journal of Infection Control
  • Is it safe and effective to administer COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Equity in Covid-19 vaccine development and deployment [2021]

• American Journal of Perinatology
  • Neonatal Resuscitation and Postresuscitation Care of Infants Born to Mothers with Suspected or Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection [2020]

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Current trends and geographical differences in therapeutic profile and outcomes of COVID-19 among pregnant women - a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

• BMC Public Health
  • Guidelines and best practice recommendations on reproductive health services provision amid COVID-19 pandemic: scoping review [2021]

• BMJ
  • Clinical manifestations, risk factors, and maternal and perinatal outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnancy: living systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

• BMJ Global Health
  • Small and sick newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic: global survey and thematic analysis of healthcare providers’ voices and experiences [2021]
  • Voices from the frontline: findings from a thematic analysis of a rapid online global survey of maternal and newborn health professionals facing the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

• BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
  • Misalignment of global COVID-19 breastfeeding and newborn care guidelines with World Health Organization recommendations [2020]

• BMJ Open
  • COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• CMAJ
  • The impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

• Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility
  • COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) - Fertility and Pregnancy

• Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Testing for gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic. An evaluation of proposed protocols for the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia [2020]

• Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
  • Temporary changes in clinical guidelines of gestational diabetes screening and management during COVID-19 outbreak: A narrative review [2020]

• Diagnostics
  • ISIDOG Recommendations Concerning COVID-19 and Pregnancy [2020]

• Drugs & Therapy Perspectives
  • Preventive measures and management of COVID-19 in pregnancy [2020]

• EClinicalMedicine
  • Global changes in maternity care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

• European Journal of Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among pregnant women and mothers of young children: results of a survey in 16 countries [2021]

• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • Maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women infected by SARS-CoV-2: A meta-analysis [2020]

• European Journal of Pediatrics
  • SARS-COV-2 infection in children and newborns: a systematic review [2020]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Pregnancy and Breastfeeding During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Published Pregnancy Cases [2020]

• Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
  • COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review [2020]

• Human Reproduction Open
  • Joint IFFS/ESHRE statement on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women and those considering pregnancy [2021]

• Infection and Drug Resistance
  • A Comprehensive Review of the Management of Pregnant Women with COVID-19: Useful Information for Obstetricians [2021]

• International Breastfeeding Journal
  • Recommendations for breastfeeding during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic [2022]
  • Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic – a literature review for clinical practice [2020]

• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Non-Communicable Diseases and COVID-19 [2020]
  • Global interim guidance on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during pregnancy and puerperium from FIGO and allied partners: Information for healthcare professionals [2020]
  • COVID-19 Early Pregnancy Guidance [2020]
  • COVID-19 Resources

• International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society
  • Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidance on Behalf of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society [2020]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Protecting Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review of Perinatal Care Recommendations in the Context of Maternal and Child Well-Being [2022]
  • Guidelines for Pregnancy Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Public Health Conundrum [2020]

• International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Consequences and implications of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on pregnancy and newborns: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
  • A systematic scoping review of COVID-19 during pregnancy and childbirth [2020]

• International Society for Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • ISIDOG Consensus Guidelines on COVID-19 Vaccination for Women before, during and after Pregnancy [2021]

• International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • ISUOG Safety Committee updated recommendation on use of respirators by practitioners undertaking obstetric and gynecological ultrasound in context of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern [2022]
  • ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement on use of personal protective equipment and hazard mitigation in relation to SARS-CoV-2 for practitioners undertaking obstetric and gynecological ultrasound [2020]
  • ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement on safe performance of obstetric and gynecological scans and equipment cleaning in context of COVID-19 [2020]
  • ISUOG Interim Guidance on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during pregnancy and puerperium: information for healthcare professionals – an update [2020]
  • ISUOG Interim Guidance on 2019 novel coronavirus infection during pregnancy and puerperium: information for healthcare professionals [2020]
  • ISUOG Consensus Statement on rationalization of early-pregnancy care and provision of ultrasonography in context of SARS-CoV-2 [2020]
  • ISUOG Consensus Statement on organization of routine and specialist obstetric ultrasound services in the context of COVID-19 [2020]

• International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Physician experiences in management of COVID-19-associated coagulopathy in pregnancy: Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Women's Health Issues in Thrombosis and Haemostasis [2021]
  • COVID-19 Coagulopathy in Pregnancy: Critical Review, Preliminary Recommendations and ISTH Registry - Communication from the ISTH SSC for Women’s Health [2021]

• JAMA Pediatrics
  • Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality Among Pregnant Women With and Without COVID-19 Infection [2021]

• Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Psychological health status in postpartum women during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • SARS-CoV-2 in Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Summary of Current Guidelines [2020]

• Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
  • Managing pregnancy in COVID-19 pandemic: A review article [2020]

• Journal of Global Health
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of data on pregnant women with confirmed COVID-19: Clinical presentation, and pregnancy and perinatal outcomes based on COVID-19 severity [2021]

• Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
  • Improving the quality of care in pregnancy and childbirth with coronavirus (COVID-19): a systematic review [2020]

• Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
  • Corticosteroids Use in Pregnant Women with COVID-19: Recommendations from Available Evidence [2021]

• Journal of Perinatology
  • Perinatal aspects on the covid-19 pandemic: a practical resource for perinatal–neonatal specialists [2020]

• Journal of Pregnancy
  • Effect of COVID-19 on Mortality of Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]

• Lancet Global Health
  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
  • A public health approach for deciding policy on infant feeding and mother–infant contact in the context of COVID-19 [2021]
  • Inclusion of pregnant women in COVID-19 treatment trials: a review and global call to action [2020]

• Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Guidelines for pregnant women with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection [2020]

• Maternal and Child Health Journal
  • Problems with Early Systematic Reviews: The Case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Pregnancy [2020]

• Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 During Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Review [2020]

• Medicina
  • Screening for Gestational Diabetes during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Current Recommendations and Their Consequences [2021]

• Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
  • Depression in pregnant and postpartum women during COVID-19 pandemic: systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• Pediatric Research
  • International comparison of guidelines for managing neonates at the early phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic [2021]

• Pediatrics and Neonatology
  • Characterization of neonates born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection: Review and meta-analysis [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among pregnant women worldwide: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
  • Maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with COVID-19 infection: A systematic review [2020]

• Public Health
  • Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• Reproductive Health
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal health: a scoping review [2021]
  • Sexual and reproductive health (SRH): a key issue in the emergency response to the coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) outbreak [2020]

• Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
  • COVID-19 and the production of knowledge regarding recommendations during pregnancy: a scoping review [2020]

• Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
  • COVID-19 and newborn health: systematic review [2020]

• Scientific Reports
  • Maternal outcomes and risk factors for COVID-19 severity among pregnant women [2021]

• Seminars in Perinatology
  • A review of newborn outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

• United Nations Population Fund
  • How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect births? [2021]
  • UNFPA statement on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pregnancy [2020]
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Maternal and Newborn Health & COVID-19 [2020]
  • COVID-19 Technical Brief for Maternity Services [2020]

• Vaccine
  • Safety of components and platforms of COVID-19 vaccines considered for use in pregnancy: A rapid review [2021]

• Viruses
  • SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: A Systematic Review of Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes [2022]

• World Association of Perinatal Medicine
  • Maternal and perinatal outcomes in high compared to low risk pregnancies complicated by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection (phase 2): the World Association of Perinatal Medicine working group on coronavirus disease 2019 [2021]
  • Clinical management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pregnancy: recommendations of WAPM-World Association of Perinatal Medicine [2020]

Iran

• Italian Journal of Pediatrics
  • The incidence of congenital anomalies in newborns before and during the Covid-19 pandemic [2022]

Ireland

• Ireland's Health Services
  • COVID-19 Infection Guidance for Maternity Services [2021]

Israel

• Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Vaginal delivery in SARS-CoV-2-infected pregnant women in Israel: a multicenter prospective analysis [2020]

Italy

• Archives of Women's Mental Health
  • Previous psychopathology predicted severe COVID-19 concern, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms in pregnant women during “lockdown” in Italy [2020]

• Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Recommendations and management of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy [2020]
  • Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic: suggestions on behalf of Woman Study Group of AMD [2020]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Childbirth Care among SARS-CoV-2 Positive Women in Italy [2021]

• International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • COVID-19 Obstetrics Task Force, Lombardy, Italy: executive management summary and short report of outcome [2020]

• Italian Journal of Pediatrics
  • Breastfeeding and COVID-19 vaccination: position statement of the Italian scientific societies [2021]
  • Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in newborns and infants: what we know so far [2020]

• Maternal & Child Nutrition
  • Breastfeeding and Coronavirus Disease-2019. Ad interim indications of the Italian Society of Neonatology endorsed by the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies [2020]

• Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Italian recommendations for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes during COVID-19 pandemic: Position statement AMD-SID, diabetes, and pregnancy study group [2020]

• Pediatric Research
  • Italian neonatologists and SARS-CoV-2: lessons learned to face coming new waves [2021]

• Società Italiana di Neonatologia
  • Breastfeeding and coronavirus disease-2019: Ad interim indications of the Italian Society of Neonatology endorsed by the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies [2020]

Japan

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Clinical characteristics of pregnant women with COVID-19 in Japan: a nationwide questionnaire survey [2021]

• Journal of Epidemiology
  • The Prevalence of COVID-19 Vaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy in Pregnant Women: An Internet-based Cross-sectional Study in Japan [2022]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
  • Anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination strategy for pregnant women in Japan [2021]
  • Survey on the use of personal protective equipment and COVID-19 testing of pregnant women in Japan [2020]

• Pediatrics International
  • Management of infants born to mothers with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the delivery room: A tentative proposal 2020 [2021]

• Scientific Reports
  • Amelioration of prevalence of threatened preterm labor during the COVID-19 pandemic: nationwide database analysis in Japan [2022]

Kenya

• Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Pregnant and Postpartum Women, Kenya, 2020–2021 [2021]

• Human Resources for Health
  • Maternal and newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: re-contextualising the community midwifery model [2020]

• Ministry of Health Kenya
  • A Kenya Practical Guide for Continuity of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Family Planning Care and Services in the Background of COVID19 Pandemic [2020]

Kuwait

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Maternal and perinatal characteristics and outcomes of pregnancies complicated with COVID-19 in Kuwait [2020]

Latin America

• JBRA Assisted Reproduction
  • Statement - COVID-19 Vaccination - Male and Female fertility, treatments to get pregnant, pregnancy [2022]

Low and middle income countries

• Journal of Perinatology
  • COVID-19 preparedness—a survey among neonatal care providers in low- and middle-income countries [2021]

• Maternal and Child Health Journal
  • The Changing Aspects of Motherhood in Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [2020]

Mexico

• BMC Public Health
  • Maternal mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico: a preliminary analysis during the first year [2021]

Nepal

• Lancet Global Health
  • Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic response on intrapartum care, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality outcomes in Nepal: a prospective observational study [2020]

Netherlands

• BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • COVID-19 Resource Centre [2020]

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Association between COVID-19 lockdown measures and the incidence of iatrogenic versus spontaneous very preterm births in the Netherlands: a retrospective study [2021]

New Zealand

• Ministry of Health New Zealand
  • COVID-19: Maternity

• New Zealand College of Midwives
  • COVID-19

• Starship
  • Neonatal recommendations for COVID-19 [2022]
  • COVID-19 Delivery Attendance by NICU team [2022]
  • COVID-19 Admission to NICU [2022]
  • COVID-19 - NICU Surgical Cases [2021]
  • COVID-19 - Expressed Breast Milk (EBM) [2021]

• Women and Birth
  • New Zealand maternity and midwifery services and the COVID-19 response: A systematic scoping review [2021]

Nigeria

• World Health Organization
  • Maintaining the provision and use of services for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and older people during the COVID-19 pandemic: Nigeria: reducing the indirect causes of maternal morbidity and mortality: the RICOM3 Project [2022]

Norway

• JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Association of COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy With Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Infants [2022]

PAHO

• Pan American Health Organization
  • Learning Modules. COVID-19 Vaccines in Pregnancy and Safe Breastfeeding [2022]

Poland

• Ginekologia Polska
  • Management of birth, postpartum care and breastfeeding — Polish recommendations and guidelines during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic [2021]
  • COVID-19 impact on perinatal care: risk factors, clinical manifestation and prophylaxis. Polish experts’ opinion for December 2020 [2021]
  • Polish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics statement on safety measures and performance of ultrasound examinations in obstetrics and gynecology during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic [2020]

Republic of Korea

• Journal of Infection and Public Health
  • Impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women in South Korea: Focusing on prevalence, severity, and clinical outcomes [2022]

Russia

• Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
  • Clinical course of novel COVID-19 infection in pregnant women [2020]

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Considerations and Recommendations for Obstetric Anesthesia Care During COVID-19 Pandemic - Saudi Anesthesia Society Guidelines [2020]

• Saudi Medical Journal
  • Saudi Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine guidance on pregnancy and coronavirus disease 2019 [2020]

Singapore

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Care of the Pregnant Woman with COVID-19 in Labor and Delivery: Anesthesia, Emergency cesarean delivery, Differential diagnosis in the acutely ill parturient, Care of the newborn, and Protection of the healthcare personnel [2020]

• Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
  • Newborn Resuscitation in COVID-19 [2020]

• BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • From the frontline of COVID-19 – how prepared are we as obstetricians? A commentary [2020]

• Singapore Medical Journal
  • Guidance for the clinical management of infants born to mothers with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 in Singapore [2021]

South-East Asia

• WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
  • Continuing essential sexual reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health services during COVID-19 pandemic: practical considerations [2020]

Southern Africa

• Vaccines
  • Policy and Guideline Review of Vaccine Safety for COVID-19 in Pregnant Women in Southern Africa, with a Particular Focus on South Africa [2022]

Spain

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • The association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and preterm delivery: a prospective study with a multivariable analysis [2021]

• Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Pregnancy: A Clinical Management Protocol and Considerations for Practice [2020]

• Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • Neonatal Infection Due to SARS-CoV-2: An Epidemiological Study in Spain [2020]

• International Breastfeeding Journal
  • Good practices in perinatal care and breastfeeding protection during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a national situation analysis among BFHI maternity hospitals in Spain [2021]

• Viruses
  • Pregnancy Outcomes and SARS-CoV-2 Infection: The Spanish Obstetric Emergency Group Study [2021]
  • Obstetric Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Asymptomatic Pregnant Women [2021]

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
  • SLCOG Guideline on Management of Covid-19 in Pregnancy [2021]
  • Antenatal Care in the Ward for COVID 19 confirmed cases or COVID 19 suspected patients [2021]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Women and Birth
  • Postnatal care services availability and utilization during the COVID-19 era in sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid review [2022]

Sweden

• Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Preterm Birth and Stillbirth During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden: A Nationwide Cohort Study [2021]

• Public Health Agency of Sweden
  • Public Health Agency of Sweden's Brief Report: Pregnant and postpartum women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in intensive care in Sweden [2020]

Switzerland

• Swiss Medical Weekly
  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Swiss pregnant and breastfeeding women – a cross-sectional study covering the first pandemic wave [2021]

• Viruses
  • SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Willingness among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women during the First Pandemic Wave: A Cross-Sectional Study in Switzerland [2021]

Tajikistan

• WHO Regional Office for Europe
  • Data availability for assessing disruption of essential services for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health during COVID-19: lessons learned from Tajikistan [2022]

Turkey

• European Journal of Pediatrics
  • Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of neonates with late-onset COVID-19: 1-year data of Turkish Neonatal Society [2022]

• Turkish Archives of Pediatrics
  • The Turkish Neonatal Society proposal for the management of COVID-19 in the neonatal intensive care unit [2020]

United Kingdom

• Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • Management and implications of severe COVID-19 in pregnancy in the UK: data from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System national cohort [2022]

• Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Effects of the COVID pandemic on pregnancy outcomes [2021]

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Induction of labour during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey of impact on practice in the UK [2021]

• BMJ
  • Characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women admitted to hospital with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK: national population based cohort study [2020]

• BMJ Open
  • Which ethical values underpin England’s National Health Service reset of paediatric and maternity services following COVID-19: a rapid review [2021]
  • Changes in neonatal admissions, care processes and outcomes in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: a whole population cohort study [2021]

• Department of Health and Social Care
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for pregnant employees

• Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
  • Managing Diabetes in Pregnancy before, during and after COVID-19 [2020]

• JAMA
  • Stillbirths During the COVID-19 Pandemic in England, April-June 2020 [2021]

• Obstetric Anaesthetists Association
  • Management of pregnant women with known or suspected COVID-19 [2020]
  • OAA Covid-19 Resources

• PLoS ONE
  • The incidence, characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women hospitalized with symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK from March to September 2020: A national cohort study using the UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) [2021]

• Pregnancy Hypertension
  • Changes to management of hypertension in pregnancy, and attitudes to self-management: An online survey of obstetricians, before and following the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic [2021]

• Public Health
  • National population prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in Scotland during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic [2021]
  • National population prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among pregnant women in Scotland during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective national serosurvey [2021]

• Public Health Scotland
  • COVID-19 Wider Impacts – Method of Delivery
  • COVID-19 Wider Impacts – Induction of Labour
  • COVID-19 Wider Impacts – Gestation at delivery
  • COVID-19 Wider Impacts – Antenatal Bookings

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19), pregnancy and women’s health

• Scottish Government
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infant Feeding Service: guidance [2021]
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for Infant Feeding Service [2020]

• UK Health Security Agency
  • Safety of COVID-19 vaccines when given in pregnancy
  • COVID-19: paediatric surveillance
  • COVID-19 vaccination: women who are pregnant or breastfeeding

United States

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
  • ABM Statement: Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccination in Lactation [2020]
  • ABM Statement on Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) [2020]

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Critical Updates on COVID-19

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Considerations for Obstetric–Gynecologic Care [2021]
  • Outpatient Assessment and Management for Pregnant Women With Suspected or Confirmed Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) [2020]
  • Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) [2020]
  • COVID-19 FAQs for Obstetrician-Gynecologists, Obstetrics [2020]

• American Heart Association
  • Guidance for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Children With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 [2022]
  • 2022 Interim Guidance to Health Care Providers for Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19: From the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee and Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Adult and Pediatric Task Forces of the American Heart Association in Collaboration With the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for Respiratory Care, the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists, and American Society of Anesthesiologists [2022]
  • Interim Guidance for Basic and Advanced Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19: From the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee and Get With the Guidelines®-Resuscitation Adult and Pediatric Task Forces of the American Heart Association in Collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for Respiratory Care, American College of Emergency Physicians, The Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists, and American Society of Anesthesiologists: Supporting Organizations: American Association of Critical Care Nurses and National EMS Physicians [2020]

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • COVID-19 vaccination among pregnant people in the United States: a systematic review [2022]
  • The coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine in pregnancy: risks, benefits, and recommendations [2021]
  • The COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy: risks benefits and recommendations [2021]

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
  • Changes and geographic variation in rates of preterm birth and stillbirth during the prepandemic period and COVID-19 pandemic, according to health insurance claims in the United States, April–June 2019 and April–June 2020 [2022]
  • From the trenches: inpatient management of coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnancy [2020]
  • Forecasting the Impact of Coronavirus Disease During Delivery Hospitalization: An Aid for Resources Utilization [2020]
  • Clinical course of severe and critical COVID-19 in hospitalized pregnancies: a US cohort study [2020]

• American Journal of Perinatology
  • Longitudinal Survey of COVID-19 Burden and Related Policies in U.S. Neonatal Intensive Care Units [2021]
  • Protecting Labor and Delivery Personnel from COVID-19 during the Second Stage of Labor [2020]
  • General Guidelines in the Management of an Obstetrical Patient on the Labor and Delivery Unit during the COVID-19 Pandemic [2020]
  • Corticosteroid Guidance for Pregnancy during COVID-19 Pandemic [2020]
  • COVID-19 in Newborns and Infants—Low Risk of Severe Disease: Silver Lining or Dark Cloud? [2020]
  • A Proposed Plan for Prenatal Care to Minimize Risks of COVID-19 to Patients and Providers: Focus on Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy [2020]

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine
  • Patient Management and Clinical Recommendations During The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic [2021]

• American Society of Echocardiography
  • ASE Statement on Adapting Pediatric, Fetal, and Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiographic Services to the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic [2021]
  • Specific Considerations for Pediatric, Fetal, and Congenital Heart Disease Patients and Echocardiography Service Providers during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: Council on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Supplement to the Statement of the American Society of Echocardiography [2020]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Receipt of COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy and Preterm or Small-for-Gestational-Age at Birth — Eight Integrated Health Care Organizations, United States, December 15, 2020–July 22, 2021 [2022]
  • Effectiveness of Maternal Vaccination with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy Against COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization in Infants Aged 6 Months — 17 States, July 2021–January 2022 [2022]
  • Risk for Stillbirth Among Women With and Without COVID-19 at Delivery Hospitalization — United States, March 2020–September 2021 [2021]
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women During Pregnancy — Eight Integrated Health Care Organizations, United States, December 14, 2020–May 8, 2021 [2021]
  • Update: Characteristics of Symptomatic Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 22–October 3, 2020 [2020]
  • SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Hospitalized Pregnant Women: Reasons for Admission and Pregnancy Characteristics — Eight U.S. Health Care Centers, March 1–May 30, 2020 [2020]
  • Implementation of Hospital Practices Supportive of Breastfeeding in the Context of COVID-19 — United States, July 15–August 20, 2020 [2020]
  • Considerations for Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings [2020]
  • Characteristics of Women of Reproductive Age with Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Pregnancy Status — United States, January 22–June 7, 2020 [2020]
  • Characteristics and Maternal and Birth Outcomes of Hospitalized Pregnant Women with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 13 States, March 1–August 22, 2020 [2020]
  • Caring for Newborns | COVID-19 [2020]
  • Birth and Infant Outcomes Following Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy — SET-NET, 16 Jurisdictions, March 29–October 14, 2020 [2020]
  • COVID-19 during Pregnancy

• Current Opinion in Pediatrics
  • Perinatal COVID-19: guideline development, implementation, and challenges [2021]
  • Management of neonates after postpartum discharge and all children in the ambulatory setting during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic [2020]

• Frontiers in Sociology
  • The Impacts of COVID-19 on US Maternity Care Practices: A Followup Study [2021]

• Health Services Research
  • Trends in postpartum mental health care before and during COVID-19 [2022]

• Infectious Disease Reports
  • COVID-19 Vaccine in Pregnant and Lactating Women: A Review of Existing Evidence and Practice Guidelines [2021]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Characteristics and Outcomes of Women With COVID-19 Giving Birth at US Academic Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic [2021]

• JCI
  • COVID-19 vaccine testing in pregnant females is necessary [2021]

• Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing
  • Promotion of Maternal–Infant Mental Health and Trauma-Informed Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic [2020]

• Journal of Perinatology
  • Management of newborns exposed to mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 [2020]
  • COVID-19: neonatal–perinatal perspectives [2020]

• National Institutes of Health
  • A standardized definition of placental infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a consensus statement from the National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD) SARS-CoV-2 placental infection workshop [2021]
  • Pregnancy | COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

• Nursing Clinics of North America
  • Considerations and Recommendations for Care of Black Pregnant Patients During COVID-19 [2022]

• Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic and Pregnancy Outcomes in a U.S. Population [2021]

• Pediatric Clinics of North America
  • Changes in Clinical Care of the Newborn During COVID-19 Pandemic [2021]

• Seminars in Perinatology
  • Care of the COVID-19 exposed complex newborn infant [2020]

• Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: COVID-19 research in pregnancy: progress and potential [2021]
  • Provider Considerations for Engaging in COVID-19 Vaccine Counseling With Pregnant and Lactating Patients [2021]
  • Pregnant people deserve the protection offered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccines [2021]
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Pregnancy: What Maternal-Fetal Medicine Subspecialists Need to Know [2020]
  • COVID-19

• Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
  • Considerations for Pediatric Heart Programs During COVID-19: Recommendations From the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society [2020]

United States, Canada

• North American Fetal Therapy Network
  • Fetal interventions in the setting of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: statement from the North American Fetal Therapy Network [2020]

United States, United Kingdom

• Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19: coreporting of common outcomes from PAN-COVID and AAP-SONPM registries [2021]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Clinical management of COVID-19: Living guideline, 13 January 2023 [2023]
  • WHO Global Clinical Platform: Pregnancy module - Statistical analysis plan [2022]
  • Questions and Answers: COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy [2022]
  • Generic protocol: a prospective cohort study investigating maternal, pregnancy and neonatal outcomes for women and neonates infected with SARS-CoV-2, 1 November 2022, version 3.1 [2022]
  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period [2022]
  • Frequently asked questions: COVID-19 vaccines and breastfeeding based on WHO interim recommendations, 12 August 2021 [2021]
  • Definition and categorization of the timing of mother-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 [2021]
  • COVID-19 clinical management: living guidance, 25 January 2021 [2021]
  • COVID-19 Vaccines: safety surveillance manual. Module on safety surveillance of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and breastfeeding women [2021]
  • Global COVID-19 clinical platform with pregnancy module – CRF-P [2020]
  • Generic protocol: a prospective cohort study investigating maternal, pregnancy and neonatal outcomes for women and neonates infected with SARS-CoV-2, 2 December 2020, version 2.6 [2020]
  • Frequently asked questions: breastfeeding and COVID-19: for health care workers, 12 May 2020 [2020]
  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Breastfeeding [2020]
  • Breastfeeding and COVID-19 [2020]
  • Coronavirus

Zimbabwe

• Pan African Medical Journal
  • Restoring and maintaining robust maternity services in the COVID-19 era: a public health dilemma in Zimbabwe [2020]

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