Impact of Covid-19 on Maternal Health Seeking in Ghana

Patrick Opoku Asuming; Deborah Aba Gaisie; Caesar Agula; Ayaga Agula Bawah

doi:10.1002/jid.3627

Impact of Covid-19 on Maternal Health Seeking in Ghana

Patrick Opoku Asuming, Deborah Aba Gaisie, Caesar Agula, Ayaga Agula Bawah

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Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic is widely speculated to have disrupted the delivery of primary health care in low-income countries. Yet, there is little rigorous empirical research identifying this effect. This paper estimates the impact of Covid-19 on facility and skilled delivery and utilisation of antenatal care (ANC) services by comparing these outcomes for women who were pregnant/delivered before and during the Covid-19 period. The results show that Covid-19 led to 23% and 25% reductions, respectively, in the likelihood of facility delivery and four or more ANC visits during pregnancy. These findings highlight the need to build more resilient health systems in low-income settings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	919-930
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of International Development
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3627
Publication status	Published - May 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Covid-19
Ghana
antenatal care
facility delivery
skilled delivery

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