Summary
COVID-19 has affected the ability of health workers to maintain quality maternal, newborn and child health services. This webinar looks into how COVID-19 has affected health workers' ability to deliver care, how they have adapted, and how they are coping to deliver essential, quality MNCH services during the pandemic.
The speakers shared findings from the recent ‘Voices from the frontline’ survey[1] documenting experiences of frontline maternal and newborn healthcare providers during COVID-19.
A representative from the Malawi Ministry of Health shared the challenges that midwives are facing and the solutions they have come up with to provide quality care during COVID-19. An expert from Nepal will presented the experience of health workers delivering obstetric care in a hospital in Kathmandu with a dedicated COVID-19 wing.
The presentations were followed by an ‘Ask the experts’ session. To see the questions and answers, and ask further questions on the this topic, join the community of practice here. The thread on 'Delivering quality essential MNCH services during COVID19: Health workers' perspectives' will be open until 10 September.
This session was facilitated by Dr. Tedbabe Degefie Hailegebriel, Senior Adviser for Maternal and Newborn Health, UNICEF, and Dr. Blerta Maliqi, Technical Officer, Department for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization.
This is the fifth webinar in a series on ‘Delivering quality essential maternal, newborn and child health services during COVID-19’. Quality of care experts will share global guidance and country experiences around quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health in the context of COVID-19.
The series is co-hosted by the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and the QoC subgroup of the Child Health Task Force, with the support of UNICEF and the World Health Organization.
[1] 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. https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/6/e002967.info
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