Zero Mothers Die COVID-19
​& Maternal Health Portal

Key News on COVID-19 Implications for Maternal Health

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COVID-19: Information on Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Key topics:
  • Reduce your risk of getting COVID-19
  • Actions to take if you are pregnant
  • Vaccines during pregnancy
  • Prenatal and postpartum care
  • Newborns born to mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
  • COVID-19 and breastfeeding
  • COVID-19 and children
  • Cloth face coverings for children, parents, and other caregivers
  • Routine visits for children during COVID-19 pandemic

WHO Q&A on COVID-19, pregnancy and childbirth
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Key topics:
  • Risk assessment
  • Protecting yourself against COVID-19
  • Testing
  • Mother-to-child transmission of COVID-19
  • Childbirth implications
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WHO Q&A on breastfeeding and COVID-19

​World Health Organization (WHO)
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COVID-19: Looking after your mental health during pregnancy and after birth

​​Maternal Mental Health Alliance

Key topics:
  • Mental health and well-being tips for women who are pregnant or have recently given birth during the pandemic
  • Guidance if you are concerned that you or a loved one are unwell with a maternal mental health problem during the pandemic
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COVID-19 & Maternal Health: Resource Hub

Every Mother Counts

Resources from:
  • CDC
  • WHO
  • Harvard Health
  • Kaiser Family Foundation
  • ​ACOG
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Society for Maternal and Fetal Medicine

WHO Guidelines on Pregnancy, Childbirth, Breastfeeding & COVID-19

Key Situation Analysis Articles

COVID-19 has “devastating” effect on women and girls

The Lancet


​Published 01 August 2020

International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Resources

International Confederation of Midwives COVID-19 Resources

International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)

Featuring official resources from:
  • AlloDocteurs.Africa (Français)
  • CDC
  • Cochrane UK
  • The Royal College of Midwives (RCM)
  • UNFPA
  • WHO
  • PAHO

Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, Infant Care Guidelines & Protocols

Clinical management of COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO)

Key topics:
  • Caring for women with COVID-19 during and after pregnancy​
  • Feeding and caring for infants and young children of mothers with COVID-19
  • Summary of recommendations when mother with COVID-19 is caring for infant

COVID-19 Technical Brief for Maternity Services

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Key topics:
  • ​Delivery of Facility Based Maternity Services
  • Triage and risk screening
  • Antenatal care
  • Intrapartum care
  • Postnatal care
  • Personal Health and Safety

WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience

World Health Organization (WHO)

Key topics:
  • Nutritional interventions​
  • Maternal and fetal assessment
  • Preventive measures
  • Interventions for commons physiological symptoms
  • Health systems interventions to improve the utilization and quality of ANC

WHO Guidelines on Antenatal Care

​Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

COVID-19

Every Woman Every Child

Key topics:
  • Situation Dashboards
  • ​Child Health
  • Maternal Health
  • Pregnant, Breastfeeding women
  • Adolescents
  • Education
  • Vaccines
  • Mental Health