Interventions to Prevent and Manage Infections in Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care interventions aimed at preventing and treating maternal infections during the gestational period are of paramount importance. Timely immunizations, screening strategies, and management of maternal infections reduce the risk of complications for the developing fetus and play a pivotal role in improving neonatal outcomes.

Summary

We aim to summarize evidence for a total of thirteen interventions, pertaining to the prevention and treatment of maternal infections during the antenatal period, from Every Newborn Series published in The Lancet 2014. We identified the most recent systematic reviews, extracted data from each review, and conducted a sub-group meta-analysis for low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) for outcomes relevant to neona

SUBMITTER: Yasin R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11875415 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature