Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on utilization of essential maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant challenge for countries to maintain the provision of essential maternity services. Many women could experience difficulties in accessing maternal healthcare due to transport problems, anxiety, and fear of infection. A reduction in the utilization of maternity services has been suggested as a possible cause of worsened maternal health outcomes. Thus, this study aimed to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia.

Methods

Searching of articles was conducted from PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google scholar. The quality of studies was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Inspection of the Funnel plot and Egger's test

SUBMITTER: Mekonnen BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9904479 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature