biostudies-literatureNaqvi SEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNICHD NIH HHS1298-1307https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9111322biostudies-literatureUnknown129(8)<h4>Objective</h4>To assess, on a population basis, the medical care for pregnant women in specific geographic regions of six countries before and during the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in relationship to pregnancy outcomes.<h4>Design</h4>Prospective, population-based study.<h4>Setting</h4>Communities in Kenya, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, India and Guatemala.<h4>Population</h4>Pregnant women enrolled in the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health's Maternal and Newborn Health Registry.<h4>Methods</h4>Pregnancy/delivery care services and pregnancy outcomes in the pre-COVID-19 time-period (March 2019-February 2020) were compared with the COVID-19 time-period (March 2020-February 2021).<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>StillbBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecologyHealth care in pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic and pregnancy outcomes in six low- and-middle-income countries: Evidence from a prospective, observational registry of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health.PMC9111322UG1 HD078439Patel AKavi ALokangaka AThorsten VRChomba ESaleem SDas PTshefu ACarlo WANaqvi FHaque RYousuf SKrebs NFEsamai FKoso-Thomas MHibberd PLBauserman MBillah SMGarces ABose CLGoldenberg RLMcClure EMPetri WAPeres-da-Silva NFigueroa LMwenchanya MMazariegos MNolen TLiechty EADerman RJGoudar SSNaqvi SfalseHealth care in pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic and pregnancy outcomes in six low- and-middle-income countries: Evidence from a prospective, observational registry of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess, on a population basis, the medical care for pregnant women in specific geographic regions of six countries before and during the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in relationship to pregnancy outcomes.<h4>Design</h4>Prospective, population-based study.<h4>Setting</h4>Communities in Kenya, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, India and Guatemala.<h4>Population</h4>Pregnant women enrolled in the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health's Maternal and Newborn Health Registry.<h4>Methods</h4>Pregnancy/delivery care services and pregnancy outcomes in the pre-COVID-19 time-period (March 2019-February 2020) were compared with the COVID-19 time-period (March 2020-February 2021).<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Stillb2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Jul2025-04-04T20:35:40.268Z2025-04-04T20:35:40.268ZS-EPMC91113223537751410.1111/1471-0528.17175