Skip to content
  • Home
  • World News
  • Business
  • Aviation
  • Military
  • Lifestyle
  • Real Estate
  • Auto
195 news

195News

All the news that's fit to print

  • Home
  • World News
  • Business
  • Aviation
  • Military
  • Lifestyle
  • Real Estate
  • Auto
  • Toggle search form
  • Adani Green Energy, Infosys, Chemcon – Latest Share Market News | Groww #Shorts 31.12.20 Energy
  • Iranian drone experts ‘on the ground’ in Crimea, says US – BBC News World News
  • Oregon Workers’ Comp Law Firm Shlesinger & deVilleneuve Expands to Portland, OR Business
  • CBS News’ Steve Chaggaris Discusses Backlash Against Trump World News
  • Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson Now Spending Bulk Of Time On Factory Floor Aviation
  • Optimus Launches Treasury Management Solutions Real Estate
  • SynQor® Releases a Military Grade Non-Isolated 3-Phase Power Factor Correction Module (MPFC-440-3PH-400-LE) Business
  • Denzel Washington Income, Cars, Houses, Lifestyle, Net Worth and Biography – 2020 | Levevis Lifestyle

Six-Country African Study Shows COVID-19 Can Be Dangerous in Pregnancy

Posted on August 9, 2022 By NewsEditor
Six-Country African Study Shows COVID-19 Can Be Dangerous in Pregnancy

Nadia Sam-Agudu, MD

A new study of hospitalized women in Africa showed that pregnant women with COVID-19 had 4X the risk of dying than pregnant women without COVID-19.

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES, July 18, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — A new study involving hospitalized women in six African countries from the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute of Human Virology (IHV) showed that pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had double the risk of being admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and four-times the risk of dying in-hospital than pregnant women who did not have COVID-19.

The researchers stated that their findings suggest that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should avoid getting COVID-19 and protect themselves as best as they can with available vaccines.

The findings were published on June 8, 2022, in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal, along with an accompanying viewpoint.

“If the mother does not do well, then the baby does not do well either. As we do not yet have vaccines for babies less than six months old, pregnant women should get the vaccine to protect their unborn children and newborns,” said Nadia Sam-Agudu, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UMSOM, Senior Technical Advisor for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV at the UMSOM’s Institute of Human Virology, and International Senior Technical Advisor of Pediatric and Adolescent HIV at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria.

Dr. Sam-Agudu added that currently available evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines indicated for use in pregnancy are safe, and emerging data show that they provide protection for newborns as well as mothers.

The new study was conducted by the African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth) Research Collaboration on COVID-19 and Pregnancy. The study examined data on 1,315 women hospitalized in Ghana, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa, including 510 pregnant women with COVID-19, 403 non-pregnant women with COVID-19, and 402 pregnant women without COVID-19.

Women with other risk factors such as diabetes, HIV, history of tuberculosis, or sickle cell disease were at greater risk for severe COVID-19. About 32% of pregnant women with COVID-19 needed in-hospital oxygen therapy compared to 16% of pregnant women without COVID-19. Some 19% of pregnant women with COVID-19 were admitted to the ICU, compared to 6% of pregnant women who did not have COVID-19. Among the women hospitalized with COVID-19, 10% of those who were pregnant died compared to the 5% that were not pregnant.

“I would like to appeal to healthcare providers to consider the data with respect to vaccine safety for pregnant women, and to counsel women to help them consider the vaccine in light of the consequences of COVID-19,” said Dr. Sam-Agudu. “Knowing that we have tools to prevent this disease from progressing, we should be more intentional, educational, and supportive about vaccination in pregnancy, so that pregnant women or women who plan to become pregnant can access and receive vaccines.”

Overall, COVID-19 vaccination rates remain much lower in Africa compared to much of the rest of the world. As of today, with the exception of a few, full vaccination rates in African countries do not top 40%. According to the researchers, COVID-19 vaccination rates are likely to be much lower among pregnant women in these settings.

African countries still contend with low and inconsistent COVID-19 vaccine supplies, largely due to persistent inequity in access to global vaccine supply and manufacturing. Experts remain concerned that vaccine demand and acceptance may wane, and vaccine apathy may set in, as inconsistent access and supply persist.

“This study furthers confirms that pregnant women face special risks and potential complications from COVID-19,” said Man Charurat, PhD, MHS, Professor of Medicine at UMSOM and the Division Director of Epidemiology & Prevention at UMSOM’s Institute of Human Virology. “Public health experts and physicians need to make more effort to solve the problem of vaccine inequity in Africa.”

E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland Baltimore, and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and Dean, UMSOM, said, “We need to make every effort to ensure that all countries or regions have available access to resources such as COVID-19 vaccines to prevent any unnecessary suffering. It is imperative that we encourage pregnant women to use the tools we now have developed to prevent their own disability and promote healthy births.”

This work was supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center (1R25TW011217-01) to AFREhealth.

Study author John Mellors, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh receives funding from Gilead Sciences, Inc; and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and consults for Gilead Sciences, Inc (Scientific Advisory Board), Accelevir Diagnostics, Merck, and Xi’an Yufan Biotechnologies. He owns shares from Abound Bio, Inc, Co-Crystal Pharma, Inc, and Infectious Diseases Connect.

About the Institute of Human Virology

Formed in 1996 as a partnership between the State of Maryland, the City of Baltimore, the University System of Maryland, and the University of Maryland Medical System, the IHV is an institute of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and is home to some of the most globally-recognized and world-renowned experts in all of virology. The IHV combines the disciplines of basic research, epidemiology, and clinical research in a concerted effort to speed the discovery of diagnostics and therapeutics for a wide variety of chronic and deadly viral and immune disorders, most notably HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. For more information, visit ihv.org and follow us on Twitter @IHVmaryland.

About the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Now in its third century, the University of Maryland School of Medicine was chartered in 1807 as the first public medical school in the United States. It continues today as one of the fastest growing, top-tier biomedical research enterprises in the world — with 46 academic departments, centers, institutes, and programs, and a faculty of more than 3,000 physicians, scientists, and allied health professionals, including members of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and a distinguished two-time winner of the Albert E. Lasker Award in Medical Research.

Vanessa McMains
Institute of Human Virology
+ +1 443-875-6099
[email protected]umaryland.edu
Visit us on social media:
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Other

You just read:

News Provided By

July 18, 2022, 21:00 GMT


EIN Presswire’s priority is source transparency. We do not allow opaque clients, and our editors try to be careful about weeding out false and misleading content.
As a user, if you see something we have missed, please do bring it to our attention. Your help is welcome. EIN Presswire, Everyone’s Internet News Presswire™,
tries to define some of the boundaries that are reasonable in today’s world. Please see our
Editorial Guidelines
for more information.



Article originally published on www.einpresswire.com as Six-Country African Study Shows COVID-19 Can Be Dangerous in Pregnancy

World News

Post navigation

Previous Post: U.S. is sending an additional $400 million in military aid to Ukraine
Next Post: Desi Sports Car of India : Engineering students develops a Sports car from scrap materials

Related Posts

  • Scores killed in Indonesia football stadium crush – BBC News World News
  • Empowering Projects and Teams, PPM Express Now Integrates Monday.com World News
  • World Heritage Cultural Center Holds World of Colors Concert World News
  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Mary Ann Ahern of NBC Chicago WMAQ-TV World News
  • Pakistan floods: more than 1300 dead and 33 million affected – BBC News World News
  • Canadian police hunt suspects after 10 dead in rampage – BBC News World News
January 2023
MTWTFSS
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031 
« Dec    
last celebrity gossip
Gossip Stone - celebrity life and gossip

Recent Posts

  • Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf On the Secretary’s Upcoming Travel to Egypt, Israel, and the West BankJanuary 28, 2023
  • Sanctioning Senior Paraguayan Officials for CorruptionJanuary 28, 2023
  • War Day 337: war diaries w/Former Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #FeyginJanuary 28, 2023
  • James bond says goodbye to the cast(lifestories.goalcast)January 28, 2023
  • Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Egypt, Israel, and the West BankJanuary 28, 2023
how to promote press release
VUGA Enterprises - media group PR & Marketing
  • Mark Russo, Founder of Treasure Investments Corporation to Produce the Most Valuable Art Piece in Human History Military
  • Repair360 Enhances Support for Independent and BHPH Dealerships With Auto Master Systems Integration Auto
  • Market Coverage: Friday December 31 Yahoo Finance Real Estate
  • Urvashi Rautela Spotted At Airport | Entertainment News | Bollywood News | Gossip Tales Lifestyle
  • EcoCart Raises $14.5M Series A to Make Sustainable Ecommerce More Accessible and Transparent Business
  • TWG Cars Opens New Used Car Destination in Geebung Auto
  • Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Egypt, Israel, and the West Bank World News
  • SIONYX Launches OPSIN DNVM1 Military
aerospace company
stem cell clinic in kiev
medical spa in miami
Fashion TV free

Copyright © 2023 195News.

| Part of VUGA Media Group | Fair Use | Terms of Use | Get Published