Protecting hard-won gains for mothers and newborns in low-income and middle-income countries in the face of COVID-19: call for a service safety net

• Lenka Benova,
• Peter Waiswa,
• Loveday Penn-Kekana,
• Oona Maeve Renee Campbell,
• Veronique Filippi,
• Carine Ronsmans,
• Wendy Jane Graham,
• Bosede Afolabi,
• Annettee Nakimuli,
• Gaurav Sharma,
• Uduak Okomo,
• Sandra Valongueiro

Affiliations

Lenka Benova

Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium

Peter Waiswa

6 Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Loveday Penn-Kekana

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Oona Maeve Renee Campbell

Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Veronique Filippi

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, UK

Carine Ronsmans

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Wendy Jane Graham

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Bosede Afolabi

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Annettee Nakimuli

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Gaurav Sharma

Jhpiego, the Johns Hopkins University affiliate, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Uduak Okomo

Vaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, Gambia

Sandra Valongueiro

Postgraduate Programme in Public Health, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, Recife, Brazil