Delay in managing benign gynaecological conditions in women of reproductive age during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-and middle-income countries

• Nnabuike Chibuoke Ngene,
• Chioma Obiageli Onyia,
• Chibuike Ogwuegbu Chigbu,
• Lawrence Chauke

Affiliations

Nnabuike Chibuoke Ngene

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leratong Hospital, Krugersdorp, Gauteng Province, South Africa; Corresponding author at: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leratong Hospital, Krugersdorp, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Chioma Obiageli Onyia

Department of Psychiatry, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria, South Africa

Chibuike Ogwuegbu Chigbu

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

Lawrence Chauke

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa