Indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic at two tertiary neonatal units in Zimbabwe and Malawi: an interrupted time series analysis

• Michelle Heys,
• Caroline Crehan,
• Emma Wilson,
• Felicity Fitzgerald,
• Mario Cortina Borja,
• Msandeni Chiume,
• Samuel R Neal,
• Hannah Gannon,
• Gwen Chimhini,
• Simbarashe Chimhuya,
• Tim Hull-Bailey,
• Tarisai Chiyaka,
• Deliwe Nkhoma

Affiliations

Michelle Heys

1 Population, Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Caroline Crehan

Department of Population, Policy & Practice, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Emma Wilson

Population, Policy & Practice Department, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London GOS Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Felicity Fitzgerald

Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK

Mario Cortina Borja

Department of Population, Policy & Practice, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Msandeni Chiume

17 Department of Pediatrics, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi

Samuel R Neal

Department of Population, Policy & Practice, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Hannah Gannon

Department of Population, Policy & Practice, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Gwen Chimhini

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Simbarashe Chimhuya

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Tim Hull-Bailey

Department of Population, Policy & Practice, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Tarisai Chiyaka

Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research (CeSHHAR) Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Deliwe Nkhoma

Parent and Child Health Initiative, Lilongwe, Malawi