Pregnant women's knowledge and practice of preventive measures against COVID-19 in a low-resource African setting

Johnbosco I Nwafor; Joseph K Aniukwu; Bonaventure O Anozie; Arinze C Ikeotuonye; Ijeoma N Okedo-Alex

doi:10.1002/ijgo.13186

Pregnant women's knowledge and practice of preventive measures against COVID-19 in a low-resource African setting

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Jul;150(1):121-123. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13186. Epub 2020 May 19.

Authors

Johnbosco I Nwafor¹, Joseph K Aniukwu², Bonaventure O Anozie¹, Arinze C Ikeotuonye¹, Ijeoma N Okedo-Alex³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
² Emergency Department, Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.

Abstract

Pregnant women had adequate knowledge of preventive measures to protect against the virus causing COVID‐19, but the practice of these measures was poor.

Keywords: COVID-19; Knowledge; Nigeria; Practice; Pregnancy; Preventive measures.