A forecast of maternal deaths with and without vaccination of pregnant women against COVID-19 in Mexico

Mario I Lumbreras-Marquez; Kara G Fields; Melissa Campos-Zamora; Mario R Rodriguez-Bosch; Maria J Rodriguez-Sibaja; Diana Y Copado-Mendoza; Sandra Acevedo-Gallegos; Michaela K Farber

doi:10.1002/ijgo.13788

A forecast of maternal deaths with and without vaccination of pregnant women against COVID-19 in Mexico

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2021 Sep;154(3):566-567. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13788. Epub 2021 Jun 30.

Authors

Mario I Lumbreras-Marquez¹, Kara G Fields¹, Melissa Campos-Zamora², Mario R Rodriguez-Bosch³, Maria J Rodriguez-Sibaja⁴, Diana Y Copado-Mendoza⁴, Sandra Acevedo-Gallegos⁴, Michaela K Farber¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Postgraduate Medical Education, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Perinatology Institute, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁴ Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, National Perinatology Institute, Mexico City, Mexico.

Abstract

With 100% COVID‐19 vaccination among pregnant women during May and June of 2021, the overall predicted number of maternal deaths for 2021 in Mexico would significantly decrease.

Keywords: ARIMA; COVID-19; forecast; maternal mortality; pregnancy; vaccines.