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Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Dear John,
An ahead-of-print article published today is focused on spillover effects from the pandemic on child deaths in Nigeria.
COVID-19 Increased Stillbirths And Newborn Deaths In Nigeria
Nigeria is a leading contributor to global child deaths, accounting for about 10 percent and 12 percent, respectively, of all neonatal deaths and stillbirths.
Edward Okeke and coauthors present evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic worsened birth outcomes in Nigeria. Studying women who gave birth between August 2019 and November 2020, they find that the pandemic was associated with a 22 percent relative increase in stillbirths and a 23 percent relative increase in newborn deaths.
Child mortality was essentially flat in the months leading up to the pandemic, but started to increase by May
2020.
"Commentators have noted that low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria have experienced a relatively low number of COVID-19 deaths, but our findings indicate that there are many more deaths attributable to the pandemic that are not being counted," they write.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Robert Rudin and coauthors discuss their new approach to promoting the use of COVID-19 symptom screenersfor at-risk populations.
Yoni Goldwasser and coauthors describe the lessons that the digitization of the US health care system offers for Germany and other countries working to modernize and digitize their systems.
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You are invited to join us tomorrow, Thursday, October 21,for the next meeting of theHealth Affairs Journal Club. Organized for researchers to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field and to promote evidence-based
practices, Journal Club features authors of an impactfulHealth Affairsstudy for an up-close look at research, methods, and findings.
The focus of the October meeting is "Medicaid Expansion Associated With Some Improvements In Perinatal Mental Health," a study based on survey data linking Medicaid expansion with positive mental health outcomes during pregnancy.
The session is intended to be highly interactive, and participants will interact directly with the lead author, Claire Margerison, an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Michigan State University.
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021 Time: 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. (EDT) Place: Online details will be shared upon
registration
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