Racial and ethnic disparities in severity of COVID-19 disease in pregnancy in the United States

Chiamaka Onwuzurike; Khady Diouf; Audra R Meadows; Nawal M Nour

doi:10.1002/ijgo.13333

Racial and ethnic disparities in severity of COVID-19 disease in pregnancy in the United States

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Nov;151(2):293-295. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13333. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

Authors

Chiamaka Onwuzurike^{1

2}, Khady Diouf^{1

2}, Audra R Meadows^{1

2}, Nawal M Nour^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

Racial and ethnic disparities in the severity of COVID‐19 in pregnant women in the United States reflect the health consequences of the structural effects of racism.

Keywords: COVID-19; Disparities; Pregnancy.