COVID‐19 vaccination in pregnancy: Time to act, time to advocate.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Clarricoats, Grace; Ormandy, Judy; Henry, Claire; Meikle, Awhina; Filoche, Sara
- Source
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Dec2021, Vol. 61 Issue 6, pE30-E30. 1p.
- Subject
- *VACCINATION
*HEALTH services accessibility
*COVID-19 vaccines
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*HEALTH status indicators
*PATIENT safety
*PREGNANCY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0004-8666
The article informs that Aotearoa New Zealand – at our current COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, there is an urgent need to advocate for hapu Māmā (pregnant women). Topics include vaccine hesitancy in pregnancy, and concerningly that critically ill are pregnant and unvaccinated; and exacerbation of maternal and neonatal health inequities.