Infection is one of the leading causes of death and complications in newborns. In Ghana, the top three causes of death in newborns are birth asphyxia, prematurity and infections.
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This is unlike other infectious diseases like influenza, which can cause severe illness in pregnant women because of changes in the immune system during pregnancy.
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•More than 3.5 million cases of COVID-19 and almost 250,000 deaths have now been reported to WHO.
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Clean water is a key to consider when preventing the transmission of a range of bacterial, viral and parasitic infections that have particularly negative effects on pregnant women and their unborn babies.