Implementation of the multicountry WHO COVID-19 pregnancy cohort study: challenges and lessons learned during the pandemic
Study implementation during a pandemic in different countries and periods was challenging but is not only expected to provide important information on the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination on pregnancy, but also on conducting research during future outbreaks. More streamlined ethics reviews during pandemics, availability of generic protocols in advance, and sites in LMICs ready to activate in an outbreak, as opposed to triggering processes during a crisis, would be highly beneficial.
Authors
- Séni Kouanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2426-7669)
- Renato T. Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9075-9269)
- Marie Delnord (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3168-0219)
- Daniel Giordano
- Alejandro Orrico‐Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3780-3187)
- Anna Thorson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8703-6561)
- Edna Kara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0160-0131)
- José Guilherme Cecatti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1285-8445)
- Mariem Gdoura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2031-6534)
- Edgardo J. Abalos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6653-429X)
- Ingrid Gichere
- Kwasi Torpey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1628-2922)
- Nathalie Broutet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3665-4861)
- Ronaldo Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2852-2287)
- Maria Laura Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8280-3234)
- Ndema Habib (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4882-1687)
- Sami L. Gottlieb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-3441)
- Ibukun‐Oluwa Omolade Abejirinde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0139-0541)
- Sergio Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8383-6599)
- Henda Triki
- Emefa Modey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9116-462X)
- Saleem Jessani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3025-2025)
- Erlidia F. Llamas‐Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6296-8610)
- Marleen Temmerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9966-9000)
- Soe Soe Thwin
- Beth Maina
Institutions
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- Universidad de La Frontera (CL)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (ES)
- Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales (AR)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Aga Khan University Nairobi (KE)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset (ES)
- Institut Pasteur de Tunis (TN)
- Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp (BR)
- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (BF)
- University of the Philippines Manila (PH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Reproductive Health
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-025-02080-4
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00