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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Women in Africa are less likely to die from Covid-19 than men, but more likely to succumb to maternal complications due to limited access to reproductive services since the pandemic started, the UN said Thursday citing reports.<\/p>\n

A study of 28 African countries including Guinea, Mauritius and Uganda showed that on average women accounted for a slightly smaller proportion of coronavirus infections and deaths compared to men.<\/p>\n

Overall around 41 percent of reported Covid-19 cases were women, although the figures ranged widely from 31 percent in Niger to more than 57 percent in South Africa.<\/p>\n

“In most countries, women are somewhat less likely to die from Covid-19 than men,” World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti told an online news conference.<\/p>\n

But the pandemic had exposed gaps in health services, with women suffering the brunt of disrupted access to care.<\/p>\n

“There was a rise in maternal deaths in 10 countries,” Moeti said, making reference to another study that collated data between February and July 2020.<\/p>\n

The highest jumps were recorded in the Comoros, Mali, Senegal and South Africa.<\/p>\n

Access to sexual and reproductive care was already poor on the continent before coronavirus hit.<\/p>\n

But access was made worse by restrictions to stem the spread of Covid-19, pushing more women to seek risky informal abortions, Moeti explained.<\/p>\n

Overstretched hospitals were often unable to see patients seeking non-coronavirus related services, she added.<\/p>\n

More data is still needed to determine the full extent of the effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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