Maintaining quality newborn care in Ghana amid the COVID-19 pandemic

A few cases have been reported in the newborn period all of which are associated with maternal history. [...]there is no evidence of intrauterine or transplacental transmission from infected pregnant women to their newborns [7]. In order to mitigate the negative effect of our inability to continue with routine review clinics during this difficult period, we shall explore the feasibility of home-based mobile-health and telemedicine technologies in addition to improved client education to ensure continuity of care for our vulnerable newborns. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. 1 Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana 2 Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana 3 Department of Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana 4 Department of Public Health, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana 5 Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Medical Faculty, Germany