One year ago today, WHO published "Clinical Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) when COVID-19 Disease is Suspected" When it came to maternal-newborn care WHO was 100% right and so many mothers and infants were protected. Those involved should be congratulated.
Also 1 year today @DrNinaBerry and my @ConversationEDU article on Coronavirus with an infant was published. It has been read ≈400 000x. theconversation.com/coronavirus-wi… We also got it right. Just why so many health authorities did not is beyond me, it was clear from almost the very start
We had been in a global pandemic before where recommendations against breastfeeding resulted in vast numbers of infant deaths and even more serious illness, malnutrition and loss of human potential. And yet some still separated mothers and infants. …reastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
How could this happen, we had evidence accumulated over decades on how important maternal proximity and breastfeeding are to infants and mothers. We knew that depriving them of these results in increase infant morbidity, mortality and abuse and neglect. journals.sagepub.com/doi/metrics/10…
And yet country after country and health authority after health authority recommended separating mothers and infants if mothers had COVID-19. Bad policy from the US CDC was the most influential guidance worldwide and caused harm within and without the US. nutrition.bmj.com/content/3/2/339
We cannot let this happen again!
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