Table 1.
Background demographics of hospital and neonatal unit, and perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
| South-East Asia n = 23 |
Europe and Central Asia n = 25 |
Middle East and North Africa n = 23 |
Latin America and Caribbean n = 39 |
Sub-Saharan Africa n = 35 |
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| Public hospitala | 16 (70%) | 19 (76%) | 18 (78%) | 23 (59%) | 28 (80%) |
| Neonatal unit category | |||||
| Regional referral center | 16 (70%) | 12 (48%) | 17 (74%) | 31 (79%) | 28 (80%) |
| Other | 7 (30%) | 13 (52%) | 8 (26%) | 8 (21%) | 7 (20%) |
| >3000 annual deliveries in hospital | 11 (48%) | 19 (76%) | 10 (43%) | 21 (54%) | 20 (57%) |
| >500 annual admission to neonatal unit | 17 (74%) | 19 (76%) | 14 (61%) | 22 (56%) | 23 (66%) |
| Respiratory care available | |||||
| Mechanical ventilation | 21 (91%) | 25 (100%) | 21 (91%) | 38 (97%) | 13 (37%) |
| Noninvasive support | 1 (4.5%) | 0 | 1 (4.5%) | 1 (3%) | 17 (49%) |
| Only oxygen | 1 (4.5%) | 0 | 1 (4.5%) | 0 | 5 (14%) |
| Isolation possibilities | |||||
| No single rooms | 9 (39%) | 5 (20%) | 7 (30%) | 14 (36%) | 23 (66%) |
| Insufficient single rooms | 8 (35%) | 7 (28%) | 9 (39%) | 18 (46%) | 7 (20%) |
| Sufficient single rooms | 5 (22%) | 10 (40%) | 4 (17%) | 7 (18%) | 4 (11%) |
| Do not know | 1 (4%) | 3 (12%) | 3 (13%) | 0 | 1 (3%) |
| Shortage of neonatal staffb | 7 (30%) | 13 (52%) | 14 (61%) | 28 (72%) | 19 (54%) |
| Admission ratesb | |||||
| Increased | 3 (13%) | 4 (16%) | 2 (9%) | 5 (13%) | 4 (11%) |
| Decreased | 5 (22%) | 9 (36%) | 7 (39%) | 15 (38%) | 13 (37%) |
| No change/do not know | 15 (65%) | 12 (48%) | 14 (61%) | 19 (49%) | 18 (52%) |
| Increased mortality for non-COVID-19-infected infantsb | |||||
| Yes | 4 (17%) | 2 (8%) | 1 (4%) | 2 (5%) | 9 (26%) |
| No | 18 (79%) | 22 (88%) | 13 (57%) | 34 (87%) | 22 (63%) |
| Do not know | 1 (4%) | 1 (4%) | 9 (39%) | 3 (8%) | 4 (11%) |
aNonpublic hospitals included private hospital for profit and not for profit and other.
bPerceived impact during the pandemic. Staff included nurses and/or doctors.