Table 1.

Top ten research priority questions on maternal health ranked by research priority score

Research priorities on maternal health	Research priority score
1. How can the access to postnatal including home-based health services affected by the pandemic be improved (eg, using telemedicine)?	0.90
2. In pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 disease, what are the risk (eg, co-morbidities, co-infection) and determinants (eg, malnutrition, body composition) of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes (eg, maternal morbidity, stillbirth, etc.)?	0.89
3. How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected health-seeking behavior for antenatal care, childbirth, or postnatal care (eg, frequency of visits, birth at health facilities, family planning advice, etc.)?	0.88
4. How can the access to maternal and perinatal health services affected by the pandemic be improved? (eg, skilled delivery, telemedicine, use of point of care ultrasound)	0.87
5. Is the safety and efficacy of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine different in pregnant women compared to non-pregnant women?	0.87
6. What are the effective drugs/procedures to manage women with COVID-19 disease in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimester of pregnancy?	0.87
7. How can the provision of essential maternal and perinatal health commodities affected by the pandemic be improved?	0.86
8. In postpartum women with COVID-19, what are the risk and determinants of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to the newborn by breastfeeding or breastmilk?	0.85
9. Are pregnant women with complications such as pregnancy-induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, malnutrition, anemia, HIV-1, and malaria at increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 disease compared to women with uncomplicated pregnancies?	0.85
10. What are the risk and determinants of severe disease or death in pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 disease (eg, sociodemographic, immunological/hormonal, microbiota, nutritional)?	0.85