EBCOG position statement on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant and breastfeeding women

Inês Martins; Frank Louwen; Diogo Ayres-de-Campos; Tahir Mahmood

doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.05.021

EBCOG position statement on COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant and breastfeeding women

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2021 Jul:262:256-258. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.05.021. Epub 2021 May 14.

Authors

Inês Martins¹, Frank Louwen², Diogo Ayres-de-Campos³, Tahir Mahmood⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
² Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal; Medical School, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
⁴ EBCOG Standards of Care and Position Statement Group, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom. Electronic address: tahir.mahmood@nhs.scot.

Abstract

Covid 19 pandemic has led to significant mortality and long term morbidity globally. Pregnant women are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID 19 infection. There is an urgent need for all health authorities and Governments to offer vaccination to all pregnant women especially those with high risk pregnancy.

Keywords: Breast feeding; Covid-19; EBCOG; Maternal mortality; Position statement; Pre-term labour; Pregnancy; Vaccination.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Breast Feeding
COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19*
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious*
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines