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COVID-19 may have ushered in a remote work revolution in maternal and child health

An indigenous Mayan woman sits in a hammock as she carries her newborn baby at the rural hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute, where the hospital changed regular hospital beds to hammocks as part of the "Intercultural Action in Health" programme to integrate and respect the customs and practices of indigenous Mayan patients in Hecelchakan, Campeche, Mexico August 18, 2017. Picture taken August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia

An indigenous Mayan woman carries her newborn baby at the rural hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute in Campeche, Mexico August 18, 2017. Image: REUTERS

Shirley Sylvester
Senior Medical Director for Women's Health, Johnson & Johnson
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Nurses take care of newly born babies at Kisenyi health centre in Uganda's capital Kampala April 10, 2015. Kisenyi health center in Kampala, which delivers 600 babies a month, symbolizes the shift in Uganda which has seen the country invest more money in the healthcare system to make it accessible for the poorest, Save the Children said. Child deaths in Kampala fell faster than in any other African city between 2006 and 2011 - despite a large influx of refugees from war-torn neighboring states, the charity said in a report. Picture taken April 10, 2015. To match HEALTH-CHILDREN/UGANDA REUTERS/James Akena
Child deaths in Kampala fell faster than in any other African city between 2006 and 2011 — despite a large influx of refugees from war-torn neighboring states, the charity said in a report. Image: REUTERS

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