Public health emergencies, from Zika to COVID-19, have underscored the importance of addressing the needs of pregnant people and their infants. Recent events have underlined the critical role of mother–infant-linked longitudinal surveillance to characterize and assess the impacts of emerging, re-emerging, and persistent threats, including infectious diseases, on these populations. In partnership with state, local, and territorial health departments, CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities activated the Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network (SET-NET) to capture information about pregnant people with laboratory-confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and their infants. SET-NET data were critical in recognizing the severe risks of COVID-19 during pregnancy, which ultimately informed clinical decisions and public health policy, specifically vaccine prioritization at the local, state, and national levels. This commentary describes the activation of SET-NET to monitor COVID-19 in pregnancy and highlights the experiences of health departments. We provide examples of how SET-NET findings informed COVID-19 prevention efforts and public health policy. Lastly, we identify opportunities to improve and advance surveillance efforts to protect the health of pregnant people and their infants in the United States from current and future threats.

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对孕妇及其婴儿进行基于人群的关联纵向监测：应对新出现、重新出现和持续威胁的重要资源

从寨卡病毒到 COVID-19，突发公共卫生事件凸显了满足孕妇及其婴儿需求的重要性。最近的事件强调了与母婴相关的纵向监测的关键作用，以描述和评估新出现、重新出现和持续存在的威胁（包括传染病）对这些人群的影响。CDC 国家出生缺陷和发育障碍中心与州、地方和地区卫生部门合作，启动了母婴新威胁监测网络 (SET-NET)，以获取经实验室确诊感染 SARS 的孕妇的信息-CoV-2（导致 COVID-19 的病毒）及其婴儿。SET-NET 数据对于识别怀孕期间 COVID-19 的严重风险至关重要，这最终为临床决策和公共卫生政策提供了信息，特别是地方、州和国家层面的疫苗优先次序。这篇评论描述了 SET-NET 在怀孕期间监测 COVID-19 的激活，并强调了卫生部门的经验。我们提供了 SET-NET 发现如何为 COVID-19 预防工作和公共卫生政策提供信息的示例。最后，我们确定了改进和推进监测工作的机会，以保护美国孕妇及其婴儿的健康免受当前和未来的威胁。这篇评论描述了 SET-NET 在怀孕期间监测 COVID-19 的激活，并强调了卫生部门的经验。我们提供了 SET-NET 发现如何为 COVID-19 预防工作和公共卫生政策提供信息的示例。最后，我们确定了改进和推进监测工作的机会，以保护美国孕妇及其婴儿的健康免受当前和未来的威胁。这篇评论描述了 SET-NET 在怀孕期间监测 COVID-19 的激活，并强调了卫生部门的经验。我们提供了 SET-NET 发现如何为 COVID-19 预防工作和公共卫生政策提供信息的示例。最后，我们确定了改进和推进监测工作的机会，以保护美国孕妇及其婴儿的健康免受当前和未来的威胁。