The COVID-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in Zimbabwe
The COVID-19 pandemic and the decisions that have been made in its response risk to further alienate the Zimbabwean women and adolescent girls from accessing Sexual Reproductive Healthcare (SRH). Despite experiences from past pandemics demonstrating the short and long term adverse impacts on SRH out...
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| author | Chilunjika, Sharon R.T. Zimano, Felistas R. Chilunjika, Alouis |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic and the decisions that have been made in its response risk to further alienate the Zimbabwean women and adolescent girls from accessing Sexual Reproductive Healthcare (SRH). Despite experiences from past pandemics demonstrating the short and long term adverse impacts on SRH outcomes in developing nations, research show that many of these countries, Zimbabwe included have not transformed the programming landscape of SRH care amid crises. As a result, this paper observed that the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the vulnerability of women and adolescent girls who are already faced with innumerable reproductive health challenges. In light of this, the pandemic requires health systems to reconfigure and reform the way they traditionally operate in order to prevent the inaccessibility of SRH care as well as adopt a pro-active approach which takes into account the broad links between pandemic responses and sexual reproductive health matters of women and girls. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-50852022-08-05T10:04:37Z The COVID-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in Zimbabwe Chilunjika, Sharon R.T. Zimano, Felistas R. Chilunjika, Alouis COVID-19 pandemic sexual reproductive health women adolescent girls The COVID-19 pandemic and the decisions that have been made in its response risk to further alienate the Zimbabwean women and adolescent girls from accessing Sexual Reproductive Healthcare (SRH). Despite experiences from past pandemics demonstrating the short and long term adverse impacts on SRH outcomes in developing nations, research show that many of these countries, Zimbabwe included have not transformed the programming landscape of SRH care amid crises. As a result, this paper observed that the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the vulnerability of women and adolescent girls who are already faced with innumerable reproductive health challenges. In light of this, the pandemic requires health systems to reconfigure and reform the way they traditionally operate in order to prevent the inaccessibility of SRH care as well as adopt a pro-active approach which takes into account the broad links between pandemic responses and sexual reproductive health matters of women and girls. 2022-08-05T10:04:37Z 2022-08-05T10:04:37Z 2022-03-29 Article 1755-3539 1755-3547 https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJBHR.2022.122000 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5085 en International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research;Vol. 8, No. 1-2 open Inderscience |
| spellingShingle | COVID-19 pandemic sexual reproductive health women adolescent girls Chilunjika, Sharon R.T. Zimano, Felistas R. Chilunjika, Alouis The COVID-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in Zimbabwe |
| title | The COVID-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | The COVID-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | The COVID-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | The COVID-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | The COVID-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | covid-19 pandemic and sexual reproductive health needs of women and adolescent girls in zimbabwe |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic sexual reproductive health women adolescent girls |
| url | https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJBHR.2022.122000 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5085 |
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