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Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health in Marginalised Areas: Renewing Community Involvement Strategies beyond the Worst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Grant Murewanhema

    (Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare P.O. Box MP167, Zimbabwe)

  • Godfrey Musuka

    (ICAP at Columbia University, Harare P.O. Box MP167, Zimbabwe)

  • Chipo Gwanzura

    (Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare P.O. Box MP167, Zimbabwe)

  • Richard Makurumidze

    (Unit of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare P.O. Box MP167, Zimbabwe)

  • Itai Chitungo

    (Chemical Pathology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare P.O. Box MP167, Zimbabwe)

  • Munashe Chimene

    (Department of Health Sciences, Africa University, Mutare P.O. Box 1320, Zimbabwe)

  • Nigel Tungwarara

    (Department of Health Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria 0002, South Africa)

  • Tafadzwa Dzinamarira

    (ICAP at Columbia University, Harare P.O. Box MP167, Zimbabwe
    School of Health Systems & Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa)

  • Mugove Gerald Madziyire

    (Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare P.O. Box MP167, Zimbabwe)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns have brought unprecedented challenges for Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health (MSRH) services. Components of MSRH services adversely affected include antenatal, postnatal, and newborn care; provision of family planning and post-abortion care services; sexual and gender-based violence care and prevention; and care and treatment for sexually transmitted infections including HIV. Resuscitating, remodeling or inventing interventions to restore or maintain these essential services at the community level, as a gateway to higher care, is critical to mitigating short and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential MSRH. We propose a possible framework for community involvement and propose integrating key information, education, and communication of MSRH messages within COVID-19 messages.

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  • Grant Murewanhema & Godfrey Musuka & Chipo Gwanzura & Richard Makurumidze & Itai Chitungo & Munashe Chimene & Nigel Tungwarara & Tafadzwa Dzinamarira & Mugove Gerald Madziyire, 2022. "Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health in Marginalised Areas: Renewing Community Involvement Strategies beyond the Worst of the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-12, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:6:p:3431-:d:770929
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    1. Jean Christophe Fotso & Ashley Ambrose & Paul Hutchinson & Disha Ali, 2020. "Improving maternal and newborn care: cost-effectiveness of an innovation to rebrand traditional birth attendants in Sierra Leone," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 65(9), pages 1603-1612, December.
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    1. Muzyamba, Choolwe, 2022. "Community Mobilization as a tool against sexual and gender-based violence in SADC region," MERIT Working Papers 2022-036, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

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