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

Grant Murewanhema ORCID logo ; Godfrey Musuka ORCID logo ; Chipo Gwanzura ORCID logo ; Richard Makurumidze ; Itai Chitungo ORCID logo ; Munashe Chimene ; Nigel Tungwarara ; Tafadzwa Dzinamarira ORCID logo ; Mugove Gerald Madziyire ; (2022) Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health in Marginalised Areas: Renewing Community Involvement Strategies beyond the Worst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (6). p. 3431. ISSN 1661-7827 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19063431
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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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