COVID-19

Capturing Adaptations to Family Planning Programming During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Capturing Adaptations to Family Planning Programming During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Research for Scalable Solutions This summary was originally published by Research for Scalable Solutions here. Shortly after COVID-19 was declared a…

Lack of consideration of sex and gender in COVID-19 clinical studies

Lack of consideration of sex and gender in COVID-19 clinical studies

Abstract – Sex differences impact the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 mortality. Furthermore, sex differences influence the frequency and severity…

Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Is Key to Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Is Key to Achieving Universal Health Coverage

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in national health systems around the world and exacerbated structural inequalities in access to health care.…

A systematic analysis of the effects of Child Marriage on SRHR in times of Climate Change and COVID-19

A systematic analysis of the effects of Child Marriage on SRHR in times of Climate Change and COVID-19

With an increasing trend of child marriage observed in recent statistics in Bangladesh, it is not only the pandemic and…

Values and preferences of contraceptive methods: a mixed-methods study among sex workers from diverse settings

Values and preferences of contraceptive methods: a mixed-methods study among sex workers from diverse settings

There is limited information on contraceptive values and preferences of sex workers. We conducted a mixed-method study to explore contraceptive…

Rutgers study: COVID-19 measures have huge impact on all aspects of young people’s lives

Rutgers study: COVID-19 measures have huge impact on all aspects of young people’s lives

The indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the measures to curb it, have had a huge impact on all…

CONVERGING EPIDEMICS: COVID-19, HIV & INEQUALITY

CONVERGING EPIDEMICS: COVID-19, HIV & INEQUALITY

This report—commissioned by Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) in partnership with the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF)—highlights how marginalized communities…

Effects of COVID-19 on Essential MNCHN/FP/RH Care and the Strategies and Adaptations Emerging in Response: Rapid Evidence Summary

Effects of COVID-19 on Essential MNCHN/FP/RH Care and the Strategies and Adaptations Emerging in Response: Rapid Evidence Summary

This rapid evidence summary reviews emerging evidence of the effects of COVID-19 on provision and demand of essential maternal, newborn,…

Pandemic sparks concerns about surging STD, HIV rates

Pandemic sparks concerns about surging STD, HIV rates

The pandemic that has upended life in the U.S. could lead to increased STD rates and setbacks in the fight…

Sex, Gender and COVID-19 Portal

Sex, Gender and COVID-19 Portal

About The Sex, Gender and COVID-19 Health Policy Portal offers the most comprehensive review of the recognition of and response to sex…

How Contraception Can Define Girls’ and Women’s Menstrual Experience

How Contraception Can Define Girls’ and Women’s Menstrual Experience

Menstruation is a normal and natural part of the reproductive system, and over half of the world’s population experiences menstruation…

Trans women in Ice custody already suffered sexual harassment and abuse. Then came Covid-19

Trans women in Ice custody already suffered sexual harassment and abuse. Then came Covid-19

LGBTQ+ immigrants say officials have failed to address discrimination, and that an inadequate response to Covid is compounding their misery.…