Reproductive health crisis during waves one and two of the COVID-19 pandemic in India: Incidence and deaths from severe maternal complications in more than 202,000 hospital births

The global battle to survive the onslaughts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) started in December 2019 and continues today. Women and girls have borne the brunt of the hardship resulting from the health crises. This paper examined the effects of COVID-19 on women. Socioeconomic factors resulting from the pandemic, especially in relation to women's health, were discussed after studying published articles. They include gender specificity and COVID-19, the economic toll of COVID-19 on women, pregnancy and COVID-19, gender-based violence due to COVID-19, and health-care impacts of COVID-19. Making up the majority in the healthcare workforce, women were at higher risk of infection with COVID-19 due to their exposure as caregivers to infected patients. The pandemic took its toll on them as part of the greater population in the informal sector of the economy due to the lockdown directive, as many experienced severe monetary shortages and job losses. Pregnant women infected with COVID-19 were prone to severe diseases, maternal complications, and death due to their weakened immunity and exposure during clinical procedures. Gender-based violence was observed to have increased across the globe for women. The results of this review strongly indicate that women are disproportionately affected by the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. This review will help health-care professionals and policymakers arrive at properly-thought-through decisions to better manage health crises. Governments and all key players should address the challenge by devising effective policies with a gendered view.

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Pandemic will widen major gender gaps

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db252304 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Foreign Aid ◽

Crisis Management ◽

Reproductive Health Services ◽

School Closures ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Content Type ◽

Emergency Measures ◽

Disproportionate Burden

Subject Gender costs of the pandemic. Significance COVID-19 emergency measures such as lockdowns and school closures have placed a disproportionate burden on women. Recovery efforts are becoming gender-sensitive in some, but by no means all, countries. Impacts Women are less likely than men to benefit from remote working options. Reproductive health services are likely to be doubly hit by an expected drop in foreign aid post-crisis. Civil society pressure will rise for more gender-representative health crisis management at the national and international levels.

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The Media Sounds the Alarm

Toxic Shock ◽

10.18574/nyu/9781479877843.003.0004 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 77-110

Author(s):

Sharra L. Vostral

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Toxic Shock Syndrome ◽

Management Practices ◽

Federal Communication Commission ◽

Toxic Shock ◽

Health Crisis ◽

The Press ◽

The Media ◽

Medical Identification

Following the medical identification of tampon-related toxic shock syndrome (TSS), there was an urgent need to alert the hundreds of thousands of women using tampons and superabsorbent tampons that the products were potentially dangerous and deadly. Disseminating a message of risk challenged status quo journalistic practices, and chapter 3 examines the media coverage of a health crisis centered upon women’s reproductive health and menstrual management practices. The press had to figure out a way to talk about TSS in overly simplistic terms, in an era when the Federal Communication Commission only recently allowed feminine hygiene sprays, and then sanitary napkins and pads, to be advertised on television. Journalistic reports helped to disseminate messages and warnings about TSS and tampons, and also announce the recall of Rely—the tampon with the highest incidence of TSS—produced by Procter & Gamble. This contributed to a sense that the problem had been solved, but other superabsorbent tampons remained on the market and TSS was not eliminated.

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Commentary: Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Public Health Crisis

10.31038/awhc.2021432 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Public Health Crisis

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Sexual Reproductive Health Challenges and Health-Care-Seeking Behaviour Among Children Who Live on the Streets in Harare

Journal of Asian and African Studies ◽

10.1177/00219096211043912 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002190962110439

Author(s):

Nelson Muparamoto ◽

Tsitsi Batsirai Chakanya ◽

Isabel Shamu

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Care Seeking ◽

Reproductive Health Services ◽

Health Seeking ◽

Maternal Complications ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Sexual Reproductive Health ◽

Health Care Seeking Behaviour ◽

And Gender

Drawing on interviews and focus group discussions with 26 participants aged between 10 and 17, the paper describes sexual reproductive health problems, health-seeking behaviour, access to and utilisation of sexual reproductive health services among children living on the street in Harare. An intersectionality approach showed how participants’ social location, age and gender created vulnerabilities leading to STIs, maternal complications and sexual violence among others. Additionally, these factors contributed to challenges in accessing sexual reproductive health services among children living on the street. Thus there is need for tailor-made interventions to influence better health outcomes among children living on the street.

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PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI REMAJA TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN TENTANG KESIAPSIAGAAN KRISIS KESEHATAN KETIKA TERJADI BENCANA

Jurnal Kebidanan ◽

10.35872/jurkeb.v10i02.400 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (02) ◽

pp. 206

Author(s):

Sri Handayani ◽

Sarmi .

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

P Value ◽

Crisis Preparedness ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Average Value ◽

Reproductive Health Education ◽

Post Test ◽

Adolescent Reproductive Health ◽

Cluster Random Sampling

ABSTRAKLatar belakang penelitian: Bencana adalah peristiwa yang mengancam dan menganggu kehidupan dan penghidupan masyarakat yang disebabkan, oleh alam dan atau factor non alam maupun faktor manusia. Setiap bencana dapat menimbulkan krisis kesehatan. Kesiapsiagaan yang tepat diharapkan upaya penanggulangan dapat lebih cepat dan tepat sehingga dapat meminimalisir jumlah korban dan kerusakan. Kesiapan bencana dapat ditingkatkan dengan pendidikan kesehatan. Tujuan penelitian: Untuk mengetahui pengaruh pendidikan kesehatan reproduksi remaja terhadap pengetahuan tentang kesiapsiagaan krisis kesehatan pada bencana di SMAN 1 Cepogo. Metode penelitian: Jenis penelitian quasi eksperimen dengan metode Pretest-Posttest Group Design. Populasi seluruh siswa SMA N 1 Cepogo Kecamatan Boyolali dengan jumlah 516 siswa. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan Cluster Random Sampling dengan jumlah sampel 40 responden. Instrumen penelitia kuesioner. Analisis data dilakukan dengan wilcoxon.. Hasil penelitian: Hasil penelitian pengetahuan tentang kesiapsiagaan krisis kesehatan ketika terjadi bencana pada pre test dengan rata-rata nilai 24 atau dalam kategori baik Pengetahuan tentang kesiapsiagaan krisis kesehatan ketika terjadi bencana pada post test dengan rata-rata nilai 24,85 atau dalam kategori baik. Hasil analisis didapatkan p value 0.007 yang berarti ada pengaruh signifikan pendidikan kesehatan reproduksi remaja dengan pengetahuan tentang kesiapsiagaan krisis kesehatan ketika terjadi bencana di SMA N 1 Cepogo karena p (0,007) < 0.05. Simpulan : Ada pengaruh signifikan pendidikan kesehatan reproduksi remaja dengan pengetahuan tentang kesiapsiagaan krisis kesehatan ketika terjadi bencana di SMA N 1 Cepogo. Kata kunci : pendidikan kesehatan, reproduksi remaja, pengetahuan, kesiapsiagaan krisis bencana THE EFFECT OF ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION TO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PREPAREDNESS HEALTH CRISIS WHEN DISASTERABSTRACTResearch background: Disaster is an event that threatens and disrupts people's lives and livelihoods caused, by natural and / or non-natural factors as well as human factors. Every disaster can create a health crisis. With proper preparedness, it is hoped that prevention efforts can be faster and more precise so as to minimize the number of victims and damage. Disaster preparedness can be improved by health education. The research objective: To determine the effect of adolescent reproductive health education on knowledge about health crisis preparedness for disasters at SMAN 1 Cepogo. Research method: This type of research is quasi-experimental with the pretest-posttest group design method. The population of all students of SMA N 1 Cepogo, Boyolali District, with a total of 516 students. The sampling technique used cluster random sampling with a sample size of 40 respondents. Questionnaire research instrument. Data analysis was performed with Wilcoxon. Research results: The results of the research on knowledge of health crisis preparedness when a disaster occurs in the pre test with an average value of 24 or in the good category Knowledge of health crisis preparedness when a disaster occurs in the post test with an average value of 24.85 or in the good category. The analysis results obtained p value 0.007, which means that there is a significant effect of adolescent reproductive health education with knowledge about health crisis preparedness when a disaster occurs at SMA N 1 Cepogo because p (0.007) <0.05. Conclusion: There is a significant influence of adolescent reproductive health education with knowledge about health crisis preparedness when a disaster occurs at SMA N 1 Cepogo.Key words: health education, adolescent reproduction, knowledge, disaster crisis preparedness

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