Child sexual abuse and COVID-19 pandemic: another side effect of lockdown in Morocco

Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Jan 18:38:57. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.57.27385. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Nour Mekaoui^{1

2}, Hanae Aouragh¹, Youssef Jeddi¹, Houda Rhalem¹, Badr Sououd Benjelloun Dakhama¹, Lamya Karboubi¹

Affiliations

¹ Paediatric Medical Emergency Department, Rabat Children's Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
² Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical Research and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medecine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Child abuse; Morocco; lockdown; pandemic.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
COVID-19*
Child
Child Abuse, Sexual / statistics & numerical data*
Child, Preschool
Female
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Male
Morocco
Physical Distancing*
Quarantine*