How can countries create outbreak response policies that are sensitive to maternal health?

Maira L S Takemoto; Gillian McKay; Melania Amorim; Cady N Gbomosa; Angus F Tengbeh; Clare Wenham

doi:10.1136/bmj.n1271

How can countries create outbreak response policies that are sensitive to maternal health?

BMJ. 2021 Jun 28:373:n1271. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n1271.

Authors

Maira L S Takemoto¹, Gillian McKay², Melania Amorim³, Cady N Gbomosa⁴, Angus F Tengbeh⁵, Clare Wenham⁶

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
² London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London, UK.
³ Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira, Recife, Brazil.
⁴ University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, School of Health Sciences, Edinburgh, UK.
⁶ London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK C.Wenham@lse.ac.uk.

Abstract

Ensuring women’s need for sexual and reproductive healthcare are met should be a priority during disease outbreaks, say Maira L S Takemoto and colleagues

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Disease Outbreaks / legislation & jurisprudence*
Female
Health Policy*
Health Services Needs and Demand / legislation & jurisprudence*
Humans
Maternal Health / legislation & jurisprudence*
Pregnancy
Reproductive Health / legislation & jurisprudence
SARS-CoV-2
Sexual Health / legislation & jurisprudence