Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the context of COVID-19 in the African Region: rapid assessment of continuity of essential services
As part of the fight against COVID-19 and its adverse effects on WHO African region countries' health systems, regular assessments of the provision of sexual and reproductive health and rights services are conducted. They aim to identify gaps in the availability of essential SRHR services to populations focusing on safe abortion, post-abortion care, and family planning in the African Region in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
They serve as decision-making and resource mobilization tools to ensure that people in the WHO African Region have access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services at all times.
Five round has been conducted:
- Round 1 covered the period of February – May 2020: 17 countries
- Round 2 covered the period of June - September 2020: 15 countries
- Round 3 covered the period of October 2020 – January 2021: 17 countries
- Round 4 covered the period of February – May 2021: 25 countries
- Round 5 covered the period of June – September 2021: 21 countries
The main data source used by countries was HMIS/DHIS2.
Related Documents
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Rapid assessment of continuity of SRHR services in the context of COVID-19 in the African Region: Article: English [pdf]
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Rapid assessment of continuity of SRHR services in the context of COVID-19 in the African Region (round 1 and 2): Infographics: English [pdf]
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Rapid assessment of continuity of SRHR services in the context of COVID-19 in the African Region (round 4): Results' presentation [pdf]
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Guidelines for the management of pregnant and breastfeeding women in the context of Ebola virus disease English [pdf]
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Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context English [pdf]
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WHO online consultation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Planning for rapid dissemination and implementation of the WHO Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions to strengthen sexual and reproductive health and rights in the African Region English [pdf] French [pdf]