...Brian Mattah; Marali Singaraju; Elias Pande; Evance Ogola; Gor Benard; Scholarstica Otieno; John Odhiambo; Alex Dusek; Nick Deslauriers; Lavinah Chikamai; Lily Muldoon; Louisa Ndunyu; Charles Salmen Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, families in rural sub-Saharan Africa faced numerous well-documented...

...Jessica Haughton; Désiré Dabla; Dana E. Goin; Amanda W. Singer; Elissa Z. Faro; Samantha Levano; Essodinam Miziou; Assiongbonvi Kangni-Zovoin; Sibabe Agoro; Didier K. Ekouevi; Kevin P. Fiori; Lisa R. Hirschhorn There are significant concerns that COVID-19-related disruptions in routine health care...

...Joseph Sila; Ben Odhiambo; Felix Abuna; Nancy Ngumbau; Laurén Gómez; George Oketch; Enock Sifuna; Grace John-Stewart; John Kinuthia; Anjuli D. Wagner; Julia C. Dettinger Background: COVID-19 has disrupted health-care services delivery globally. Limited data exists about personal protective...

...Eileen Amador; Robin Hernández-Chincoya; Alicia R. Riley COVID-19 has had an outsized impact on Latinx communities in the United States, turning thousands of individuals into newly bereaved survivors. Despite an eagerness among scholars to document social inequities in COVID-19, data limitations...

... worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, plays a significant role in menstruators’ abilities to safely manage their periods. COVID-19 has further revealed how a continued lack of access to WASH resources hinders an individuals’ means to address their menstrual health with dignity. The impacts of COVID-19 have...

...Danish Us-Salam; Benjamin Avuwadah; Chiara Dell’Aira; Christine Nabulumba; Sarah Baird The COVID-19 pandemic and associated mitigating measures are expected to aggravate the mental health challenges of adolescents. Poor mental health among young people is of concern in itself but is also known...

...Bassam A. Abu Hamad; Nicola A. Jones; Eric D. Neumeister; Agnieszka M. Małachowska Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 and 2 aim to eradicate poverty and hunger in all their forms. However, the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns has disrupted progress toward achieving...

...Mekaleya Tilahun; Mariko Costantini; Hadija Nalubwama; Justus K. Barageine; Florence Nalubega; Andrew Muleledhu; Alison M. El Ayadi Public health mitigation strategies for SARS-COV-2 are effective in limiting the spread of COVID-19; however, these restrictions can create gendered socioeconomic...

...Ouma Congo; George Otieno; Imeldah Wakhungu; Elizabeth K. Harrington; Syovata Kimanthi; Charlene Biwott; Hannah Leingang; Nelly Mugo; Ruanne V. Barnabas; Elizabeth A. Bukusi; Maricianah Onono Globally, COVID-19 has had a negative impact on health systems and health outcomes, with evidence...

...). In the Middle East and North Africa, the prevalence of mental disorders (17.3% for girls and 16.8% for boys) is the second highest in the world. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated adolescents’ vulnerabilities, particularly through the impacts of lockdowns and school closures. This article explores adolescent...

...Nadia Diamond-Smith; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan; Sirena Gutierrez; Sarah Francis; Nandita Saikia; Sumeet Patil COVID-19 and its associated lockdowns and restrictions on movement may be impacting women and men’s access to and use of health care services including contraceptive, prenatal, and postnatal...