TY - JOUR
AU - Bukuluki, Paul
AU - Kisaakye, Peter
AU - Mulekya, Francis
AU - Mushomi, John A.
AU - Mayora, Chrispus
AU - Palattiyil, George
AU - Sidhva, Dina
AU - Nair, Harish
PY - 2022
DA - August
TI - Disruption in accessing sexual and reproductive health services among border populations during COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda
JO - Journal of Global Health
VL - 12
DO - https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.04065
AB - Background:The spread of COVID-19 exposed the inadequacies inherent in the health care systems of many countries. COVID-19 and the attendant demands for emergency treatment and management put a significant strain on countries’ health care systems, including hitherto strong health systems. In Uganda, as the government strived to contain COVID-19, other essential health care services were either disrupted or completely crowded out. Balancing the provision of COVID-19 treatment and management services and at the same time offering sexual and reproductive health and rights services (SRHR) proved to be a considerable challenge in these circumstances. COVID-19 prevention-related travel restrictions and border closures had far-reaching negative consequences on the mobility of individuals to access essential health services in Uganda. The situation may have been worse for cross-border communities that sometimes access services across the borders.
PB - International Society of Global Health
UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/e08664a5-b012-4174-af82-904054af9223
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Sexual health
ER