ArticleGlobal health research and policy2018
The Zika epidemic and abortion in Latin America: a scoping review.
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- Pooled it
- "I found out about Zika virus after she was born." Women's experiences of risk communication during the Zika virus epidemic in Brazil, Colombia, and Puerto Rico.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- "One feels anger to know there is no one to help us!". Perceptions of mothers of children with Zika virus-associated microcephaly in Caribbean Colombia: A qualitative study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
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- Scoping Review on the Impact of Outbreaks on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Proposed Frameworks for Pre-, Intra-, and Postoutbreak Situations.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- Exclusivity of Cultural Practices Within Emerging Disease Outbreak Responses in Developing Nations Leads to Detrimental Outcomes.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Significantly Low Levels of IgG Antibodies Against Oncogenic Merkel Cell Polyomavirus in Sera From Females Affected by Spontaneous Abortion.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Abortion in the times of Zika: the perspective of women in two Brazilian municipalities.Papeles de poblacion · 2021Article
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- Observational
- Case Report: Multiorgan Involvement with Congenital Zika Syndrome.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
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- Solidarity, vulnerability and mistrust: how context, information and government affect the lives of women in times of Zika.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Zika, abortion and health emergencies: a review of contemporary debates.Globalization and health · 2019Review
- An Update on Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundLatin America presently has the world's highest burden of Zika virus, but there are unexplained differences in national rates of congenital malformations collectively referred to as Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) in the region. While Zika virulence and case detection likely contribute to these differences, policy-related factors, including access to abortion, may play important roles. Our goal was to assess perspectives on, and access to, abortion in Latin America in the context of the Zika epidemic.
methodsWe conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed and gray literature published between January 2015 and December 2016, written in English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French. We searched PubMed, Scielo, and Google Scholar for literature on Zika and/or CZS and abortion, and used automated and manual review methods to synthesize the existing information.
results36 publications met our inclusion criteria, the majority of which were qualitative. Publications were generally in favor of increased access to safe abortion as a policy-level response for mitigating the impact of CZS, but issues with implementation were cited as the main challenge. Aside from the reform of abortion regulation in Colombia, we did not find evidence that the Zika epidemic had triggered shifts in abortion policy in other countries.
conclusionAbortion policy in the region remained largely unchanged following the Zika epidemic. Further empirical research on abortion access and differential rates of CZS across Latin American countries is required.
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