COVID-19

COVID-19

9 July 2020
Does SARS-CoV-2 infection cause sperm DNA fragmentation? Possible link with oxidative stress
Pallav Sengupta & Sulagna Dutta

6 July 2020
Living with the new coronavirus: How can a society cope with uncertainty
Johannes Bitzer

22 June 2020
COVID 19 era: a beginning of upsurge in unwanted pregnancies, unmet need for contraception and other women related issues
Naina Kumar

29 May 2020
The gendered impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): do estrogens play a role?
Giovanni Grandi, Fabio Facchinetti & Johannes Bitzer

21 May 2020
Contraception during Coronavirus-Covid 19 pandemia. Recommendations of the Board of the Italian Society of Contraception
F. Fruzzetti, A. Cagnacci, F. Primiero, V. De Leo, C. Bastianelli, V. Bruni, S. Caruso, C. Di Carlo, M. Farris, G. Grandi, A. Grasso, M. Guida, M. Meriggiola, A. M. Paoletti, A. Cianci, C. Nappi & A. Volpe

21 May 2020
Impact of COVID-19 on reproductive health and maternity services in low resource countries
Ahmed Y. Abdelbadee & Ahmed M. Abbas
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

21 May 2020
Family planning: an essential health activity in the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2
Luis Bahamondes and Maria Y. Makuch
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Campinas Medical School, Campinas, Brazil
Full article PDF
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13625187.2020.1768368

27 April 2020
Testing Times – sexual & reproductive health care in the face of Covid-19
Mary Short, Johannes Bitzer & Sam Rowlands
Editorial

STATEMENTS, GUIDELINES, ADVICES AND PUBLICATIONS

16 July 2020

UK Government – Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation: statement on the delivery of the HPV vaccine – Delivering HPV vaccination during COVID-19

30 June 2020
ESC Webinar: Contraception in COVID time

29 June 2020
A National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) rapid evidence review has failed to find data to support using vitamin D supplements to reduce the risk or severity of COVID-19.

May 2020
The American Society for Emergency Contraception, published the factsheet “EC in the COVID-19 era: advance access is more important than ever”. You can check the Country by country pagefor details on availability status of different type of EC pills in the European region.

22 May 2020
Article published in The Lancet – Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis

22 May 2020
Recommendations from College National des Enseignants de Gyéncologie médicale (college of  faculty of medical gynecology) on prevention of thrombosis in women with COVID-19 who are using hormonal contraception or hormonal treatment for menopause

7 May 2020
Statement from The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights calling for the protection of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) during the pandemic.

6 May 2020
59 countries from all over the world, including 37 European ones, issued a joint statement highlighting how COVID -19 may negatively impact women’s and girls’ abilities to exercise their sexual rights and reproductive rights.

6 May 2020
Women Deliver’s Ten Recommendations to Build Back a Stronger, More Gender-Equal World

30 April 2020
Article published in the BMJ – I don’t feel confident providing remote consultations. What do I need to know?

23 April 2020
Article published in Reproductive Health: Sexual and reproductive health (SRH): a key issue in the emergency response to the coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) outbreak

22 April 2020
Report on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights during the COVID-19 pandemic, published by the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, and the European Network of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.

21 April 2020
Article published in the Lancet Global Health: Not a luxury: a call to maintain sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian and fragile settings during the COVID-19 pandemic

17 April 2020
European Parliament resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences (2020/2616(RSP))

9 April 2020
RCOG 
information on COVID-19 infection and aborton care

7 April 2020
WHO – Webinar on Covid-19 and Implications for Family Planning Services

April 2020
IPPF – IMAP statement on COVID-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

31 March 2020
Consensus statement – Joint RCOG, BSGE and BGCS guidance for the management of abnormal uterine bleeding in the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

NATIONAL GUIDELINES AND STATEMENTS

FSRH (United Kingdom)

Sweden
Swedish Society for Obstetricians and Gynecologists

France
Collège National des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens Français

Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa de Contracepção

Spain
Spanish Society of Contraception

Statement from Redisser on Covid-19 and SRH
Ibero-American Network of Professionals of Sexual Health and Reproductive Health