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Item Climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights research in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review(BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-08-24) Malachi Ochieng Arunda; Rachael Sorcher; Ana Paula Finatto Canabarro; Signe Svallfors; Margit Endler; Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson; Anna Kågesten; Moazzam Ali; Luis Bahamondes; María Barreix; Doris Chou; Lianne Gonsalves; Heidi Bart Johnston; James Kiarie; Caron Rahn Kim; Manjulaa Narasimhan; Christina Pallitto; Mehr Gul Shah; Lale Say; Anna Thorson; Anna Mia Ekström; Elin C Larsson; Vanessa BrizuelaIntroduction: This study aimed to provide an overview of the research landscape and to identify research gaps linking climate change events and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where the negative impacts of climate change are most severe. Methods: We conducted a scoping review to map research studies that link climate change events or factors and SRHR aspects in LMICs. We performed a structured literature search across six databases to identify relevant peer-reviewed publications between January 1994 and 6 September 2023. The literature search yielded 14 674 peer-reviewed articles. After screening, 75 articles were included, spanning 99 countries across the globe. Results: Climate change events such as extreme temperatures, drought, rainfall shocks, cyclones and floods were found to be associated with negative maternal and newborn health outcomes ranging from reduced or low birth weight, preterm births and low Apgar scores, to lack of pregnancy care, pregnancy complications, stillbirths, and newborn and maternal deaths. Associations were also found between climate-related events and increased gender-based violence and HIV prevalence, as well as fertility decisions and harmful practices such as female genital mutilations and early and forced marriages. About two-thirds (48/75) of the articles were from the African or Western Pacific regions. The main research gaps on climate change-related events and SRHR included abortion, reproductive cancers and contraception use. Conclusion: Complementing existing evidence with targeted research to fill these knowledge gaps could enhance mitigation programmes and policies.Item Intimate partner violence against women and its association with pregnancy loss in Ethiopia: evidence from a national survey([London] : BioMed Central, 2020)Item The social and structural determinants of sexual and reproductive health and rights in migrants and refugees: a systematic review of reviews(Alexandria, Arab Republic of Egypt : Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization, 2021) Egli-Gany D; Aftab W; Hawkes S; Abu-Raddad L; Buse K; Rabbani F; Low N, Onarheim KItem Violence against women prevalence estimates, 2018: global, regional and national prevalence estimates for intimate partner violence against women and global and regional prevalence estimates for non-partner sexual violence against women(WHO, 2021) WHO. Health Systems and Community Health Cluster. Dept. of Women's HealthItem Violence against children in Latin America and the Caribbean: What do available data reveal about prevalence and perpetrators?(PAHO, 2019) Devries, Karen;Merrill, Katherine G.;Knight, Louise;Bott, Sarah;Guedes, Alessandra;Butron-Riveros, Betzabe;Hege, Constanza;Petzold, Max;Peterman, Amber;Cappa, Claudia;Maxwell, Lauren;Williams, Abigail;Kishor, Sunita;Abrahams, Naeemah