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Luis Guillermo Bahamondes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
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Background: Meeting the Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for populations living in fragile and humanitarian settings is critical, essential as well as a basic human right. Compounded with the inherent vulnerabilities of women in crises, there are substantial complications that directly associated with increasing the risks of poor SRHR outcomes for displaced populations. The current forced displacement of the Venezuelans migrants is one of the largest in the Latin America’s history. Our research aimed to assess sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) situation among Venezuelan women in Roraima State, Brazil.
Methods: A study with face-to-face interviews was conducted. Data collection covered various issues pertaining to SRHR services, access and use among Venezuelan migrant’s women aged 18-49 years old. We used to data collection the Minimum Initial Service Package readiness assessment tools from the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health.
Results: We present results of interviews with 405 women were conducted between 24 and 30 November 2019. The most common observed findings in our research as reported by women were unmet family planning needs. A significant proportion of women who needed family planning reported that they were unable to access family planning. This was attributed to either inability to access them and unavailability at the health care centres. Further, 25.0% of pregnant women or postpartum women did not receive antenatal or postnatal care.
Conclusion: Meeting the essential SRHR needs among Venezuelan’s migrant women in Roraima, State, Brazil appears to be limited and challenging. Given the high and growing numbers of this migrant population in Brazil, the Brazilian health system must be adaptable to meet the needs of this population. Efforts among not only health governmental sectors, but also academic, non-governmental and international organisations need to be encouraged as well as coordinated for a comprehensive SRHR response. Given the current high risks associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. Meeting the SRH needs migrant populations has become more critical than ever given the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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migrants, Venezuela, Brazil, sexual and reproductive health
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Luis Guillermo Bahamondes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
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Background: Meeting the Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for populations living in fragile and humanitarian settings is critical, essential as well as a basic human right. Compounded with the inherent vulnerabilities of women in crises, there are substantial complications that directly associated with increasing the risks of poor SRHR outcomes for displaced populations. The current forced displacement of the Venezuelans migrants is one of the largest in the Latin America’s history. Our research aimed to assess sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) situation among Venezuelan women in Roraima State, Brazil.
Methods: A study with face-to-face interviews was conducted. Data collection covered various issues pertaining to SRHR services, access and use among Venezuelan migrant’s women aged 18-49 years old. We used to data collection the Minimum Initial Service Package readiness assessment tools from the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health.
Results: We present results of interviews with 405 women were conducted between 24 and 30 November 2019. The most common observed findings in our research as reported by women were unmet family planning needs. A significant proportion of women who needed family planning reported that they were unable to access family planning. This was attributed to either inability to access them and unavailability at the health care centres. Further, 25.0% of pregnant women or postpartum women did not receive antenatal or postnatal care.
Conclusion: Meeting the essential SRHR needs among Venezuelan’s migrant women in Roraima, State, Brazil appears to be limited and challenging. Given the high and growing numbers of this migrant population in Brazil, the Brazilian health system must be adaptable to meet the needs of this population. Efforts among not only health governmental sectors, but also academic, non-governmental and international organisations need to be encouraged as well as coordinated for a comprehensive SRHR response. Given the current high risks associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. Meeting the SRH needs migrant populations has become more critical than ever given the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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