Partnering with national health ministries and other government agencies in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, Population Council global and in-country scientists are conducting COVID-19 public health and social science research to produce relevant and timely evidence to support policymakers in controlling the spread of coronavirus, evaluating the effectiveness of prevention and mitigation measures, and assessing longer-term health, social and economic effects of the pandemic.
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Sep 8, 2023
Larrea, Silvana; Nevárez, René; Vieitez, Isabel; Regules Garcia, Ricardo; López, Lina; Haberland, Nicole; Ngo, Thoai; Gómez Ugarte Valerio, Ana Cristina, 2020, "Violence Outcomes in COVID-19 EPOCH Study (VOCES): A cohort study with adolescents and young adults in Mexico", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/X6JMPG, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:EQI9IkWILUhSsdqmM+eSrg== [fileUNF]
The social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico are poised to have long-lasting and significant impact on adolescents and young adults. To inform government agency strategies and public policies related to youth in Mexico, the Population Council in Mexico, as part of the COVID-19 study team, is implementing a nationwide long...
Dec 9, 2022
Mourtada, Rima; Melnikas, Andrea J., 2022, "Focus group discussions on Syrian refugees' access to reproductive health services in Lebanon", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/A44ZWF, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Data collection included twelve Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). In each city (Bar Elias and Saad Nayel), we carried out: a- Two FGDs with 15–19-year-old married girls (one FGD with women living inside Informal Tented Settlements [ITS] and one FGD outside ITS). We included young girls to understand their demand for and access to RHS and modern contr...
Oct 4, 2022
Abuya, Timothy; Austrian, Karen; Isaac, Adan; Kangwana, Beth; Mbushi, Faith; Muluve, Eva; Mwanga, Daniel; Ngo, Thoai D.; Nzioki, Mercy; Ochako, Rhoune; Pinchoff, Jessie; Tidwell, Ben; White, Corinne, 2020, "Experiences among adults and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic from four locations across Kenya", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VO7SUO, Harvard Dataverse, V17, UNF:6:aXPEbRxu1sL9TF4TDH4jEQ== [fileUNF]
To control the spread of coronavirus, the COVID-19 National Emergency Response Committee (NERC) in Kenya, chaired by the Ministry of Health (MOH), implemented prevention and mitigation measures. To inform the Government of Kenya’s shorter- and longer-term response strategies, the Population Council COVID-19 study team utilized rapid phone-based sur...
Jan 26, 2021
Brasseux, Charlotte; Ngo, Thoai D.; Song, Mingqi; Abbas, Saleh, 2020, "Tracking COVID-19 data reporting & analysis in the United States", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SAHDY3, Harvard Dataverse, V7, UNF:6:o8lzL8k5D7jXStjexvgLNQ== [fileUNF]
The United States remains the epicenter for the COVID-19 pandemic. Having accurate data reporting and analysis at the local, state, and national levels would help steer containment efforts, build a more targeted response strategy, and foster learnings across cities and states as new hotspots arise. Throughout the course of the pandemic, Population...
Dec 3, 2020
Amin, Sajeda; Rob, Ubaidur; Billah, Masuma; Ainul, Sigma; Hossain, Md Irfan; Rahman, Forhana; Kundu, Surojit; Ehsan, Iqbal; Haque, Eashita; Hossain, Md Saddam; Manzur, Mehnaz, 2020, "COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among adolescent girls in Bangladesh", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UBZXWD, Harvard Dataverse, V4
The Population Council COVID-19 study team is implementing rapid phone-based surveys of a representative sample of girls living in the catchment area of two skills-building programs. The two programs (one with UNFPA, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs; and the second with UNICEF and the Ministry of Education/DSHE) are affiliated with the UN...
Aug 24, 2020
del Valle, Angel; Briggs, Hannah; Chang, Benjamin; Chew, Aiken; Medina, Brian; Muñoz, Gabriela; Ngo, Thoai D.; Vásquez, Elizabeth; White, Corinne; Zamora, Ramón, 2020, "COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among decisionmakers of indigenous municipalities in Guatemala", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/30MVD1, Harvard Dataverse, V6
Indigenous communities are often socially and economically marginalized which makes them particularly vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19. The Population Council has a longstanding partnership with indigenous communities in Guatemala through the "Abriendo Oportunidades" program. To understand the knowledge, perspectives, and needs related to the C...
Aug 12, 2020
Acharya, Rajib; Gundi, Mukta; Ngo, Thoai D.; Pandey, Neelanjana; Patel, Sangram K.; Pinchoff, Jessie; Rampal, Shilpi; Saggurti, Niranjan; Santhya, K.G.; White, Corinne; Zavier, A.J.F., 2020, "COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among adolescents and young people in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8ZVOKW, Harvard Dataverse, V6, UNF:6:Jy+eunYfXHAF/Z0IU6xZdg== [fileUNF]
To control the spread of COVID-19 in India and to aid the efforts of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), the Population Council and other non-governmental organizations are conducting research to assess residents’ ability to follow sanitation and social distancing precautions under a countrywide lockdown. The Population Council COVID...
Aug 5, 2020
Vieitez, Isabel; Larrea, Silvana; Romero, Fabiola; Cicolella, Ludivine, 2020, "COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes and practices in rural indigenous communities in Mexico", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1C6HYC, Harvard Dataverse, V3
Indigenous communities are often socially and economically marginalized which makes them particularly vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19. The Population Council has a longstanding partnership with indigenous communities in Mexico through the "Abriendo Futuros" program. To understand the knowledge, perspectives, and needs related to the COVID-19 p...
Jul 7, 2020
Blake, Sarah C.; Temin, Miriam, 2020, "Evidence review: Promoting adolescent girls’ health and well-being in low-resource settings in the era of COVID-19", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/B3FZ6O, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Adolescent girls are among the groups intended to benefit from measures governments enact to control COVID-19, such as travel restrictions and business and school closures. However, given the dual disadvantage adolescent girls face due to age and gender, even approaches that effectively reduce the threat of COVID-19 transmission may exacerbate othe...
Jun 5, 2020
Briggs, Hannah E.; Ngo, Thoai D., 2020, "The health, economic, and social effect of COVID-19 and its response on gender and sex: A literature review", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BOI0MD, Harvard Dataverse, V1
Large-scale emergencies, like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrate pervasive effects across multiple sectors. There is a continually growing body of evidence demonstrating gender and sex differences in COVID-19 disease, as well as its health, social, and economic impacts. While online resources have worked to compile this evidence, there is a...
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