Sexual and reproductive health services during outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature scoping review

Table 1 Search terms^a

Population	Adolescents, young people, adults, general population
Concept	Reproductive, sexual, contraception, family planning, contraceptive, HIV service, HIV testing, HIV program, HIV treatment, antiretroviral therapy, abortion, sexually transmitted infections, sexually transmitted diseases, morning after pill, emergency, cervical cancer screening
Context	Pandemic, epidemic, outbreak, COVID, COVID-19, coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 OR SARS-CoV-2.^b,c

^aThe full search string included all variations of the search terms and associated acronyms
^bThe focus of this review was initially on adolescents and young people, but given very few relevant studies, the population was broadened
^cWe expected all relevant outbreaks (e.g., cholera, Ebola) but would be captured with terms such as “pandemic”, “epidemic” and “outbreak”

ISSN: 2046-4053