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Table 2 Scoping inclusion and exclusion criteria

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

Criteria

Inclusion

Exclusion criteria

Publication type

Peer Reviewed; full text available through a library service

Not Peer Reviewed; full-text not accessible

Language

English

Non-English

Setting/place

Sub-Saharan Africaa

Not sub-Saharan Africa

Study design/type

Any studies with primary data (i.e., observational studies, randomized controlled trials, qualitative studies)

Commentaries; systematic reviews; meta-analyses; scoping reviews; modeling studies

Time limit

Any time

None

  1. aAccording to the World Bank, sub-Saharan Africa includes the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe