Covid-19 threatens to unravel years of progress on reproductive health and rights

Abstract / Summary

We must act now to protect them, warn Herminia Palacio and Susheela Singh

A perfect storm of unfortunate events—the covid-19 pandemic, the attendant economic collapse, and potential funding reductions due to the United States’ announced withdrawal from the World Health Organization—is threatening to undo decades of progress in access to sexual and reproductive health care, particularly for those in the poorest countries.