Fertility trends during successive novel infectious disease outbreaks: Zika and COVID-19 in Brazil

LJ Marteleto, LGF Sereno, RZ Coutinho… - Cadernos de saude …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
This study aims to estimate fertility trends in Brazil in the 2010s and early 2020s during a
period of back-to-back novel infectious disease outbreaks-Zika virus and COVID-19. We use …

[HTML][HTML] Navigating women's reproductive health and childbearing during public health crises: Covid-19 and Zika in Brazil

LJ Marteleto, M Dondero - World development, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
When Ana, 1 a 33-year-old woman from Recife, Brazil, learned that she was pregnant with
her first child in 2016, during the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic, she recounted crying with fear …

Live births and fertility amid the Zika epidemic in Brazil

LJ Marteleto, G Guedes, RZ Coutinho, A Weitzman - Demography, 2020 - Springer
Abstract In late 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health
Organization classified the increase in congenital malformations associated with the Zika …

Epidemics and fertility change: responses to Zika and COVID-19 in Singapore

PL Tan, J Ryan, J Lim-Soh - Available at SSRN 3919334, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Using longitudinal survey data collected from 407 married women at peak childbearing
ages, we compared self-reported changes to fertility plans in response to the 2016-2017 …

Epidemics, pandemics and fertility change: responses to Zika and COVID-19 in Singapore

PL Tan, J Ryan, JW Lim-Soh - Asian Population Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Using longitudinal surveys on married Singaporean women of childbearing ages, we
compared self-reported changes to fertility plans among 407 and 345 respondents after the …

Zika virus public health crisis and the perpetuation of gender inequality in Brazil

RZ Coutinho, AV Montalvo, A Weitzman… - Reproductive …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2015–2017, the Americas experienced a highly consequential
epidemics for pregnancy and childbearing. Mainly transmitted by the mosquito Aedes …

Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Birth Rates in 2020: the case of Colombia

VMM Mendoza, PA Velilla, ST Hussein… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
The global emergency arising from the rapid spread of the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCOV-2) virus, the etiological agent responsible for …

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Fertility Trends

A Carballo, M Corina - Available at SSRN 3707431, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Background: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on birth rates are not yet known and
only very few studies have addressed this issue. However, the pandemic has triggered a …

[HTML][HTML] Women's reproductive intentions and behaviors during the Zika epidemic in Brazil

LJ Marteleto, A Weitzman, RZ Coutinho… - Population and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The epidemic caused by the Zika virus (ZIKV), beginning in 2015, is a major public health
shock for Brazil, confronting reproductive-age women with an array of potentially dire risks …

Abortion after the Zika virus epidemic in Northeast Brazil

D Diniz, M Medeiros, A Madeiro - Revista de Saúde Pública, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
To the Editor: Northeast Brazil was the epicenter of a Zika virus outbreak between 2015 and
2016. During the epidemic, health officials have urged women to avoid pregnancy. Data …