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Thank you Anna. It was a great lecture.

. @ImranRasul3 concludes to say how important it is to understand the wider impact of these significant health crises

It tended to be older mothers that tended to put off pregnancy as a result of the Zika alert #insteadAL19

It took about 12 months after the public alert before the conception rates went back to normal rate #insteadAL19

Results show there was a significant drop in conception rates after the public alert over Zika #InsteadAL19

Cases of Microcephaly tended to be concentrated in the north east of Brazil #insteadAL

The policy responses was there was no government advice to the public to postpone pregnancy #InsteadAL19

The Zika virus was unique as one of the symptoms was microcephaly - where a new baby’s head was larger than normal #InsteadAL19

There was a negative impact of the ELA clubs were there was an increase in the amount of transactional sex among older girls #InsteadAL19

In villages were there were no ELA clubs there was an increase in unprotected sex and pregnancy #insteadAL19

The ‘ELA clubs’ reduce the amount of time that girls spend doing risky activities, such as spending more time with men involved in sexual activity #insteadAL19

The results of the intervention, the ‘Clubs’, is that they offset some of the disruption caused by the virus - for the younger girls under 17 #insteadAL19

The research then looks at the difference in disruption in villages that were less and more impacted by the virus #insteadAL19

Younger girls of 17 or less were more affected by the school closures, whereas girls older than 17 were more impacted in fewer work opportunities #insteadAL19

. @ImranRasul3 looks at an intervention known as Empowerment and Livelihoods for Adolescents (ELA) or a number of ‘clubs’ that were safe spaces for men and women during the crisis #insteadAL19

There was a loss of economic opportunity for men and women and girls were more affected by school closures as they have fewer years in school than boys. Also as girls weren’t in school they were more vulnerable to sexual abuse #insteadAL19

The policy response by Sierra Leone to the Ebola virus was to close borders, lock-down villages and schools were closed #InsteadAL19

The Ebola virus particularly affected Sierra Leone and is one of the worst countries in the world for gender inequality, it has the highest maternal mortality ratio in the world and one of the lowest number of health professionals. #InsteadAL19

The first data set that @ImranRasul3 shows is the aggregate shock on the economic lives of young women. #insteadAL19