TABLE 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Study characteristics	Included	Excluded
Location	Research conducted in the sub-Saharan African countries	Studies conducted outside sub-Saharan Africa
Publication status	All publications, regardless of research design, sample size and methods used, were included	Unpublished Master’s and PhD dissertations and theses; rapid, scoping and systematic reviews
Publication date	2015–2025	Before 2015
Language	English	Non-English
Outcome	Studies focusing on at least two or more common perinatal MHCs	Studies focusing on one common perinatal MHCs (e.g. depression only; anxiety only)
	Including either pregnant women or women in the postnatal period, or both	-
Intervention	Studies focusing on all women in the perinatal period	Studies focusing on a single group of perinatal women (e.g. adolescents/teenagers; women living with human immunodeficiency virus; women experiencing gender-based violence)

MHC, mental health condition.