Reproductive health financing in Kenya: an analysis of national commitments, donor assistance, and the resources tracking process.

abstract：:Sex workers remain a vulnerable population at risk for HIV acquisition and transmission. Research suggests that interventions at the individual level, such as condom distribution, are less effective in preventing HIV among sex workers than structural changes such as allowing safer work settings and reducing the harass...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Forbes A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1978 the abortion law was liberalised in Norway. It permits abortion on request up to 12 weeks of pregnancy, and after that with the agreement of a medical commission, taking the woman's own views into consideration. In 2003, 96% of abortions took place before 12 weeks of pregnancy. There is considerable support am...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Løkeland M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa preceded the onset of the generalised HIV epidemic by several years, current policies and programmes focus on heterosexual transmission and mother-to-child transmission. We used an adaptation of the UNAIDS Country Harmonised Alignment Tool...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Rispel LC,Metcalf CA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After almost 500 years of Spanish colonial rule, Canon law and laws of Spanish origin continue to dominate Philippine family, civil and penal law. Most if not all of these laws place serious limitations on the realisation of women's sexual and reproductive rights. Since 2002, the current president, Gloria Mocapagal Ar...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Ruiz Austria CS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Irish Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act seeks to clarify the legal ground for abortion in cases of risk to life, and to create procedures to regulate women's access to services under it. This article explores the new law as the outcome of an international human rights litigation strategy premised on state du...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Erdman JN

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Young Men's Project has been working with young men and young fathers as part of Great Yarmouth Primary Care Trust in the UK since June 2001. The Project works in schools and other educational environments to promote positive personal development, particularly around sex and relationships, and to increase accessib...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Osborn M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study seeks to examine the reasons why young women aged 14-20 in Maputo, Mozambique were engaging in risky sexual behaviour, and to ascertain whether the spread of HIV is due to socioeconomic factors and/or patriarchal beliefs and mores, or both. It is based on in-depth interviews and questionnaires among 182 gir...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Machel JZ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unsafe abortion in Sudan results in significant morbidity and mortality. This study of treatment for complications of unsafe abortion in five hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan, included a review of hospital records and a survey of 726 patients seeking abortion-related care from 27 October 2007 to 31 January 2008, an interv...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Kinaro J,Ali TE,Schlangen R,Mack J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In April and May 2006, internal conflict in Timor-Leste led to the displacement of approximately 150,000 people, around 15% of the population. The violence was most intense in Dili, the capital, where many residents were displaced into camps in the city or to the districts. Research utilising in-depth qualitative inte...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Wayte K,Zwi AB,Belton S,Martins J,Martins N,Whelan A,Kelly PM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the mid-point of the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, we reviewed the situation in the UK in key areas. In recent years, greater attention has been paid to sexual health at a national policy level, including strategies on teenage pregnancy and sexual health, bu...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Davey C

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health sector reformers, particularly the economists among them, are prone to reject calls for more financial support for reproductive health as "special pleading" even when the argument is made that reproductive health is a basic human right. Reproductive health is not alone in this. Up to now, however, the idea that...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Merrick T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turkey has maintained liberal contraception and abortion policies since the 1980s. In 2012, the government proposed to restrict abortion; a bill limiting abortion was later drafted but never passed into law. Since the proposed restriction, women have reported difficulty accessing abortion services across Turkey. We ai...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： MacFarlane KA,O'Neil ML,Tekdemir D,Çetin E,Bilgen B,Foster AM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-Health-Environment (PHE) is an interdisciplinary model of programme design which recognises the complex interconnections between people, their health and their environment. PHE responds holistically to the challenges faced by ecosystems and the communities dependent on them, with thematically distinct but i...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Mohan V,Shellard T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Argentina adolescent pregnancy is still regarded as a public health problem or a "social epidemic". However, it is necessary to ask from which perspective and for whom it is a problem, and what type of problem. This article presents the findings of a large quantitative and qualitative study conducted in five Northe...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Gogna M,Binstock G,Fernández S,Ibarlucía I,Zamberlin N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In support of maternal health, disease-specific and target-oriented global policy initiatives, such as in Millennium Development Goal 5, have led to a prioritisation of narrow indicators at the expense of more comprehensive approaches. In line with global policy, Nicaragua has made skilled attendants and institutional...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Kvernflaten B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the majority of births in Mexico are attended by skilled birth attendants, maternal mortality remains moderately high, raising questions about the quality of training and delivery care. We conducted an exhaustive review of the curricula of three representative schools for the education and clinical preparatio...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Cragin L,DeMaria LM,Campero L,Walker DM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organizational changes, increased funding and the demands of HIV antiretroviral (ARV) treatment create particular challenges for governance in the health sector. We assess resource allocation, policy making and integration of the national responses to ARV provision and reproductive health in Burkina Faso, using nation...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Windisch R,de Savigny D,Onadja G,Somda A,Wyss K,Sié A,Kouyaté B

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South Africa's cervical screening policy recommends three free Pap smears at ten-year intervals for all women over 30 years of age, aiming to achieve 70% coverage by 2010 by targeting the age group most at risk of developing pre-cancerous cervical lesions. Attaining wide coverage requires an adequate supply of motivat...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Kawonga M,Fonn S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Kenya in 1999, an estimated 6.9% of women nationally said they had exchanged sex for money, gifts or favours in the previous year. In 2000 and 2001, in collaboration with sex workers who had formed a network of self-help groups, we conducted an exploratory survey among 475 sex workers in four rural towns and three ...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Elmore-Meegan M,Conroy RM,Agala CB

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women and girls are increasingly the direct and targeted victims of armed conflict and studies show that they are disproportionately and differentially affected. However, humanitarian laws, policies, and protocols have yet to be meaningfully interpreted and adapted to respond to their specific needs, including to sexu...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Radhakrishnan A,Sarver E,Shubin G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Nepal, the effects of the low social status of women and lack of access to health care and family planning have resulted in a maternal mortality ratio that is among the highest in South Asia. By the mid-1990s, the contribution of unsafe abortions to maternal deaths and morbidity was acknowledged by key individuals ...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Shakya G,Kishore S,Bird C,Barak J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outdated second trimester abortion methods are still being used in some countries, and very few studies have compared them to currently recommended methods. To this end, we studied the efficacy and safety of vaginal misoprostol used alone for abortions in 189 women at 13-20 weeks gestation, in 2004-2006. We also retro...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Boza AV,de León RG,Castillo LS,Mariño DR,Mitchell EM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrated reproductive health services for people living with HIV must address their fertility intentions. For HIV-serodiscordant couples who want to conceive, attempted conception confers a substantial risk of HIV transmission to the uninfected partner. Behavioral and pharmacologic strategies may reduce HIV transmis...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Crankshaw TL,Matthews LT,Giddy J,Kaida A,Ware NC,Smit JA,Bangsberg DR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since Spain's transition to democracy, abortion has been a public policy issue both inside and outside parliament. This paper describes the history of abortion law reform in Spain from 1979 to 2004 and analyses the discourse on abortion of members of the Spanish parliament by sex and political allegiance. The analysis...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Cambronero-Saiz B,Ruiz Cantero MT,Vives-Cases C,Carrasco Portiño M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rights-based approach in HIV service delivery for adults is increasingly taking root in sub-Saharan Africa in the context of greater availability of antiretroviral therapy. Yet there has been comparatively little progress in strengthening a rights-based approach to adolescent HIV services, which we learned during a ...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Mburu G,Hodgson I,Teltschik A,Ram M,Haamujompa C,Bajpai D,Mutali B

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have seen a push to apply criminal law to HIV exposure and transmission, often driven by the wish to respond to concerns about the ongoing rapid spread of HIV in many countries. Particularly in Africa, some groups have begun to advocate for criminalization in response to the serious phenomenon of women be...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Jürgens R,Cohen J,Cameron E,Burris S,Clayton M,Elliott R,Pearshouse R,Gathumbi A,Cupido D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to a long-term shortage of obstetricians, the Ministry of Health of Senegal and Dakar University Obstetric Department agreed in 1998 to train district teams consisting of an anaesthetist, general practitioner and surgical assistant in emergency obstetric surgery. An evaluation of the policy was carried out in thre...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： De Brouwere V,Dieng T,Diadhiou M,Witter S,Denerville E

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural and social inequalities, a harsh political economy and neglect on the part of the state have made married adolescent girls an extremely vulnerable group in the urban slum environment in Bangladesh. The importance placed on newly married girls' fertility results in high fertility rates and low rates of contr...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Rashid SF

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although unsafe abortion continues to be a leading cause of maternal mortality in many countries in Asia, the right to safe abortion remains highly stigmatized across the region. The Asia Safe Abortion Partnership, a regional network advocating for safe abortion, produced an animated short film entitled From Unwanted ...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Krishnan S,Dalvie S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to describe the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy across 19 countries, and examine trends across age groups and UN regions. We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (20 surveys from 15 countries) and the International Violence Against Women...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Devries KM,Kishor S,Johnson H,Stöckl H,Bacchus LJ,Garcia-Moreno C,Watts C

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00