The Global Commission on HIV and the Law: recommendations for legal reform to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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：:Violence against women is a social mechanism confirming women's subordination in many societies. Sexual violence and harassment have various negative psychological impacts on girls, including a persistent feeling of insecurity and loss of self-esteem. This article aims to contextualize a particular form of sexual hara...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Nahar P,van Reeuwijk M,Reis R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

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：:This paper discusses the type of work migrant women from the former Eastern European countries perform in nightclubs in Amman, Jordan. The fieldwork for this qualitative study was conducted in 2010 and is based on in-depth interviews with 13 women. The topic is approached from the perspective of describing women's cho...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Beňová L

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant women routinely undergo prenatal screening in Australia and this has become a common experience of motherhood. When prenatal screening or prenatal testing results in diagnosis of a serious fetal abnormality, women are presented with a decision to continue or terminate their pregnancy. Few recent studies have ...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Pitt P,McClaren BJ,Hodgson J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The female condom has received surprisingly little serious attention since its introduction in 1984. Given the numbers of women with HIV globally, international support for women's reproductive and sexual health and rights and the empowerment of women, and, not least, due to the demand expressed by users, one would ha...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Peters A,Jansen W,van Driel F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarises the findings of a study on second trimester abortion in England and Wales in 2005. Second trimester abortions constitute a relatively small proportion of the total number of legal abortions performed in these countries yet attract quite substantial public, and particularly media, attention. Discu...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Ingham R,Lee E,Clements SJ,Stone N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Argentina has recognized women's right to not be subjected to obstetric violence, the violence exercised by health personnel on the body and reproductive processes of pregnant women, as expressed through dehumanizing treatment, medicalization abuse, and the conversion of natural processes of reproduction into patholog...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Vacaflor CH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1995, sector-wide approaches (SWAps) to health development have significantly influenced health aid to developing countries. SWAps offer guidelines for new partnerships with international donors led by government, new relationships between donors and shared financing, development and implementation of agreed pac...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Hill PS

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the female condom has been introduced into over 90 countries since 1997, it has only been accepted in sexual and reproductive health programmes as a mainstream method in a few. This paper describes introductory strategies developed by Ministries of Health and non-governmental organisations in Brazil, Ghana, Z...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Warren M,Philpott A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last days of 2011, President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff issued a provisional measure (or draft law) entitled "National Surveillance and Monitoring Registration System for the Prevention of Maternal Mortality" (MP 557), as part of a new maternal health programme. It was supposed to address the pressing issue of ma...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Diniz S

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:The Women's Right to Life and Health project aimed to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in Bangladesh through provision of comprehensive emergency obstetric care (EmOC) in the country's district and sub-district hospitals. Human resources development was one of the project's major activities. This paper describe...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Islam MT,Haque YA,Waxman R,Bhuiyan AB

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug regimens and procedures now exist that will prevent parents from transmitting HIV to infants, and the ethical and legal obligation to promote and protect the reproductive rights of those living with HIV should form part of training for HIV/AIDS care and prevention. This paper reports a study that investigated iss...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Paiva V,Filipe EV,Santos N,Lima TN,Segurado A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unmet need for family planning in Uganda is among the world's highest. Injectable contraceptives, the most available method, were used by only 14.1% of married women in 2011. Recent data suggest that the main reason for unmet need is not lack of access, but fear of and unacceptability of side effects. In this qual...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Hyttel M,Rasanathan JJ,Tellier M,Taremwa W

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：: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：: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

abstract：:Unsafe abortion is responsible for at least 9% of all maternal deaths worldwide; however, in humanitarian emergencies where health systems are weak and reproductive health services are often unavailable or disrupted, this figure is higher. In Puntland, Somalia, Save the Children International (SCI) implemented postabo...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Chukwumalu K,Gallagher MC,Baunach S,Cannon A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of wide availability of menstrual regulation services, women often resort to a variety of medicines for inducing abortion. The Bangladeshi Government is now supporting attempts to investigate the introduction of medical menstrual regulation in the public sector. This study examined the acceptability of medica...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Yasmin R,Rob U,Hena IA,Das TR,Ahmed FU

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Unmet need for contraception represents a major failure in the provision of reproductive health services and reflects the extent of access to services for spacing and limiting births, which are also affected by personal, partner, community and health system factors. In the context of the Millennium Development Goals, ...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Bernstein S,Edouard L

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viet Nam has high modern contraceptive prevalence (68%), with most services received through the public sector. As the country transitions to middle-income status, Viet Nam's donors have ceased donations of contraceptive supplies, causing a large projected shortfall in the family planning budget. In response, the Mini...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Drake JK,Thi Thanh LH,Suraratdecha C,Thi Thu HP,Vail JG

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：: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：:On 25 July 2001 the Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning organised a Tribunal on Abortion Rights in Warsaw, to publicize the negative consequences of the criminalization of abortion in Poland. A panel of Polish and foreign experts heard the testimonials of seven Polish women's experiences under the 1993 "An...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Girard F,Nowicka W

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the flow of resources at the country level to reproductive health is essential for effective financing of this key component of health. This paper gives a comprehensive picture of the allocation of resources for reproductive health in Kenya and the challenges faced in the resource-tracking process. Data ...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Sidze EM,Pradhan J,Beekink E,Maina TM,Maina BW

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Chile is a traditionally conservative country, considerable legal advances in sexual and reproductive rights over the past decade have brought discourses on sexuality into mainstream political, social and media agendas. In light of these changes it is important to explore how adolescents conceptualize sexuali...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Macintyre AK,Montero Vega AR,Sagbakken M

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Menopausal symptoms can be grim, and the desire to replace the hormonal "deficit" with exogenous hormones remains strong. Since the 1950s, hormone replacement therapy has been used increasingly, while evidence on the risks of unwanted side effects has accumulated. What have we learned over these decades? Firstly, curr...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Mcpherson K

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00