Protecting safe abortion in humanitarian settings: overcoming legal and policy barriers.

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：: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：:Western countries have reported an increased risk of maternal mortality among African immigrants. This study aimed to identify cases of maternal mortality among immigrants from the Horn of Africa living in Sweden using snowball sampling, and verify whether they had been classified as maternal deaths in the Cause of De...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Elebro K,Rööst M,Moussa K,Johnsdotter S,Essén B

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：: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：: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：:In 1997, the Supreme Court of India recognised sexual harassment in the workplace as a violation of human rights. However, little is known about the extent or persistence of sexual harassment. To obtain an understanding of women's experiences of sexual harassment in the health sector, an exploratory study was undertak...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Chaudhuri P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is well known that refugees engage in sex work as a form of livelihood, stigma and silence around this issue persist within humanitarian circles. As a result, these refugees' sexual and reproductive health and rights, and related vulnerabilities, remain overlooked. Their protection and health needs, which ...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Rosenberg JS,Bakomeza D

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：: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：: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：: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 article offers some insights into the experiences of HIV positive women with the female condom, drawing on my own personal experience and responses of 18 members of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS to an e-mail survey conducted in 2005. Major barriers reported to female condom use were co...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Welbourn A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High unmet need for limiting contraception persists in most states of India despite wide access to sterilisation. Qualitative evidence from a rural community in which child mortality is high and women's autonomy is low suggests that women may seek reversibility in a contraceptive even if they have finished childbearin...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Iyengar K,Iyengar SD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2011, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued two landmark decisions. In Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil, the first maternal death case decided by an international human rights body, it confirms that States have a human rights obligation to guarantee that all women, irrespe...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Kismödi E,de Mesquita JB,Ibañez XA,Khosla R,Sepúlveda L

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on a community-based study in 1999 of the beliefs and practices of people in Faranah District, Guinea regarding female genital excision (FGE). Semi-structured individual interviews and focus group discussions were carried out with women of reproductive age, older women, married men, community and re...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Keita D,Blankhart D

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：: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：:Withdrawal is an ancient and prevalent form of male contraception which has largely been ignored by family planning programme managers all over the world. The objective of this study was to understand men's perspectives on withdrawal use, both users and non-users. In-depth interviews with 62 male factory workers in we...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Ortayli N,Bulut A,Ozugurlu M,Cokar M

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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

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：:Disability encompasses the limitations on an individual's basic physical activities, and the consequent social oppressions such individual faces in society. In this regard, the limitation on the use of some parts of the genitals in a patriarchal system is considered a form of disability. This paper describes the perce...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Owojuyigbe M,Bolorunduro ME,Busari D

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines different dimensions of sexual health as related to the measurement of sexual health indicators and the proposed changes in the International Classification of Diseases to address issues related to sexuality and sexual health with an aim of informing health policy-making and programming. The lack o...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Chou D,Cottler S,Khosla R,Reed GM,Say L

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Abortion has been available legally in Moldova since 1955, and since then the abortion rate has gradually declined. The quality of abortion care remains low, however, and there is a high level of maternal mortality related to unsafe abortion. The goals of the 2005-2015 National Reproductive Health Strategy are to redu...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Comendant R

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Microbicide' is the name for a number of new products currently under research which could become a new class of barrier method for use in the vagina and rectum for protection against HIV, prevention and/or treatment of other sexually transmitted diseases and/or act as a contraceptive. This is a summary report of thi...

journal_title：Reproductive health matters

authors： Berer M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00