Seeking synergies: understanding the evidence that links menstrual health and sexual and reproductive health and rights.

abstract：:The term "menstrual health" has seen increased use across advocacy, programming, policy, and research, but has lacked a consistent, self-contained definition. As a rapidly growing field of research and practice a comprehensive definition is needed to (1) ensure menstrual health is prioritised as a unified objective in...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Hennegan J,Winkler IT,Bobel C,Keiser D,Hampton J,Larsson G,Chandra-Mouli V,Plesons M,Mahon T

更新日期：2021-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child marriage is a globally recognised human rights violation that disproportionately affects girls, especially in developing countries. It has serious negative consequences on girls' physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health and rights. Although well-pronounced laws against child marriage were enacted in Ban...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Akter S,Williams C,Talukder A,Islam MN,Escallon JV,Sultana T,Kapil N,Sarker M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite progress in increasing the use of modern contraceptives in most Latin American countries over the last few decades, important challenges remain, including the heavy reliance on out-of-pocket spending to access contraceptives, which may expose consumption to macroeconomic fluctuations. Out-of-pocket spending on...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Garraza LG,Tobar F,Rodríguez Bernate I

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Universal Health Coverage (UHC) forces governments to consider not only how services will be provided - but which services - and to whom, when, where, how and at what cost. This paper considers the implications for achieving UHC through the lens of abortion-related care for adolescents. Our comparative study design in...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Kangaude G,Coast E,Fetters T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2017, the Trump Administration reinstated and expanded the Global Gag Rule (GGR). This policy requires non-governmental organisations (NGOs) not based in the US to certify that they will not provide, counsel, refer, or advocate for abortion as a method of family planning in order to receive most categories of US gl...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Ushie BA,Juma K,Kimemia G,Magee M,Maistrellis E,McGovern T,Casey SE

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women asylum seekers and refugees face huge challenges related to their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and rights. In this article we explore the structural determinants of vulnerability to poor SRH for these women in South Africa, and focus particularly on the political, legal and economic structures which rend...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Freedman J,Crankshaw TL,Mutambara VM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Menstruation frequently poses psychological, social, and health challenges for young women living in low- and middle-income countries. In countries such as India, where menstruation is stigmatised, it can be particularly difficult. This paper examines challenges related to menstruation for young women living in slums ...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： McCammon E,Bansal S,Hebert LE,Yan S,Menendez A,Gilliam M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent girls comprise a considerable proportion of annual abortion deaths, worldwide, with 15% of all unsafe abortions taking place among girls under 20 years of age. Despite recent global attention to the health and welfare of adolescent girls, little is known about their abortion experience, particularly of thos...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Espinoza C,Samandari G,Andersen K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As right-wing populist movements make electoral gains around the world, one might expect that resultant policy and legislative reversals against sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) would be mirrored by a similar backlash in United Nations (UN) human rights negotiations. Yet the past five years have seen u...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Aylward E,Halford S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications from abortion, while rare, are to be expected, as with any medical procedure. While the vast majority of serious abortion complications occur in parts of the world where abortion is legally restricted, legal access to abortion is not a guarantee of safety, particularly in regions where abortion is highly...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Seewald M,Martin LA,Echeverri L,Njunguru J,Hassinger JA,Harris LH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uganda hosts 1.4 million refugees and conflict-affected people. Widely regarded as the best place in Africa to be a refugee, Uganda's policies encourage self-sufficiency and local integration. However, abortion is legally restricted and recent studies suggest that displaced women and girls have persistent unmet sexual...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Nara R,Banura A,Foster AM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two maternal deaths occurred between September 2017 and August 2018 in the Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhia and Teknaf Upazilas, Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh. Behind every one of these lives lost is a complex narrative of historical, social, and political forces, which provide an important context for reprodu...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Parmar PK,Jin RO,Walsh M,Scott J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary describes positive political norm change on abortion despite a restrictive abortion law. As we describe it, the approach in Pakistan has involved careful efforts to maintain government ownership, leadership, and accountability for safe abortion care and service delivery by Pakistani health authorities ...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Sharma AC,Dhillon J,Shabbir G,Lynam A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a paucity of data on violence against women and girls (VAWG) during times of conflict in general and even less information specifically on violence against adolescent girls. Based on secondary analysis of a larger study on VAWG in South Sudan, this article highlights the specific experience of conflict-affect...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Murphy M,Bingenheimer JB,Ovince J,Ellsberg M,Contreras-Urbina M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roma health mediators are part of a government funded, community-led health intervention. One of the programme's central aims is to improve access to reproductive care for Roma women, often said to be one of the most disadvantaged population groups in Europe. This paper is a critical analysis of mediation in Romania, ...

journal_title：Sexual and reproductive health matters

authors： Kühlbrandt C

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00