• In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for any damages arising from the use of the information linked to this section. (who.int)
  • Access to care: The World Health Organization and the American Medical Association classify infertility as a disease. (guidestar.org)
  • Numerous health organizations, including the World Health Organization , the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists , and the American Public Health Association support allowing advanced practice clinicians to perform abortion services. (maine.gov)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines say that adolescents should have access to information about what services exist, when care should be sought and how to find care at the right time. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that approximately 90% of children living with HIV acquired the infection perinatally-during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
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  • The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, aims to reduce morbidity and mortality in children between two months and five years of age ( 1 ) , by improving the quality of care offered by Primary Care ( 2 ) . (bvs.br)
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE) is one of the region's largest providers of sexual and reproductive health care services. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region is a nonprofit organization affiliated with Planned Parenthood St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Planned Parenthood was not only able to provide her health care, but help her recover and be able to lead the healthy, happy life she has today. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • In a "friend of the court" brief filed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Black Mamas Matter Alliance and its co-signers outline how a Texas measure to deny Medicaid coverage for services provided by Planned Parenthood would exacerbate already stark racial disparities in women's ability to access maternal and reproductive health care in the state. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The brief submitted today outlines the crucial role Planned Parenthood plays in creating healthy outcomes for low-income women and women of color, and how denying Medicaid patients access to these services will only increase the extreme gaps in care that contribute to of Texas' maternal health crisis. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Family Planning and Preventive Health Services, et al. (reproductiverights.org)
  • challenges Texas's most recent attempt to "defund" Planned Parenthood by denying Medicaid patients the right to their preferred health care provider if that provider is Planned Parenthood. (reproductiverights.org)
  • In February 2017, a federal district court in Texas blocked the State from implementing the measure, which would have denied nearly 11,000 Texas Medicaid patients access to health care services at Planned Parenthood. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Even so, those who want to defund Planned Parenthood say they cannot support any organization that provides abortions. (californiahealthline.org)
  • In a September letter to supporters , he said he was committed to "nominating pro-life justices to the U.S. Supreme Court," ending late-term abortions and reallocating Planned Parenthood money to community health centers that serve women. (californiahealthline.org)
  • Planned Parenthood denied that the organization or its patients profited from the donation of fetal tissue. (rutgers.edu)
  • Johanna Schoen, associate professor of history in the School of Arts and Sciences , sees the controversy over Planned Parenthood as the latest episode in the long-running battle over access to reproductive health in the United States - a battle she's been studying since her graduate school days at the University of North Carolina . (rutgers.edu)
  • Texas, the one exception, won a decidedly pyrrhic victory when, in 2011, it decided to forgo federal funding-which had previously paid for 90 percent of the cost of women's health services-in exchange for the privilege of excluding Planned Parenthood from its health coverage for low-income women. (prospect.org)
  • Right now in the United States, women's sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are being aggressively restricted by new state laws, while defunding threats are plaguing health care providers like Planned Parenthood, and this week the Supreme Court heard arguments in Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt , a case that has serious implications about equal access to abortion and other health services. (amnestyusa.org)
  • This essay will focus around the ideology of Planned Parenthood as an organization. (bartleby.com)
  • Planned Parenthood directly provides reproductive health services, is involved in teach young students about sexual education, contributes to research in reproductive technology, and interacts with legal and political efforts aimed at protecting and developing reproductive rights. (bartleby.com)
  • Planned parenthood has been a topic of controversy the last couple of years, as people throughout the nation ask whether or not the healthcare organization should be defunded. (bartleby.com)
  • Pro-choice supporters with Planned Parenthood staff rally outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St Louis, Mo. (thenation.com)
  • The fact that a health center offers abortions is not a legitimate reason to ban Medicaid patients from going there for services like STI treatments, cancer screenings, and contraception-at least according to the Obama administration, which sent a letter to all 50 states in 2016 warning them against "defunding" Planned Parenthood under Medicaid. (thenation.com)
  • Now, Planned Parenthood says Missouri is poised to be the fourth state to strip Medicaid reimbursements from the organization. (thenation.com)
  • For more than a year, we've warned the Biden administration: Missourians are in danger of losing access to their health care," Yamelsie Rodríguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri said in a statement provided exclusively to The Nation ahead of the lawsuit. (thenation.com)
  • The second affiliate involved in the lawsuit is Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP), which covers Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas and has spent the past six months absorbing patients flocking to its health centers from Texas , where a law that bans most abortions after six weeks has been in effect since September 1. (thenation.com)
  • That is why we have joined more than two dozen medical societies and organizations representing physicians, nurses and other health professionals in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to sustain lower court rulings that blocked a 2018 Mississippi law banning abortions after the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. (ama-assn.org)
  • Non-covered reproductive health care is defined in this policy as lawfully available, assisted reproductive technology and non-covered abortions. (af.mil)
  • Most women who have abortions do not regret them, and the American Psychological Society in 2008 concluded that abortion does not result in negative mental health outcomes for women. (rutgers.edu)
  • Allowing qualified and licensed medical professionals to perform abortions will ensure that Maine women, especially those in rural areas, are able to access critical reproductive health care services when and where they need them from qualified providers they know and trust. (maine.gov)
  • LD 1261 "An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions" allows a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, allopathic or osteopathic physician licensed as such in Maine to perform abortions. (maine.gov)
  • Deliberately creating confusion, these centers locate very close to reproductive health clinics that provide abortions. (rcrc.org)
  • Trump framed his new order as " Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance ," but it's unlikely to reduce the number of abortions performed in poor countries. (truthout.org)
  • The state attorney general wants to enact a law that would strip Medicaid funding for preventative health services from any clinic that provides abortions. (prospect.org)
  • If it hadn't been overturned, the law would have presented Arizona's abortion providers with a stark choice: Stop offering abortions or figure out a way to absorb the cost of low-income women's reproductive care without Medicaid's help. (prospect.org)
  • This ruling not only harmed access to abortions, but pregnancy services, contraception, gender-affirming care, and related care for people with chronic conditions as well. (healthlaw.org)
  • Similarly, in Nepal, where six women die every day from botched, illegal abortions, reproductive health organizations have suffered funding cuts in order to lobby their government to liberalize abortion laws in order to save women's lives. (feminist.org)
  • National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) works with members to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic, and reproductive justice. (womensenews.org)
  • The lack of reproductive health is a contributing factor in higher rates of maternal mortality in the United States among minority women, especially among Black women. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is estimated that achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.7 "Universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services," would lead to an almost 70% reduction in maternal deaths and 60% of neonatal deaths. (paho.org)
  • MEDIA ADVISORY) - The Center for Reproductive Rights today filed an amicus brief in a federal appeals court on behalf of the Black Mamas Matter Alliance and a coalition of reproductive justice groups who argue that Texas' efforts to deny access to Planned Parenthood's services for Medicaid patients will disproportionately harm Black women's maternal health. (reproductiverights.org)
  • In 2014, The Center for Reproductive Rights and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective began a partnership to raise awareness about human rights and racial disparities in U.S. maternal health. (reproductiverights.org)
  • In June 2015, the organizations began convening leaders on Black maternal health. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The Black Mamas Matter Alliance is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance that works to improve Black maternal health outcomes through advocacy, research, and culture shift activities. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The alliance collaborates with individuals and organizations that share its vision for reproductive justice and maternal health equity. (reproductiverights.org)
  • In addition, integration of family planning into other maternal and child health services is the norm. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Preventing unintended pregnancy in HIV-positive women can significantly reduce maternal-to-child HIV transmission as well as improve the woman's overall health. (hindawi.com)
  • Preventing unplanned or mistimed pregnancy allows a woman with HIV to optimize her own health and has the potential to decrease maternal-to-child transmission of HIV. (hindawi.com)
  • The Biden administration also prioritized countering the maternal mortality epidemic, with particular attention to expanding health insurance eligibility and quality improvement. (healthlaw.org)
  • As the world responds to the COVID-19 crisis, funding and access to SRHR, including modern contraception, safe abortion, and maternal health services must be prioritized. (womendeliver.org)
  • Despite great strides in reducing maternal and child mortality, in some countries, like Uganda and Mozambique, obstacles still prevent women, girls, and people with different sexual orientations and gender identities from enjoying their sexual and reproductive rights fully. (oxfam.ca)
  • This study highlights the impact of sociodemographic differences on health, the value of involving patients in decisions regarding maternity care and the need to ensure availability of medical supplies, all which will contribute to improved maternal well-being. (eur.nl)
  • Maternal Health 4. (who.int)
  • Counselling is a vital part of maternal and newborn health and family planning services. (who.int)
  • In this training manual facilitators' guide we focus on counselling for maternal and newborn health and family planning as "an interactive process between the skilled attendant/health worker and a woman and her family during which information is exchanged and support is provided so that the woman and her family can make decisions, design a plan and take action to improve their health. (who.int)
  • The aim of this facilitator guide is to help national managers and trainers in their efforts to improve the health of mothers and newborn babies through a training programme on reproductive health counselling focused on maternal and neonatal health for skilled providers at any level of the health care system. (who.int)
  • This guide is intended to assist skilled providers in using Counselling for maternal and newborn health care: a handbook for building skills (hereafter referred to as the "Handbook") to provide counselling in the most effective and efficient manner possible. (who.int)
  • There is widespread consensus that improving the coverage and quality of Reproductive Maternal Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) these interventions should be the focus of policies, associated programmes, innovations and it feeds to achieving aspects of Sustainable Development Goal number 3. (who.int)
  • Did Equity of Reproductive and Maternal Health Service Coverage Increase during the MDG Era? (bvsalud.org)
  • Global Health , Health Systems , Maternal Health , Millenium Development Goals , Reproductive Health , Universal Health Coverage by Editor Equity/Equidad - DB . (bvsalud.org)
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has identified national reproductive health goals including reducing the level of unintended pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Reproductive Health Services provides pregnancy diagnosis, all options counseling, surgical and medication abortion, and contraceptive care. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • A gift to Reproductive Health Services will help ensure that anyone facing an unintended pregnancy can make their own personal decisions. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Emergencies increase the risk of gender-based violence (GBV) for adolescent girls and may exacerbate their health risks, diminish educational opportunities and expose them to other human rights violations, including early marriage and early pregnancy. (womensrefugeecommission.org)
  • MSI's program in Zambia seeks to increase the number of youth using its services, given this population's high unplanned pregnancy rates, and this collaboration with IDEO.org is expected to provide innovative solutions for MSI to test. (hewlett.org)
  • 1] Since people often spend most of their reproductive years managing their sexual and reproductive health by preventing and delaying pregnancy,[2] preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and managing menstrual cycles, contraceptive access is essential. (apha.org)
  • The Department of the Air Force has issued guidance effective Feb. 27 implementing Department of Defense policies outlining privacy of command notification of pregnancy, administrative absence for non-covered reproductive health care and unit-funded travel for those seeking non-covered reproductive health care. (af.mil)
  • Under the new policy, a profile for the entire pregnancy is labeled as "medical" and reflects any necessary deployment, assignment and duty limitations as determined by the member's primary care or women's health provider and public health. (af.mil)
  • Walk-in contraception services let the patient discuss and receive their preferred and medically appropriate care to support family planning, menstrual health, pregnancy prevention, and for our active-duty personnel, readiness. (health.mil)
  • In Jackson, Miss., for instance, a CPC called The Center for Pregnancy Choices opened only 100 yards from Jackson Women's Health Organization, the state's only abortion clinic. (rcrc.org)
  • Megan Lessard (left), a community health planner and organizer with New York City for Abortion Rights, stands next to an anti-choice activist who is handing out pamphlets advertising a crisis pregnancy center while reciting "Ave Maria" in Latin. (progressive.org)
  • The case challenges multiple human rights and gender equality violations against schoolgirls in Tanzania that include mandatory pregnancy testing, expulsion of pregnant and married girls, denial of an education post-childbirth, illegal detention of pregnant girls, and the lack of access to reproductive and sexual health information and services in schools. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The Court's opinion struck a careful balance between a woman's fundamental right to privacy, the government's interest in protecting women's health, and the potential for life at different points in pregnancy. (americanbar.org)
  • Engaging diverse groups of women and girls, men and boys to address discriminatory social norms, gender violence, early pregnancy, child marriage, and the sexual and reproductive health and service needs of LGBTIQ+ populations that prevent people from enjoying their rights fully. (oxfam.ca)
  • Reported service reductions included reducing the delivery of information about sexual and reproductive health, pregnancy counseling, contraception provision, and HIV testing and counseling. (bvsalud.org)
  • For example, there are many good practices currently underway at healthcare facilities across Côte d'Ivoire that are improving young women's access to quality SRHR services. (wusc.ca)
  • Working with our expert partners in Côte d'Ivoire-including government ministries, community-based organizations, schools, youth groups and healthcare providers-we support interventions that target three key spheres of influence in a young woman's decision to access quality SRHR services. (wusc.ca)
  • Through pilot testing, research and documentation, and the facilitation of local consultations we aim to strengthen the capacity of healthcare providers and governments to deliver inclusive and accountable SRHR services that meet the needs of adolescent girls. (wusc.ca)
  • We are also connecting some of Canada's brightest minds on SRHR to local healthcare providers to support the strengthening of technical skills of SRHR services delivery, thanks to our partner, Université Laval and skilled Canadian and local volunteers. (wusc.ca)
  • IPPF works in over 145 countries delivering sexual and reproductive healthcare through our IPPF Member Associations (MA). (ippf.org)
  • Help us deliver sexual and reproductive healthcare to those most in need. (ippf.org)
  • Women, girls and vulnerable communities suffer disproportionately without access to sexual and reproductive healthcare during humanitarian crises. (ippf.org)
  • When women have control over decisions about their own healthcare, their health is much improved. (quakerearthcare.org)
  • In Kenya, many reproductive health clinics have closed cutting off desperately needed healthcare services for low-income women. (feminist.org)
  • Training healthcare providers to deliver inclusive, youth-friendly, rights-based, and accountable healthcare to improve access to sexual and reproductive health information and services. (oxfam.ca)
  • We want to ensure everyone in the communities where the project unfolds has access to high-quality, inclusive, and accountable sexual and reproductive healthcare that meets their needs. (oxfam.ca)
  • The process evaluation focused on existing routine data sources and additional pilot-specific monitoring, while the qualitative protocol included in-depth interviews with a range of key stakeholders, including telemedicine and in-person patients, healthcare managers, and service providers. (bvsalud.org)
  • As a result of this movement, women of the United States began to question the largely male-dominated health care system and demanded a right to information on issues regarding their physiology and anatomy. (wikipedia.org)
  • To learn more about your new benefits, your welcome packet, and what to do if you have an urgent health care issue please visit the New to Oregon Health Plan​ web page​. (oregon.gov)
  • This is a reflection of factors including inequitable distribution of health care workers, health infrastructure and, for Africa specifically, very high out-of-pocket payments that prevent people seeking health care when they need it. (who.int)
  • The Reproductive Freedom Defense Act also helps shield Connecticut abortion providers and anyone forced to travel to our state to access safe, legal abortion care from lawsuits and targeted attacks by politicians in other states with extreme, radical abortion bans. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Since 1923, PPSNE has evolved into an organization with 15 health centers in Connecticut and Rhode Island, delivering care to 62,000 patients annually. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • This would worsen an already dire situation in Texas, where lawmakers hostile to women's rights have spent years dismantling access to essential family planning services while passing increasingly restrictive laws designed to shut down women's health care providers. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Access to care: Many people with health insurance do not have coverage for the infertility treatment plan that their doctor recommends. (guidestar.org)
  • Access to care: RESOLVE assists individuals in asking their employers to add infertility benefits to their existing health insurance programs. (guidestar.org)
  • The Prioritizing Equity video series examines how health care equity determines care during the COVID-19 pandemic. (ama-assn.org)
  • The goal of the Reimagining Residency grant program is to transform residency training to best address the workplace needs of our current and future health care system. (ama-assn.org)
  • The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. (ama-assn.org)
  • ChangeMedEd® brings together leaders and innovators in medical education and related health care fields to accelerate change in medical education across the continuum. (ama-assn.org)
  • In the U.S., abortion is a safe and common medical procedure that remains an important component of reproductive health care, which in turn is essential to overall health and well-being. (ama-assn.org)
  • Our AMA will always fight government intrusion that compromises access to safe, evidence-based clinical care, including access to abortion services. (ama-assn.org)
  • Contraceptive use can improve health outcomes and reduce health and health care disparities, including reducing the risk of developing certain reproductive cancers,[3] preventing STIs,[4] and treating medical conditions. (apha.org)
  • These updated policies are intended to assist members who may need to travel greater distances, take more time away from work and pay higher out-of-pocket expenses to access non-covered reproductive health care because of their specific duty location. (af.mil)
  • The new profile provides privacy for members and ensures commanders exercise objectivity and discretion when handling reproductive health care information. (af.mil)
  • Additionally, all pregnant service members should seek prenatal care by 12 weeks gestation to obtain proper care, appropriate duty restrictions and occupational health counseling. (af.mil)
  • Updated administrative leave policy allows service members to request an administrative absence without being charged leave to access non-covered reproductive health care. (af.mil)
  • The system now has the capability for the member to select "Non-covered Reproductive Health Care" from the permissive Temporary Duty list and submit the request to their commander for approval. (af.mil)
  • Changes to pre-existing travel reimbursement policy establish travel and transportation allowances for service members and dependents who must travel to access timely non-covered reproductive health care that is not available within the local area of the member's permanent or temporary duty location. (af.mil)
  • Our multidisciplinary staff works in partnership with host-country experts, organizations, and governments to make quality, accessible health care a reality for children, women, and men around the world. (rhsupplies.org)
  • What's Next In Reproductive Health Care? (californiahealthline.org)
  • Many carried signs in support of women's rights and health care access. (californiahealthline.org)
  • What does it all mean for reproductive health care? (californiahealthline.org)
  • Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News, appeared with reproductive health care advocates on KQED's Forum to discuss the implications of the proposed changes, both in California and nationally. (californiahealthline.org)
  • Ipas Bolivia works both to improve women's access to reproductive health care and safe abortion, and to reduce sexual violence. (ipas.org)
  • Our materials are designed to help reproductive health advocates and professionals expand access to high-quality abortion care. (ipas.org)
  • Authorities in Wuhan disappeared four citizen journalists, Chen Qiushi, Li Zehua, Zhang Zhan, and Fang Bin, who had interviewed health-care professionals and citizens and later publicized their accounts on social media in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown in Wuhan. (state.gov)
  • 2.1.9 Universal safety practice in health care facilities and post-contact prophylaxis. (who.int)
  • The shooting is a domestic terrorist attack, one in a long line of such attacks against abortion providers and women's health care institutions. (rutgers.edu)
  • Governor Janet Mills today signed a bill to improve access to critical reproductive health care for women across Maine. (maine.gov)
  • These health care professionals are trained in family planning, counseling, and abortion procedures, the overwhelming majority of which are completed without complications,"said Governor Mills. (maine.gov)
  • By signing this bill into law, Maine is defending the rights of women and taking a step towards equalizing access to care as other states are seeking to undermine, rollback, or outright eliminate these services. (maine.gov)
  • As a result, women in rural areas of the state can be required to travel hours for reproductive care, despite the presence of qualified, experienced practitioners in their own communities. (maine.gov)
  • Staff assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton's OB-GYN clinic display a number of the instruments and devices associated with patient-centered care during the walk-in contraceptive clinic, an essential part of women's health services provided at NHB. (health.mil)
  • The Defense Health Agency is expanding walk-in contraceptive care services to improve reproductive health services. (health.mil)
  • Ensuring the providers have the skills, equipment, and team to provide the care on a walk-in basis is a leading practice to empower women to make timely decisions for their reproductive health. (health.mil)
  • Contraceptive care walk-in services support the overall well-being of the force and optimize personal warrior readiness and family planning throughout their reproductive years, Hart said. (health.mil)
  • The Trump administration has expanded the policy's reach, broadening it to encompass all foreign health care providers that receive US funding rather than only those that get family planning dollars. (truthout.org)
  • Whether you live here on the Southern Kenai Peninsula or in one of our state's other diverse regions, timely local access to high-quality services like early-detection breast and cervical cancer screening reduces the impacts of illness as well as health care costs for individuals, their families and the state as a whole. (adn.com)
  • Low- and no-cost birth control, preconception planning and connection to other comprehensive reproductive and primary health care services help each of us plan the families we want and care for our bodies with autonomy. (adn.com)
  • In Alaska, support for individual reproductive health and community-wide wellness is supported by funding from the nation's family planning program, known as Title X. Yet, the continuing pattern of underfunding Title X is having a terrible impact on providers' ability to meet the health care needs of people with low incomes across our state. (adn.com)
  • This safety-net health care program has been flat-funded by Congress for eight years in a row, and providers, like ours, are desperate for emergency funding to keep our clinic doors open. (adn.com)
  • Since 2003, Title X has been a significant piece in the funding puzzle that allows our staff at Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic to deliver client-centered, confidential reproductive health care and education. (adn.com)
  • Providers nationwide are echoing the same call for emergency funding as clinics like KBFPC rebuild our collective ability to offer reproductive health care services following the 2019 Title X program temporary restrictions and unprecedented threats from COVID. (adn.com)
  • As lower courts have applied and misapplied that standard, the result has been to keep abortion legal but allow state governments to more aggressively interfere with an individual woman's right to make personal health care decisions. (americanbar.org)
  • The Alma Alta Declaration highlighted the urgent need for all persons to have access to primary care in order to meet basic human rights to health and to achieve poverty alleviation [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One route to increasing access to primary care for all persons, particularly for populations hardest to reach, is via community health worker (CHW) programs [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In emergencies, health services are often disrupted and this affects people who need continuous prevention, care and treatment - especially those living with HIV. (unhcr.org)
  • Access to services such as emergency obstetric and neonatal care can drastically reduce the number of women who die during or after childbirth and ensure that mothers and their children enjoy a healthy life. (unhcr.org)
  • Tremendous progress has been made in recent years in the provision of reproductive health care and HIV services for refugees in camps, as well as urban areas. (unhcr.org)
  • The law, which was struck down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in August, instead would prevent the state's abortion providers from being reimbursed by Medicaid for providing any kind of care to low-income women, whether it's breast exams, cervical cancer screenings, or contraceptive services. (prospect.org)
  • The law's supporters allege that public money is trickling into abortion providers' pockets because they offer preventive care services, enabling them-however indirectly-to perform more procedures. (prospect.org)
  • Dozens of clinics closed in the aftermath of the shift from federal to state funding, cutting off health care for hundreds of thousands of women. (prospect.org)
  • Arizona should be free to enforce its public policy against the taxpayer funding of abortion and in favor of the best health care for women. (prospect.org)
  • Secondary education increases people's capacity and motivation to reduce their own fertility, improve the survival of their children, and care for their own and their families' health. (quakerearthcare.org)
  • The project will provide training and support for educators and health care providers to ensure that adolescents have access to comprehensive education on sexuality. (canada.ca)
  • The ACA brought substantial changes to the Medicaid program and the entire health care system, including the modes of access to health coverage and the benefits that must be covered. (healthlaw.org)
  • The Guide provides a brief overview of the Medicaid program, and explains the complex eligibility categories and requirements for the program with a focus on those categories that affect people seeking reproductive and sexual health care. (healthlaw.org)
  • In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended access to care while also paving the way for policymakers to test new flexibilities, such as telehealth policies that helped address long-standing barriers to health access. (healthlaw.org)
  • After President Biden took office in January 2021, his administration swiftly began the work of undoing the Trump administration's far-reaching actions to gut implementation of federal health care and civil rights laws. (healthlaw.org)
  • While some of the specifics have changed, they provide a solid background understanding of Medicaid's role in providing access to reproductive and sexual health care. (healthlaw.org)
  • Stand shoulder to shoulder with this clinic and its health care providers by sending a donation. (feminist.org)
  • The availability of these services varies depending on where a person lives, and for some, accessing abortion and contraceptive care can be challenging. (oxfam.ca)
  • This includes services related to family planning, abortion, sexual health testing, prenatal care, and support for victims of sexual and gender-based violence. (oxfam.ca)
  • NAF also provides case management services and limited financial assistance to help you afford the cost of your care and travel-related expenses. (womensenews.org)
  • Introduction Tackling substandard maternity care in health facilities requires engaging women's perspectives in strategies to improve outcomes. (eur.nl)
  • Federal law protects the right of Medicaid patients to go to any qualified provider for health care. (thenation.com)
  • This entry was posted in Health economics and tagged Health Care , Health Systems by Editor Equity/Equidad - CG . (bvsalud.org)
  • Updated in June 2021, the National Comprehensive Abortion Care Services Standards and Protocols included telemedicine as a recognised option for early medical abortion (EMA). (bvsalud.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE: Approximately one in five women reported mistreatment during maternity care. (cdc.gov)
  • While anti-abortion politicians are capitalizing on this moment to pass increasingly extreme and harmful abortion bans, Connecticut is once again leading the fight for reproductive freedom in our country. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • A monthly newsletter on the global fight for reproductive freedom. (thenation.com)
  • Women's reproductive health in the United States refers to the set of physical, mental, and social issues related to the health of women in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the United States, reproductive health disparities exist between white and minority women. (wikipedia.org)
  • Insertion of IUDs among postpartum women is safe and does not appear to increase health risks associated with IUD use such as infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Addressing these inequities is fundamental to achieving universal health, protecting human rights, gender equality, fighting discrimination and improving the social determinants of health," said Dr. Suzanne Serruya, Director of PAHO's Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR). (paho.org)
  • Exploring the characteristics of public reproductive health services in the Islamic Republic of Iran from the perspectives of unmarried women: what needs to be changed? (who.int)
  • ABSTRACT This qualitative study in the Islamic Republic of Iran aimed to explore facilitators and barriers to the use of reproductive health services by unmarried women. (who.int)
  • A purposive sample of unmarried women aged 25-60 years in Isfahan city were interviewed about their experiences of reproductive health services in public health centres. (who.int)
  • The brief was filed on behalf of the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, the Afiya Center, Black Women's Health Imperative, the National Birth Equity Collaborative, Sistersong: The National Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, and Women With a Vision. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Through observations of program activities and discussions with adolescent girls, their parents and caregivers, and other key stakeholders, it is evident that women and girls' space spaces can be an ideal space for adolescent girls to receive valuable sexual and reproductive health information. (womensrefugeecommission.org)
  • MSI-United States (MSI-US) provides reproductive health services to women and men in the Sahel region of West Africa in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. (hewlett.org)
  • In Côte d'Ivoire, where rates of adolescent pregnancies are particularly high, young women are often hesitant to access potentially life-saving sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services. (wusc.ca)
  • Even in situations where young women do reach out for support, existing SRHR services in their community may not meet their unique needs. (wusc.ca)
  • Across the country, communities are eager to step up and support the health of young women. (wusc.ca)
  • Through direct outreach on SRHR issues to young women and their peers, we aim to improve the sense of agency young women feel to make free and informed decisions about their health and to advocate for their unique needs within the health system. (wusc.ca)
  • PASSERELLE (Projet d'appui à la santé sexuelle et reproductive pour elles en Côte d'Ivoire) is a five-year initiative (2022-2027) funded by Global Affairs Canada that aims to improve access to SRHR services for young women in Nawa and San Pédro regions of Côte d'Ivoire. (wusc.ca)
  • These images feature women and young leaders in Rwanda who are working to ensure quality sexual and reproductive health information and services reach all who need them. (hewlett.org)
  • The newest collections include Health Development Initiative, the Imbuto Foundation, Kasha, Medical Students for Choice, Youth Development Labs, Teen Health Mississippi, and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). (hewlett.org)
  • Other vulnerable groups (youth, including street children, uniformed services, migrants, women) have changed behaviour towards significant reduction of HIV transmission risk - withdrawal from drug abuse, delayed sexual activity/loyalty to one - withdrawal from drug abuse, delayed sexual activity/loyalty to one partner/use of condoms in sexual intercourse. (who.int)
  • Your first book was about reproductive issues in general, for men and women. (rutgers.edu)
  • SisterLove is a women's organization dedicated to eradicating the effects of HIV/AIDS and other reproductive health challenges on women and their families through education, prevention, support, and human rights advocacy in the United States and around the world. (cdc.gov)
  • The likely result: CPCs, rooted in conservative Christian values, will be allowed not to disclose to pregnant women the availability of abortion services. (rcrc.org)
  • PEPFAR, primarily implemented through USAID, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emphasizes improving the health of women, newborns and children. (truthout.org)
  • Additionally, we promote the provision of information and services that improve reproductive health, particularly for women and girls. (unhcr.org)
  • While spread of the epidemic has slowed, addressing the health needs of women infected with HIV remains an important priority. (hindawi.com)
  • Providing reproductive health services to women living with HIV is crucial to improving their overall health. (hindawi.com)
  • But in Mali in 2013 only 15 percent of women reported making choices over their own health. (quakerearthcare.org)
  • The announcement is based on the results from the Call for proposals - Health and Rights for Women, Adolescent Girls and Children, launched in July 2019. (canada.ca)
  • These projects will improve the quality of, access to and demand for integrated health services and information for women, adolescents and children at the community, health facility and system levels. (canada.ca)
  • This project will increase the awareness of health-related rights on the part of extremely vulnerable and marginalized women and girls, particularly out-of-school adolescent girls, between 10 and 19 years old. (canada.ca)
  • This project aims to increase the awareness of health-related rights for the most vulnerable and marginalized adolescent girls and women, particularly those who are at risk or are survivors, of sexual or gender-based violence. (canada.ca)
  • This project will dismantle barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for the most vulnerable people, particularly adolescent girls and young women between 10 and 25 years old. (canada.ca)
  • This project will increase the awareness of health-related rights for the most marginalized persons, particularly adolescent girls and young women between 10 and 24 years old who face intersecting vulnerabilities due to, among other factors, disability, religion,gender or sexual orientation. (canada.ca)
  • This project will address acute gaps in SRHR in order to improve the enjoyment of health-related rights for adolescent girls and young women. (canada.ca)
  • Despite new challenges and strained resources, these organizations have remained unwavering advocates and service providers for girls and women across the country, including refugees, LGBTQIA+ persons, and migrant workers. (womendeliver.org)
  • While COVID-19 has affected health seeking-behavior, the organization reports that there are still many girls and women who continue to seek these services. (womendeliver.org)
  • At a time when SRHR services are dwindling due to COVID-19, these activities are a critical lifeline for girls, women, and other marginalized communities. (womendeliver.org)
  • In many displacement settings - including refugee camps and informal settlements in Lebanon - girls and women often lack access to the critical health information they need to protect themselves and their families from COVID-19. (womendeliver.org)
  • To reach girls and women where they are, Women Now for Development shifted its empowerment and protection services and programs to virtual platforms. (womendeliver.org)
  • The organization has also played a leading role in addressing the mental health impacts of the pandemic on already vulnerable people, as well as distributing aid to families and women-headed households. (womendeliver.org)
  • Yes , women in the United States and internationally have been lawfully confirmed in their right to seek a safe, legal abortion and to make decisions and inquire into information about their bodies, their health, and their futures.Yet, here we find ourselves. (amnestyusa.org)
  • In El Salvador, the total ban on abortion denies the service even to women and girls whose lives are at risk or those who have been raped. (amnestyusa.org)
  • As Co-Founder and President of the Feminist Majority Foundation and former President of the National Organization for Women (NOW), Eleanor Smeal has led efforts for the economic, political, and social equality and empowerment of women worldwide for over three decades. (feminist.org)
  • Issues like unequal gender and social norms, traditional beliefs, and societal stigmas about sexuality can negatively impact the health and well-being of women, girls, and other diverse groups. (oxfam.ca)
  • Reproductive health information and education for men and women is a basic human right that has been addressed by many organizations from different perspectives ranging from, information disseminating to provision of services. (cdc.gov)
  • Although animal studies indicate that men and women are equally affected by chemicals and other biological hazards, male reproductive health has not received as much attention - especially in terms of communicating information about hazards. (cdc.gov)
  • One study of adult women of three ethnic groups in the US found no association between disclosure and depressed mood or health-related psychological distress, except among Latinas in whom a modest association was found (Comer 2000). (bvsalud.org)
  • As of February 23, 2016, CDC and state public health departments are investigating 14 additional reports of possible sexual transmission of the virus, including several involving pregnant women. (cdc.gov)
  • As of February 23, 2016, CDC and state public health departments are investigating 14 additional reports of possible sexual transmission of the virus, including several events involving possible transmission to pregnant women. (cdc.gov)
  • The starting point for this guideline is the point at which a woman has learnt that she is living with HIV, and it therefore covers key issues for providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights-related services and support for women living with HIV. (bvsalud.org)
  • All nongovernmental organizations receiving US support must agree to this policy. (truthout.org)
  • The 2017 expanded Mexico City Policy prohibits non-US-based nongovernmental organizations from receiving US global health assistance if they either perform or refer for abortion services. (bvsalud.org)
  • Washington, DC, September 28, 2023 (PAHO) - During the 60th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), health authorities from countries in the Americas approved a report on access to sexual and reproductive health in the region. (paho.org)
  • The document presents the current status of sexual and reproductive health (SHR) services, as well as existing health responses and barriers to access, proposing measures for improvement. (paho.org)
  • Barriers to access to SRH services are greater in vulnerable populations, implying that certain groups consistently experience worse outcomes. (paho.org)
  • Ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health services is a human rights issue and a strategy for the development of countries," Dr. Serruya highlighted. (paho.org)
  • We are so grateful to Governor Lamont for signing the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act today and to our legislative champions for acting swiftly to address the nationwide abortion access crisis. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services is fundamental to the physical health and psychosocial well-being of adolescent girls. (womensrefugeecommission.org)
  • This grant will enable MSI-US to incorporate behavioral science approaches to increase high-impact population's access to quality sexual and reproductive health services in Uganda. (hewlett.org)
  • Coercive interpersonal, institutional, and structural practices and policies contradicting human rights-based and person-centered approaches often impact contraceptive access and reproductive self-determination. (apha.org)
  • and calls for the adoption of person-centered contraceptive counseling and access strategies and associated quality and service metrics. (apha.org)
  • Access to quality sexual and reproductive health services is an essential component to ensuring a good quality of life. (wusc.ca)
  • In the next 50 years, we'll continue breaking down barriers to abortion access and work to eradicate the abortion stigma that prevents so many from making their own reproductive health decisions. (ipas.org)
  • 2.8 Access for public to the HIV services and goods and treatment. (who.int)
  • These services include same-day access with no appointment or referral needed. (health.mil)
  • Simply donating to mainstream pro-choice organizations and voting for the right politicians is not enough, the participants argue, pointing out that far-right organizers have made huge strides barring access to essential reproductive health services. (progressive.org)
  • Last summer, the Texas legislature passed HB 2, an omnibus bill attacking women's access to safe reproductive-health services. (americanbar.org)
  • taken together, they serve to dramatically reduce Texas women's access to safe abortion services. (americanbar.org)
  • The results from the interviews and group discussions showed that family planning services are easy to access for Rwandans-due to two types of family planning providers filling different roles to assist Rwandans start and keep using family planning methods. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Other nations might learn from Rwanda's service delivery approach to family planning to also increase access to family planning for their citizens. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Treatment for HIV and access to comprehensive reproductive health services should be a right for everyone, including the forcibly displaced. (unhcr.org)
  • Though identifying these hazards is necessary, it may not be sufficient in preventing the workers from short or long-term reproductive health problems if they do not have access or comprehend the information about the risks involved. (cdc.gov)
  • There is potential for telemedicine to expand and improve access to critical SRH services. (bvsalud.org)
  • This pilot also showed how telemedicine provides access to patients who feel they do not have other safe service options, meeting specific patient needs in terms of discretion, convenience, and timing. (bvsalud.org)
  • For nearly 100 years, PPSNE health centers have provided a broad range of services, sexual health education, information, and health counseling. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and collaborators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the National Development and Research Institutes' Center for Fire, Rescue, and EMS Health Research used the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) to analyze birth defects among children of male firefighters. (cdc.gov)
  • The Lebanon Family Planning Association for Development and Family Empowerment (LFPADE) is keeping both of its medical centers open during this challenging time, providing reproductive health and pediatric services to marginalized communities. (womendeliver.org)
  • The two affiliates said they will foot the bill so that Medicaid patients can still be seen at their health centers in Missouri. (thenation.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) on November 18-19, 2004, in Atlanta, Georgia. (cdc.gov)
  • Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, equity is a key factor in health outcomes in Africa, and globally. (who.int)
  • Congress is considering emergency funding for Title X which will play a critical role in our organization's sustainability and the long-term health outcomes of the patients and communities we serve. (adn.com)
  • This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy to support the SRHR ecosystem in Francophone West Africa. (hewlett.org)
  • Meanwhile, community-based organizations and schools have an important role to play in addressing misconceptions about SRHR. (wusc.ca)
  • Working alongside local and grassroots organizations, RESPECT will strengthen local, regional, and international SRHR advocacy networks. (canada.ca)
  • The project will collaborate with local organizations to support SRHR advocacy from the community level to the international level. (canada.ca)
  • In Lebanon, grassroots feminist organizations are filling service gaps to ensure SRHR - the bedrock of gender equality - is still upheld. (womendeliver.org)
  • Stand Up for SRHR harnesses the power of its partnerships to support local and grassroots organizations in Mozambique and Uganda. (oxfam.ca)
  • We're supporting local women's rights and youth-led organizations to become stronger in advocating for equitable, accountable, and evidence-based policies, laws and services related to SRHR. (oxfam.ca)
  • AbortionCare clinics provide abortion services to people who are not eligible for Medicaid because of their immigration status. (oregon.gov)
  • According to the organization, about 75 percent of its support comes from the Medicaid program to pay for direct medical services provided to low income patients. (californiahealthline.org)
  • The Guide is designed to familiarize readers with the basics of the Medicaid program and highlight features that support reproductive and sexual health. (healthlaw.org)
  • The Guide also details the various reproductive and sexual health services available to Medicaid enrollees. (healthlaw.org)
  • The Guide also describes barriers and protections to accessing reproductive and sexual health services in Medicaid and other publicly funded reproductive and sexual health programs. (healthlaw.org)
  • The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has launched a five-part webinar series entitled "Advancing Reproductive and Sexual Health in Medicaid. (healthlaw.org)
  • Missouri is poised to be the fourth state to strip Medicaid reimbursements from the reproductive health provider. (thenation.com)
  • AIDS services. (who.int)
  • Among its biggest achievements has been integrating AIDS relief and reproductive health services, since HIV is transmitted primarily through unprotected sex. (truthout.org)
  • Codes of conduct from UNHCR and other organizations relating to issues of HIV/AIDS. (unhcr.org)
  • Working with street children : monitoring and evaluation of a street children project : a training package on substance abuse, sexual and reproductive health, including HIV/AIDS and STDs. (who.int)
  • Its purpose is to identify possible areas of intervention and research in order to increase the participation of this population and its organizations in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention efforts. (bvsalud.org)
  • Republic, and Venezuela by the focal points of the Latin implications for the human rights of immigrants living with the American and Caribbean Council of AIDS Services Organizations infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • This project should be seen population and its organizations in HIV/AIDS awareness and as the exploratory stage of a broader study that must be made of prevention efforts. (bvsalud.org)
  • refers to and Caribbean Council of AIDS Services Organizations (LACCASO) and Dominican-born children of Haitian or Haitian and Dominican the Joint United Nations Program for HIV/AIDS. (bvsalud.org)
  • These disparities are partly due to lack of health insurance and financial costs. (wikipedia.org)
  • While the majority of countries have improved sexual and reproductive health service coverage, with the region reaching 84% (above the global average of 74%), disparities still exist among countries and within them. (paho.org)
  • Wherever possible, we also highlight best practices, policy recommendations, advocacy tips, and legal strategies to strengthen existing programs and address reproductive and sexual health disparities. (healthlaw.org)
  • For years Ipas has worked with community advocates and organizations from across Bolivia's diverse population, which has more than 30 indigenous groups, to support efforts to inform and train communities on the importance of ending unsafe abortion and on sexual and reproductive health and rights. (ipas.org)
  • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation supports reproductive health advocates, researchers, and providers to advance quality sexual and reproductive health information, services, and rights. (hewlett.org)
  • The National Institute for Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) had sued the state of California over the state's Reproductive FACT Act. (rcrc.org)
  • We cheer on the Humanitarian Advocates - five grassroots feminist organizations in Lebanon - at the forefront of efforts to apply a gender lens to COVID-19 responses in their country. (womendeliver.org)
  • RHCare clinics provide reproductive health services to all people. (oregon.gov)
  • CCare clinics provide birth control services to U.S. citizens or people with an immigration status that does not prevent them from enrolling in OHP. (oregon.gov)
  • June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo , 591 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a Louisiana state law placing hospital-admission requirements on abortion clinics doctors was unconstitutional. (wikipedia.org)
  • On Sept. 27, the DHA issued an Administrative Instruction outlining the requirements at military hospitals and clinics for these full-scope contraceptive services. (health.mil)
  • Half of your tax-deductible gift will go directly to the Reproductive Health Services clinic for improving security measures, and half will support our Clinic Defense Team that works to keep Reproductive Health Services and other targeted clinics open and safe. (feminist.org)
  • Building a diverse health workforce that better reflects the U.S. population requires removing barriers to higher education. (ama-assn.org)
  • The images, taken by Jonathan Torgovnik, Paula Bronstein, Juan Arredondo, Nina Robinson, and Yagazie Emezi for Getty Images, spotlight several nonprofit organizations that have grants from one or both foundations. (hewlett.org)
  • Earlier this year, anti-abortion activists posted videos that purported to show officials from the nonprofit organization - which provides reproductive health services, including abortion - trying to profit illegally from the sale of of aborted fetal tissue. (rutgers.edu)
  • Yet, conservative lawmakers proposed de-funding the nonprofit organization, which receives support from the federal government and some state governments for reproductive health services other than abortion. (rutgers.edu)
  • Another name under which this nonprofit organization does business. (taxexemptworld.com)
  • PWHO staff are going door-to-door to ensure the hardest-to-reach receive timely health information, hygiene kits, and temperature checks to monitor symptoms of COVID-19. (womendeliver.org)
  • Health expenditure is exponentially increasing, thus it is timely and appropriate to establish rules. (bvsalud.org)
  • Your support helps patients like her receive the services they need. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Following on the success of two previous restricted grants to their regional Sahel program, this flexible program support will allow MSI-US to be responsive and innovative in their reproductive health service delivery. (hewlett.org)
  • This grant would support a partnership between MSI and IDEO.org to use design thinking, or human-centered design, to prototype new ways to increase the number of young people who use reproductive health services in Zambia. (hewlett.org)
  • From its inception, RHAK has enjoyed strong youth support and input into its organization, policy-making and delivery. (ippf.org)
  • We'll support youth-led sexual health and rights advocacy, mobilization, and educational campaigns. (oxfam.ca)
  • The photographs are available free of charge to noncommercial users, as well as for licensing to Getty Images' global customer base of creative agencies, news organizations, and editorial clients. (hewlett.org)
  • the work is performed through grassroots, community-based organizations. (cdc.gov)
  • SisterLove uses grassroots, community-based organizations as primary agents because these places are where people seek services. (cdc.gov)
  • In response, grassroots feminist organizations in Lebanon are stepping up and continuing their vital work while taking action against the pandemic. (womendeliver.org)
  • In response, grassroots feminist organizations are adapting and expanding their work to keep communities safe. (womendeliver.org)
  • This entry was posted in Equity , Social determinants , Universal health coverage and tagged Chronic Diseases , Decision Making , Health Economics , Health Systems , Inequalities , Latin America , Public Health Policy by Editor Equity/Equidad - DB . (bvsalud.org)
  • This entry was posted in Equity , Human rights , Universal health coverage and tagged Health Systems , Human Development , Latin America and the Caribbean Region , Public Health Policies by Editor Equity/Equidad - CG . (bvsalud.org)
  • The 2023 Specialty and Service Society Interim Meeting will take place Nov. 5 via a virtual platform and Nov. 11-13 in person at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (ama-assn.org)
  • By January 2023, all DHA markets will define the location and hours of operation of walk-in services. (health.mil)
  • These studies would be helpful because researching what might cause these findings could give clues about what we can do to improve firefighters' reproductive health. (cdc.gov)
  • These services offer both beneficiaries and warriors the option of menstrual suppression, stopping monthly bleeding to improve hygiene, ability to deploy, and comfort for warfighters and beneficiaries alike. (health.mil)
  • As a result of an initiative by the Saudi Ministry of Health to improve medical practices in the country, an expert panel. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Department of Health and Human Services has developed a definition for sexual health in the United States based on the World Health Organization's definition of sexual health. (wikipedia.org)
  • The partnership includes capacity building to equip MSI-US with behavioral science knowledge and skills that can increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of the organization's services in Uganda and across the global network. (hewlett.org)
  • The first step in the framework development process has been to assess the status of RHCS in terms of six determinants, which are: Financing, Supply Chain, Services Delivery, Coordination and Partnership, Policy and Advocacy and Capacity Building. (rhsupplies.org)
  • By synthesizing these innovations, the compendium aims to provide the basis for an intergrated approach to advocacy, policy dialogue and planning for RMNCH both within the health sector and accross sectors that influence RMNCH. (who.int)
  • Mental Health: Evidence and Research Team. (who.int)
  • New Haven, CT) - This afternoon, Governor Ned Lamont signed The Reproductive Freedom Defense Act, Public Act 22-19, into law. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States. (af.mil)
  • Service members' organizations will create a line of accounting within Defense Travel System using Emergency and Special Project Code 83. (af.mil)
  • In the case of Executive Director Susana Chávez of the Peruvian NGO, Center for the Promotion and Defense of Sexual and Reproductive Rights (PROMSEX), erroneous comments made by a Congressman in a 2015 news article was enough to get the Public Prosecutor's Office to summon her to an investigation into a complaint that she allegedly advocated abortion in the book Let's talk about abortion and Misoprostol . (amnestyusa.org)
  • The law mirrored a Texas state law that the Court found unconstitutional in 2016 in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt ( WWH ). (wikipedia.org)
  • It was not until the 2013 legislative session that lawmakers righted the balance, pouring millions of state dollars into women's health services. (prospect.org)
  • I would like to urge that we collectively address it at the centre of our health action. (who.int)
  • Marie Stopes International-US (MSI) is one of the largest family planning and reproductive health service delivery organizations in the world. (hewlett.org)
  • Despite significant increases in the graduation of trained midwives, family planning service delivery capacity is limited to about half of all health facilities. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Active-duty service members and other Military Health System beneficiaries will receive the full scope, to include oral, patches, rings, shots, rods, natural family planning, and IUDs in a single visit. (health.mil)
  • Some $600 million in family planning aid is affected, as is other spending slated for global health. (truthout.org)
  • The US is the world's largest supporter of family planning and reproductive health services. (truthout.org)
  • This study aims to understand the role of coordinated and integrated public family planning service delivery in achieving this increase in contraceptive use in Rwanda. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Results indicate a well-coordinated public family planning service delivery system with community health workers and nurses filling different and complementary roles in meeting family planning client needs at the local level. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The coordination and integration of family planning across both providers and services may help explain the rapid increase in Rwanda's contraceptive use and has potential applications for enhancing family planning service delivery in other settings. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The purpose of this study is to understand the roles of two types of family planning workers in providing family planning services, how those providers work together to achieve the goal to provide public services, and how the Rwandan health system includes family planning services in a variety of other types of health services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Family planning services are included in services for pregnant, delivering, and postpartum mothers-as well as services for infants and children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These are all times when those adults using the services would also be in need of family planning services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The family planning service delivery team approach-as well as including family planning services in mother's and children's health services likely helps explain the increase in family planning use in Rwanda. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The team at the Lebanon Family Planning Association (LFPADE) continue to provide sexual health information and services in Lebanon. (womendeliver.org)
  • He started working with his father in their family business, the Trump Organization that he soon later took over himself. (bartleby.com)
  • Harm might also depend on whether you have been exposed to any other chemicals, as well as your age, sex, diet, family traits, lifestyle, and state of health. (cdc.gov)
  • INTRODUCTION: There is limited recent information regarding the impact of interpersonal violence on an individual's non-health-related experiences and attainment, including criminal activity, education, employment, family status, housing, income, quality of life, or wealth. (cdc.gov)
  • The Palestinian Women's Humanitarian Organization (PWHO) is using platforms like Whatsapp and Facebook to reach out to people living in Bourj-el-Barajneh refugee camp with necessary information about COVID-19 prevention, symptoms, and treatment. (womendeliver.org)
  • In 2009, in the context of discussions about changes to a law that would reduce the scope for legal terminations in Mexico, Dr. Sandra Peniche, founder and director of Humanitarian Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, received death threats. (amnestyusa.org)
  • Initiation of LNG-IUDs immediately postpartum had no other harmful effect on infant health, growth, or development ( 63 , 64 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Infant Health 3. (who.int)
  • Sexual health is a state of well-being in relation to sexuality across the life span that involves physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual dimensions. (wikipedia.org)
  • But Elizabeth Nash, state issues director for the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive issues think tank, says that claim flies in the face of common sense. (prospect.org)
  • While additional investigations are being completed, CDC is issuing this HAN Advisory as a strong reminder to state, local, and US territorial public health departments, clinicians, and the public to be aware of and adhere to current recommendations for preventing sexual transmission of Zika virus, particularly for men with pregnant partners. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC is working with state, local, and US territorial public health departments, US Government agencies, and international partners in response to outbreaks of Zika virus disease (Zika) in multiple territories and countries in the Americas. (cdc.gov)
  • Reproductive health problems resulting from exposure to hazardous substances have included low sperm count, abnormal sperm shape, altered sperm transfer, altered hormones and sexual function, impotence, and various disorders affecting offspring. (cdc.gov)
  • Hazardous Substances and Health Effects Workgroup did not present during this meeting. (cdc.gov)
  • It is one in a series of Public Health Statements about hazardous substances and their health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • Reproductive health education and services for young people is also important. (unhcr.org)
  • In Canada, the challenges facing young people around sexual education and reproductive health services may not be the same as in Uganda and Mozambique, but they are still significant. (oxfam.ca)
  • In this presentation, we propose use of a social marketing approach for awareness, education and behavior change among male workers in relation to their reproductive health in relation to their health and wellbeing. (cdc.gov)
  • 1. Reproductive Health - education 2. (who.int)
  • Alabama's Reproductive Health Services clinic - the only abortion clinic left in Montgomery, Alabama - needs your help to pay for security improvements and additional security costs. (feminist.org)
  • The Reproductive Health Alliance Kyrgyzstan (RHAK) was set up in 2001, and its services now extend across all 7 regions of the Kyrgyz Republic (Osh, Jalal-Abad, Talas, Chui, Naryn, Batken, Issyk-Kul). (ippf.org)
  • The Feminist Majority Foundation is a lead organization in the ERA Coalition. (feminist.org)
  • Abstract Yemen's Ministry of Public Health and Population Sector's Population Sector wishes to carry out a diverse program of activities aimed at providing a secure supply of contraceptives for the country. (rhsupplies.org)
  • The latest collection portrays leaders across Rwanda just as they are: in decision-making roles, accessing and providing quality reproductive health information and services, and with agency over their bodies and lives. (hewlett.org)
  • In priority order, they are: the environmental health workforce, terrorism and local response capacity, improved surveillance systems, indoor and outdoor air quality, and guidelines for the built environment. (cdc.gov)
  • Policy makers must respond to disruptions in service delivery and end any implementation that undermines US investment in high-quality HIV and sexual and reproductive health services. (bvsalud.org)