• While health planning/contraception and comprehensive abortion systems around the world are being challenged by care, including post abortion care are integrated in increasing demand for care of COVID-19 patients, it is the essential health services package in 12 (80%) of critical to all other services including sexual reproductive the 15 countries that have sexual reproductive health health services. (who.int)
  • The World Health Organization recognizes the importance of contraception and describes all choices regarding family planning as human rights. (wikipedia.org)
  • Access to contraception was only further strengthened by the passage of Title X of the Public Health Service Act in 1970, which aimed to help further establish contraceptive security in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • A person's access to contraception is critical for ensuring their optimal health and achieving their reproductive goals as it allows individuals to have control over their body and freedom to decide when to become a parent. (wikipedia.org)
  • 3 In sexual and reproductive health, tools are available for fertility management (ovulation predictors, pregnancy tests, and phone based apps), contraception (vaginal barrier methods, oral emergency contraception, and self administered medical abortion), and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (self tests for HIV and tests on self samples for human papillomavirus). (bmj.com)
  • This review aims to determine whether integration of FP into HIV testing and care results in increased use of contraception, a reduction in unmet need for FP, improved use of safer conception methods and a reduction in unintended pregnancies in low and middle-income countries. (frontiersin.org)
  • Findings from two studies suggested integration decreased the unmet need for contraception. (frontiersin.org)
  • FP enables women to make decisions regarding the number, timing and spacing of pregnancies and enables better reproductive health outcomes through education about birth spacing and provision of contraception ( 5 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • We investigated contraception-related health inequalities in the first year of the pandemic. (gla.ac.uk)
  • We analysed contraception use, contraceptive switching due to the pandemic, contraceptive service access, and pregnancy plannedness. (gla.ac.uk)
  • With funding from the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) that DISC is working to support women-particularly urban mothers and young women aged 20-24 years-to take more control over their sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including addressing their unmet needs and barriers to access of modern contraception. (psi.org)
  • Funding sexual and reproductive health and rights should remain a priority to avoid a rise in maternal and newborn mortality, increased unmet need for contraception, and an increased number of unsafe abortions and sexually transmitted infections. (government.nl)
  • The objective of the State Population Policy is to provide integrated reproductive health care services, including addressing the unmet need for contraception. (gidb.org)
  • Unmet need for contraception remains high in many settings, and is highest among the most vulnerable in society: adolescents, the poor, those living in rural areas and urban slums, people living with HIV and internally displaced people. (fiapac.org)
  • The latest estimates are that 222 million women have an unmet need for modern contraception, and the need is greatest where the risks of maternal mortality are highest. (fiapac.org)
  • They recommend, among other actions, that states should ensure timely and affordable access to good quality sexual and reproductive health information and services, including contraception, which should be delivered in a way that ensures fully informed decision-making, respects dignity, autonomy, privacy and confidentiality, and is sensitive to individual's needs and perspectives. (fiapac.org)
  • Unmet need for family planning is the proportion of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) either married or in a consensual union, who are fecund and sexually active but who are not using any method of contraception (modern or traditional), and report not wanting any more children or wanting to delay the birth of their next child for at least two years. (who.int)
  • Contraception is a good indicator of the extent to which couples have access to reproductive health services. (dhsprogram.com)
  • Papua New Guinea faces numerous SRHR challenges, including high maternal mortality and high unmet need for contraception. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a technical consultation during 1-2 December 2016 to review new evidence on the risk of HIV acquisition with the use of hormonal contraception. (bvsalud.org)
  • These WHO guidelines provide recommendations for programmes as to how they can ensure that human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled, while services are scaled up to reduce unmet need for contraception. (bvsalud.org)
  • Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The contribution of fulfilling the unmet need for family planning May 2006 Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The contribution of fulfilling the unmet need for family planning May 2006 This publication was produced for review by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (rhsupplies.org)
  • Fulfilling the unmet need for family planning alone would prevent 150,000 maternal deaths and 640,000 new-born deaths globally each year. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Even though the use of modern methods of family planning for contraceptives has increased to 67% in the region, we still have 140 million women with unmet needs for family planning. (countercurrents.org)
  • If we have to close the gap for unmet needs for family planning services, high quality modern contraceptives must be made accessible and affordable in a voluntary rights-based manner to all those who need them. (countercurrents.org)
  • As part of outreach efforts, Population Services International (PSI) Uganda partnered with the Pan-African edutainment series Kyaddala, It's Real to bring the topic of self-injectable contraceptives to the mainstream. (psi.org)
  • Services included follow ups/ side effects management, services regarding the modern contraceptives and the removal services (for the implants and Intrauterine devices-IUDs). (modernghana.com)
  • New contraceptive methods have been developed to meet the objectives of expanding contraceptive choices for both women and men and answering an unmet need for contraceptives with a long-term action that meet the expectations of consumers. (fiapac.org)
  • The provision of contraceptives being a reproductive overall health evaluate seems to be in minor fall throughout the world, probably on account of reduction in prioritization and financing. (transitiontocollege.net)
  • The ACA protects patients against unfair insurance practices and has greatly expanded the scope of Medicaid and private health insurance plans, requiring coverage of contraceptives, maternity care and many other reproductive health services. (msmagazine.com)
  • In the reproductive and sexual health space, non-hormonal and male contraceptives could be transformative , if drug developers made the requisite investment. (cgdev.org)
  • Ethiopia is one of the Sub-Saharan African countries with a high unmet need for contraceptives. (dhsprogram.com)
  • A study on contraceptives can provide overall direction by helping to identify the obstacles in society and weaknesses in services that need to be overcome. (dhsprogram.com)
  • Shockingly, due to the unmet need of contraceptives around the globe, a staggering 218 million women do not have the autonomy to use contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies. (populationmedia.org)
  • Due to the unmet need of contraceptives around the globe, 218 million women do not have the autonomy to use contraceptives to prevent pregnancy when they do not want to be pregnant. (populationmedia.org)
  • The primary outcome of the review was contraceptive uptake and secondary outcomes included unmet need for FP, safer conception and unintended pregnancy. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, one in six reported an unmet need due to the pandemic. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Among her many contributions, she led the first-ever research on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescents perinatally infected with HIV, conducted research on early and unintended pregnancy in the education sector, and served as the research director for the groundbreaking STEP UP Research Program Consortium to strengthen health systems to reduce unmet need for family planning and safe abortion services. (popcouncil.org)
  • the World Health Organization Africa Region. (who.int)
  • In order to accelerate progress towards attainment of international development goals and targets in sexual and reproductive health, and in particular to contribute to meeting unmet need for contraceptive information and services, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed guidelines and recommendations on ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services. (fiapac.org)
  • In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for any damages arising from the use of the information linked to in this section. (who.int)
  • The World Health Organization in the Western Pacific Region has launched the first WHO Western Pacific Innovation Challenge . (who.int)
  • Exploring the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in South Asia. (who.int)
  • yet in some regions of the world the unmet contraceptive need among adolescents is as high as 68 percent. (fhi360.org)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major integrated in the essential health services package. (who.int)
  • Also,14(82%) countries reporting having optimal balance between fighting the COVID-19 ongoing awareness raising campaigns/communication pandemic and maintenance of essential health services messages about family planning, comprehensive like sexual reproductive health. (who.int)
  • 9(59%) of the countries reported reduction in and reproductive health services with a focus on safe the use of family planning services, 6(35%) indicated no abortion, post abortion care and family planning services changes in the use of family planning services with only during the COVID -19 pandemic in selected countries of 2(12%) countries providing no response. (who.int)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic caused a substantial disruption of sexual health services (SHS) in England (including reduced testing), contributing to a 33.5% decrease in new sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses in 2020 (n = 311,480) compared with 2019 (n = 468,260) ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Background: Contraceptive services were significantly disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Clinic closures and cancelled appointments were commonly reported pandemic-related reasons for difficulty accessing services. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Conclusions: Just under a third of participants sought contraceptive services during the pandemic and most were successful, indicating resilience and adaptability of service delivery. (gla.ac.uk)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of weak health systems that were ill prepared to withstand the onslaught of the pandemic. (modernghana.com)
  • As documented by the Pulse survey of the WHO, the pandemic has resulted in disruption of essential health services, including sexual and reproductive health services, in most countries. (modernghana.com)
  • More recently, he began leading a global cross-Council team of researchers who are producing timely evidence to inform the COVID-19 response, and to assess the broader health, social, and economic effects of the pandemic in a number of countries. (popcouncil.org)
  • Around the world, the pandemic is having a devastating impact on health systems, economies and the lives, livelihood and wellbeing of all, particularly older people. (government.nl)
  • As our national and international supply chains are impacted by this pandemic, we recommit to providing all women and girls of reproductive age with reproductive health commodities. (government.nl)
  • Moving forward, the focus for advocates and policymakers cannot simply be on how to restore the health care system to its pre-pandemic status, but rather on how to redress long-standing injustices and bolster sexual and reproductive health and rights. (msmagazine.com)
  • New and better antimicrobials are high on many stakeholders' agendas as they are needed to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR), fight long-time global health scourges (TB), and prepare for the next pandemic. (cgdev.org)
  • Regional outbreaks (e.g. of Ebola virus disease), the COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of future pandemics (such as with a novel flu strain) have and will continue to strain even the most resilient health systems. (who.int)
  • The HIV epidemic continues to present an immense global public health challenge with ~37.7 million individuals living with HIV in 2020, two thirds being in sub-Saharan Africa ( 1 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The 2010 "Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health" has mobilized new resource commitments, and Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities, the MDG Health Alliance, and other groups have revitalized family planning globally. (ghspjournal.org)
  • In 2012, CARE committed to being part of the global movement to reach an additional 120 million women and girls with family planning information and services by 2020, realizing that many with the greatest unmet need for family planning reside in hard-to-reach areas affected by crisis, conflict, or natural disasters. (care.org)
  • As highlighted in the Path to 2020, CARE has invested significant resources to ensure provision of quality sexual and reproductive health services - including family planning - in some of the most unstable regions of Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, and Pakistan, resulting in a dramatic increase in new contraceptive users there. (care.org)
  • The conference focused in large part on the unmet need for family planning and the potential benefits to countries if this unmet need could be fulfilled. (rhsupplies.org)
  • impact on the capacity of health systems to continue All the sexual reproductive health elements-family the delivery of essential health services. (who.int)
  • In the 1970s, numerous organizations, including governmental and nongovernmental, were formulated to help more individuals obtain family planning methods and services. (wikipedia.org)
  • of these, roughly 17% of women have an unmet need for family planning. (wikipedia.org)
  • While increase in economic growth and development usually leads to lower fertility rate among women, it should not restrict their access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and family planning services. (countercurrents.org)
  • Despite family planning being the most cost-effective public health and development intervention, significant challenges remain in making access to services and commodities a reality for all. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Every dollar spent on family planning can save up to seven dollars in direct health costs according to global think tank the Copenhagen Concensus . (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Delivery of family planning services should be non-negotiable and included in even the most frugal universal health coverage plans. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) community has highlighted potential implications of the GFF for SRHR, including for family planning services and supplies. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • He is PRB's India consultant on the National Family Health Survey-2. (prb.org)
  • There is substantial unmet need for family planning (FP) among women living with HIV (WLHIV), leading to unintended pregnancies and may contribute indirectly to increasing the risk of transmission of HIV. (frontiersin.org)
  • Development programs in the country have made great strides towards increasing access to family planning and reproductive health services as well as improving management of marine resources, but the underlying trends remain troubling. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Since 1970, the government's Commission on Population has been addressing population growth, reproductive health, and family planning. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Family Health Research is a newsletter designed to promote the use of evidence-based practices in reproductive health programs. (fhi360.org)
  • Between April 15 and May 19, the Ministry of Family, Labor, and Social Services received a record 2,506 complaints of domestic violence following the release of 90,000 convicts from prisons as part of the country's COVID-19 countermeasures. (state.gov)
  • It also mandates government services, such as shelter and temporary financial support, for victims and provides for family courts to impose sanctions on perpetrators. (state.gov)
  • and (iii) a very clear rationale for the choice of services covered, for example, immunisation, family planning, cancer screening etc. (modernghana.com)
  • The project tried to see if vouchers can contribute in achieving universal health coverage, especially in the context of sexual and reproductive health and, more specifically, for family planning. (modernghana.com)
  • However, the remaining 25%- more than 225 million women- still have an unmet need for family planning. (manoffgroup.com)
  • Reproductive health and family planning services help ensure the health of families, reduce poverty and bolster the economy at the local and national level by enabling women to join the workforce, and alleviate the pressures of an increasing population on limited natural resources. (manoffgroup.com)
  • The Manoff Group works on a range of activities in reproductive health, including family planning, maternal health, HIV/AIDS, adolescent reproductive health, and female genital cutting. (manoffgroup.com)
  • Twelve million women, from 115 countries, lost access to family planning services in 2021 (UNFPA, 2021) . (unv.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)
  • In addition, integration of family planning into other maternal and child health services is the norm. (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • At the intersection of precision medicine and population health: an implementation-effectiveness study of family health history based systematic risk assessment in primary care. (cdc.gov)
  • Social Impact, USA - As the private sector specialist, conducted the end-of-project evaluation of USAID's Innovations in Family Planning Services in India. (abtassociates.com)
  • National AIDS Control Organization, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India - Conducted assessment and developed National Social Marketing Strategy for condoms in India. (abtassociates.com)
  • The case claims that the state of Chhattisgarh has failed to successfully implement the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP Act) of 1971 and to fully utilize funds distributed by the central government to increase access to family planning and maternal health services. (reproductiverights.org)
  • 4. It improves family health. (opencanada.org)
  • Studies also show that improved reproductive rights increase family income as women are able to plan their families, get education or skills and become economic actors. (opencanada.org)
  • Conservative policymakers have repeatedly attempted to weaken Medicaid, although most states have expanded eligibility for full-benefit Medicaid coverage or family planning services. (msmagazine.com)
  • 1 Accordingly, we hope that the information presented here will help governments and planners-including Ministries of Finance, district health teams, and civil society organizations-to consider family planning as a fundamental element of any long-term, socioeconomic development strategy, and key to SDG achievement. (ghspjournal.org)
  • In fact, MDG 5.B, universal access to reproductive health, including access to voluntary family planning (not added until 2007), witnessed the least progress over the entire 15-year MDG time frame. (ghspjournal.org)
  • Despite this renewed momentum, family planning investments and service access fall short of need in virtually all low-resource settings. (ghspjournal.org)
  • Unmet Need for Family Planning among Young Women: Levels and Trends 2014). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The percentage of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods is also referred to as the proportion of demand satisfied by modern methods. (who.int)
  • The components of the indicator are contraceptive prevalence (any method and modern methods) and unmet need for family planning. (who.int)
  • Currently, the variant of this indicator that is measured is "Percentage of women of reproductive age (15−49 years) who are sexually active and who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods. (who.int)
  • Total demand for family planning is defined as the sum of the number of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who are married or in a union and who are currently using, or whose sexual partner is currently using, at least one contraceptive method, and the unmet need for family planning. (who.int)
  • Christine Galavotti, CARE's senior director of sexual and reproductive health and rights for noted the impact improved family planning access has on gender equality worldwide. (care.org)
  • This lack of access to family planning services leads to approximately 7.4 million unintended adolescent pregnancies each year. (fhi360.org)
  • Gangopadhyay, Bhaswati and Das, D N. Quality of Family Planning Services in India: The Users' Perspective. (cwds.ac.in)
  • The Quality and Coverage of Family Planning Services in Uttar Pradesh: Client Perspectives. (cwds.ac.in)
  • The Quality of Family Planning Services in Uttar Pradesh from the Perspective of Service Providers. (cwds.ac.in)
  • The Quality of Family Welfare Services in Rural Maharashtra: Insights from a Client Survey. (cwds.ac.in)
  • Ranjith, Nsmp and Sureender, S. A comparative study of the quality of family welfare services in Sri Lanka, India and the Philippines. (cwds.ac.in)
  • Roy, T K and Verma, Ravi K. Women's Perceptions of the Quality of Family Welfare Services in Four Indian States. (cwds.ac.in)
  • World Population Day reminds us of the importance of everyone having access to quality healthcare services, including family planning and maternal care. (populationmedia.org)
  • Download our white paper on the unmet need for family planning and learn which barriers stand in the way of reproductive freedom. (populationmedia.org)
  • 2018). The beneficiaries of tive women by cryotherapy, have en- vical cancer, and the hardships faced such programmes undergo a suita- abled many low-income countries to by the entire family because of the ble screening test every 3-5 years implement cervical cancer screening catastrophic health expenditure (e.g. and have access to appropriate and thus reduce inequality. (who.int)
  • We consider how the use of self care interventions could affect how much societies pay to deliver interventions and produce health outcomes, and how self care interventions affect who accesses and pays for these interventions. (bmj.com)
  • 6 Technical efficiency would improve if self care interventions were implemented at lower costs than care provided by the healthcare system and produced the same level and quality of health outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • Unintended pregnancies carry a greater risk of poorer health outcomes than planned pregnancies such as low infant birth weight and poor maternal mental health ( 8 , 9 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • This paper describes the formative study - Adolescent/Youth Reproductive Mobile Access and Delivery Initiative for Love and Life Outcomes (ARMADILLO) - that will inform the development of a scalable platform for delivering text messages about sexual and reproductive health information to young people. (fhi360.org)
  • ASSIST (Assessing the impact of online postal self-sampling for sexually transmitted infections on health inequalities, access to care and clinical outcomes in the UK) aims to assess the impact of these services on health inequalities, access to care, and clinical and economic outcomes, and to identify the factors that influence the implementation and sustainability of these services. (bmj.com)
  • Soumitra is a thought leader committed to delivering sustainable health outcomes at scale. (abtassociates.com)
  • Soumitra leads the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) Plus project in Afghanistan and provides technical oversight to programs in Nepal and Tanzania. (abtassociates.com)
  • He deployed a strategic mix of market development approaches, product expansion, cross subsidization, efficient supply chain management, and digital health solutions The result was achievement of the twin goals of increasing the financial sustainability and private-sector contribution to national health outcomes. (abtassociates.com)
  • The Adolescent/Youth Reproductive Mobile Access and Delivery Initiative for Love and Life Outcomes (ARMADILLO) formative study will inform the development of an intervention, which will use the popular channel of SMS (text messages) to deliver SRH information on-demand to youth. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The session featured how the WHO approach to scaling and sustaining innovations is improving health outcomes in response to public health demands captured across countries. (who.int)
  • having an immediate and future impact on COVID-19 preparedness and response, potentially improve health outcomes and quality of life, and/or offer a solution to an unmet health need. (who.int)
  • Over the years, this led to the development of non-government organizations such as the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Marie Stopes International, Population Services International (PSI) and Women Deliver as well as bilateral organizations such as the Danish International Development Agency (DIDA), United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). (wikipedia.org)
  • 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 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey showed that one out of 10 women between the ages 15 and 19 was childbearing. (bworldonline.com)
  • Goals of "One Vision, Three Zeroes" initiative by 2030 cannot be achieved without providing voluntary rights-based services to women in Asia and the Pacific region, as well as globally, averred Björn Andersson, UNFPA regional director for Asia and the Pacific region. (countercurrents.org)
  • Also healthcare providers should provide high quality counselling that is done in a very respectful and confidential manner for both men and women," said Björn Andersson to CNS (Citizen News Service). (countercurrents.org)
  • A core package of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) services is needed to improve the health and well-being of women and girls. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Why put women and girls in need of curative services unnecessarily? (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • It is well known that women in India generally do not decide their reproductive behavior. (prb.org)
  • Overall, integrated facilities have the potential of improving reproductive health of women accessing HIV services in LMICs. (frontiersin.org)
  • WLHIV have a much higher unmet need for FP than HIV negative women ( 11 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The law covers all women and requires police and local authorities to grant various levels of protection and support services to survivors of violence or those at risk of violence. (state.gov)
  • Lack of services was more acute for elderly women and LGBTI women as well as for women with older children. (state.gov)
  • UNHCR works with partners to help provide comprehensive services to support the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, including access to voluntary counselling and testing for pregnant women and their children and appropriate ART regimens. (unaids.org)
  • By providing a way for women to have increased voice, choice and agency over their health, self-care offers the Ugandan health system a new and critical partner: consumers themselves. (psi.org)
  • 1276 married women of reproductive age were enrolled in each arm. (modernghana.com)
  • As health and social protection as well as legal systems that protect all women and girls under normal circumstances are weakened or under pressure by the COVID-19, specific measures should be implemented to prevent violence against women and girls. (government.nl)
  • And we call on governments around the world to ensure full and unimpeded access to all sexual and reproductive health services for all women and girls. (government.nl)
  • Mirtha contributes to five projects that center on women's empowerment: Awareness on GBV, training of community women, entrepreneurship promoting livelihoods for women, multi-sectoral response services for survivors of GBV, and supporting women with disabilities through the provision of opportunities and accessibility. (unv.org)
  • Studies confirm that women and couples who are able to limit and space their children increase their household income and invest more in their children's health and education. (opencanada.org)
  • More than 20 percent of all women and nearly half of low-income women aged 15-44 rely on Medicaid and other public health insurance programs for coverage. (msmagazine.com)
  • 41 percent of women live in countries with restrictive abortion laws - that translates into 700 million women of reproductive age deprived of their bodily autonomy. (ippf.org)
  • Unable to access safe and legal abortion care, women and others who can get pregnant are forced to continue pregnancies against their will or seek an abortion outside of the formal health system, sometimes at the risk of losing their lives. (ippf.org)
  • More recently in Poland, at least six women have died as a direct result of the de facto abortion ban, in hospitals, at the hands of the State and health system that are supposed to take care of them. (ippf.org)
  • The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women affirms that violations of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights including the denial or delay of safe abortion and post-abortion care may amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. (ippf.org)
  • Services delivered on good provider-relational grounds and convenient clinic hours encourage contraceptive use among women. (maastrichtuniversity.nl)
  • We used secondary data analysis of the regional representative sample of women aged 15-49 years from the 2016 Ethiopian Demography and Health Survey (EDHS). (dhsprogram.com)
  • A total of 2207 married reproductive-age women (15-49 years) selected using a two-stage stratified cluster sampling technique were included in this analysis. (dhsprogram.com)
  • Modern contraceptive use among married reproductive-age women was 51.3% (95% CI: 47.0-55.6). (dhsprogram.com)
  • It's about helping women assume the control they are entitled to, and ensuring that women and girls everywhere have access to the information, services and supplies they need to decide if they want children, when they want children, and how many children they want to have. (care.org)
  • He then went on to assure his audience that this would be covered by his public insurance plan: "We're going to set up a public plan that all persons and all women can access if they don't have health insurance. (legatus.org)
  • Young women face a dual challenge: in addition the threat of HIV, pregnancy is one of the most significant threats to the health of adolescent females. (fhi360.org)
  • The 2,500 young people who will become infected with HIV and the 1,400 girls and women who will die in childbirth today represent more than striking statistics: each of these numbers represents a young person whose fate could be different if provided with access to reproductive health services. (fhi360.org)
  • likely than married women to refer to aimed to explore facilitators and bar- reproductive health services. (who.int)
  • and greater participation of women in health services less than married ones, political and social affairs. (who.int)
  • Rural Women Take Reproductive Health Matters into Their Own Hands: Rural Women's Social Education Center. (cwds.ac.in)
  • They primarily affect women of reproductive age, and the estimated incidence of fibroids is over 70% by 50 years of age. (medscape.com)
  • Mondal, S K. Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Rajasthan: Observations from the NFHS. (cwds.ac.in)
  • Not only is there lack of access to reproductive health services and information, violence, and abuse and the persisting negative social norms towards young people's sexuality contribute significantly to teenage pregnancy. (bworldonline.com)
  • The law's barrier is hinged on the prevailing beliefs and attitude on young people's sexuality and agency that discussing sexual and reproductive rights to young people would encourage them to engage in risky behaviors. (bworldonline.com)
  • Amending the RH law, specifically the clause on the mandatory written parental or legal guardian consent, is the main reform to remove the bottleneck on young people's access to SRH services and commodities. (bworldonline.com)
  • Self care can increase people's engagement with and autonomy over their health and provide an opportunity for health systems to improve equitable access to healthcare, quality of care, and financial protection for users ( fig 1 ). (bmj.com)
  • Self care could improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery by including users as lay health workers, thereby increasing people's access to essential health services. (bmj.com)
  • In this capacity, Thoai is advancing our cutting-edge research agenda that seeks to ask and answer critical questions, and provide solutions on the most pressing health, social, economic, and environmental issues that are impacting people's lives. (popcouncil.org)
  • CHWs are trained to provide a broad range of health services in the community, and in people's homes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The lack of access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) commodities is a contributing factor to the teenage pregnancy problem. (bworldonline.com)
  • Hence, as different stakeholders work on the long and arduous process of amending this existing provision of the Reproductive Health (RH) law, in the interim, highlighting the responsibility of parents and legal guardians to ensure the access of minors to SRH services and commodities serves as an alternative path to increasing the protection of teenagers from unplanned pregnancies. (bworldonline.com)
  • Unfortunately, the RH law prevents young people from having complete access to reproductive health commodities and services. (bworldonline.com)
  • The RH law requires written consent from a parent or a guardian before minors can access modern forms of reproductive health commodities. (bworldonline.com)
  • Globally, most of the 4.3 billion people of reproductive age in the world will lack access to adequate sexual and reproductive health services at some time in their life. (bmj.com)
  • Vulnerable and marginalised populations could gain access to sexual and reproductive health services that they would otherwise not be able to access through health providers because of stigma, discrimination, distance, or cost. (bmj.com)
  • International media reported in 2019 that prisoners arrested for protesting loss of access to land were subjected to electric shocks following their arrest and suffered from malnourishment and poor health after being jailed for more than a year. (state.gov)
  • With limited access to health services, fertility and population growth rates are the highest in the country. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • Nationally, "serious challenges and threats remain with regard to targets on maternal health, access to reproductive health services, nutrition, primary education, and environmental sustainability," according to UNDP -in particular, indicators on maternal health are "disturbing" and of all the MDGs, are labeled "least likely to be achieved. (newsecuritybeat.org)
  • COVID-induced inequalities in service access potentially exacerbated existing reproductive health inequalities. (gla.ac.uk)
  • UNHCR also facilitates access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and continues to work with and support ministries of health and national AIDS councils to ensure that refugees benefit from newly adopted national protocols. (unaids.org)
  • The agency also improves access to comprehensive reproductive, maternal and newborn health services. (unaids.org)
  • And we encourage all governments, the private sector, civil society, philanthropists and others to join us in supporting the emergency response, particularly in the most vulnerable countries, and to give full effect to the global commitment to universal access to health care. (government.nl)
  • The first National Health Policy was formulated in 1983 which took a view that private sector initiative in healthcare was an imperative and that there was a need to increase publicly funded primary care access. (gidb.org)
  • Thereafter the National Health Policy was revised in 2002 with a view to providing increased access to decentralized public health system, enhancing public health investment and converging public programmes. (gidb.org)
  • The state will strengthen health care infrastructure and support systems to improve access to these services to reduce the total fertility rate (TFR) from its current level of 3.0 to replacement level of fertility 2.1 by the year 2010. (gidb.org)
  • Contributing their knowledge and experiences for equal access to sexual and reproductive rights, reducing inequalities in vulnerable people, and countering the risks of GBV are some of the areas in which UN Volunteers make a difference. (unv.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)
  • International and regional human rights treaties, national constitutions and laws provide guarantees specifically relating to access to contraceptive information and services. (fiapac.org)
  • Increase access to affordable, comprehensive insurance in all states, such as by approving Biden's plan for a public health insurance option . (msmagazine.com)
  • Beyond legal restrictions, by creating unnecessary policy barriers to access and failing to allocate adequate resources to abortion care, States and health bodies are not upholding their duty to provide equitable reproductive health care. (ippf.org)
  • Even in countries with progressive legal frameworks a lack of trained and willing health workers, inadequate supplies of quality medical abortion pills and equipment, use of non-evidence-based practices and the refusal to include information on abortion in public health campaigns are common - creating practical barriers which can be insurmountable, particularly for the least privileged, and amount to the denial of access to abortion care. (ippf.org)
  • However, financial, cultural, social, and legal considerations often impede youth access to the sexual and reproductive health resources that may be available in their communities. (biomedcentral.com)
  • CARE is also one of the few global organizations working with married adolescent girls, who are among the most vulnerable in any community yet are typically unable to access age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health services. (care.org)
  • Providing universal access to quality SRHR services remains a significant problem due to the high rural population, mountainous terrain and limited infrastructure. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • Furthermore, they may be less inclined than their peers to access reproductive health services due to fear of stigma and judgment from their providers. (fhi360.org)
  • A lack of aware- equate access to universal health disease (Tsu and Ginsburg, 2017). (who.int)
  • ensuring all people and communities have access to quality health services where and when they need them, without suffering financial hardship. (who.int)
  • Large parts of our populations still have an unmet need in sexual and reproductive health and out-of-pocket expenditures continue to pay for most of the healthcare expenditures. (modernghana.com)
  • Populations of to preventive health care as a result opment of invasive cervical cancer racial and ethnic minorities encoun- of social and gender inequality. (who.int)
  • For decades, self care products, such as the contraceptive pill, condoms, and sanitary products, have had a considerable effect on health and society. (bmj.com)
  • Self care could also increase the use of preventive services and adoption of preventive behaviours, improve adherence to treatment, and reduce the need for healthcare services. (bmj.com)
  • This article aims to identify the main economic considerations of self care for sexual and reproductive health and rights in the context of universal health coverage. (bmj.com)
  • Self care interventions could enable health systems to get "more health for the money," through technical and productive efficiency gains. (bmj.com)
  • Healthcare provision would be shifted to users, patients, or their care givers and fewer health system resources would be required. (bmj.com)
  • To deliver ART to large numbers of people, many HIV care programmes in low and middle income countries (LMIC) with generalized HIV epidemics use a public health approach using standardized simplified treatment protocols and decentralized service delivery ( 3 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Each issue examines a key topic in reproductive health care - offering the latest updates on innovative research. (fhi360.org)
  • Women's rights advocates asserted there were not enough shelters to meet the demand for assistance and that shelter staff did not provide adequate care and services, particularly in the southeast. (state.gov)
  • The program's mission is to advance and coordinate innovative research that makes a difference in the lives of breast cancer patients, train the next generation of researchers and clinicians, and deliver outstanding clinical care that improves the health and survivorship of those affected by breast cancer. (stanford.edu)
  • It strives to ensure that the full range of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services is firmly integrated within strengthened maternal and child health systems, which includes focused antenatal care and skilled birth attendance at delivery. (unaids.org)
  • After the interview, MMP staff abstracted clinical data from the medical records of participants at the health care facility identified by the participant as their most frequent source of HIV care. (cdc.gov)
  • Abstracted information included diagnoses of AIDS-defining conditions, prescription of antiretroviral therapy (ART) medications, laboratory results, and health care use in the 24 months before the interview. (cdc.gov)
  • A health policy formulated first in 1947 was based on two broad principles i.e. no denial of care for want of ability to pay and that it was the state's responsibility to provide healthcare to its people. (gidb.org)
  • The act also lays down the right and duties of functionaries and users of the health care establishments. (gidb.org)
  • Health Care Disparities and Demand for Expanding Hereditary Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines in African Americans. (cdc.gov)
  • Regardless of this effectively reviewed and reported means of care, Kangaroo Mom Care is however to enter widespread utilize in many health care facilities and clinics all over the world. (transitiontocollege.net)
  • Though many are celebrating the end of the Trump administration and the beginning of Democratic control of the White House, new leadership does not guarantee that sexual and reproductive health care and rights will be fully available to all. (msmagazine.com)
  • When the Biden administration enters office, it will have been nearly a year since COVID-19 began to push the fragmented U.S. health care system to its limits. (msmagazine.com)
  • The Trump administration has undermined the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and a U.S. Supreme Court case threatens all of the law's many gains for sexual and reproductive health. (msmagazine.com)
  • IPPF works to ensure that every woman and girl has the human right to choose to be pregnant or not and we will continue to supply and support safe and legal abortion services and care. (ippf.org)
  • While there are efforts in place to make facility-based services and health providers 'youth-friendly,' there is a need to strengthen the enabling environment for youth to actually seek care [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Quoting one of the Ten Commandments, President Barack Obama has accused American citizens who are shedding light on the details of health care reform of "bearing false witness. (legatus.org)
  • Addressing Planned Parenthood on July 17, 2007, then-candidate Obama said that in "my mind, reproductive care is essential care. (legatus.org)
  • A September survey commissioned by the U.S. bishops revealed that 60% of those who support health care reform oppose government funding for plans that include abortion. (legatus.org)
  • Commentary on a Community-Based Approach to Reproductive Health Care. (cwds.ac.in)
  • Women's Perspectives on the Quality of General and Reproductive Health Care: Evidence from Rural Maharashtra. (cwds.ac.in)
  • None of the information obtained through use of the search portal should in any way be used in clinical care without consulting a physician or licensed health professional. (who.int)
  • Result suggest that a practical approach to reduce teenage pregnancy rate in Africa is to implement strategies and policies aimed at improving female literacy rate, Health care expenditure and the GDP per capita of a country. (bvsalud.org)
  • as well as financial hardship, lead- incidence and mortality rates by ing (once or twice in a lifetime) has ing to their underuse of health-care systematical y implementing popu- a high impact and a minimum num- services. (who.int)
  • Ensure good health and well-being for everyone by and well-being strengthening immunisation within primary health care and contributing to universal health coverage and sustainable development. (who.int)
  • A systematic review was undertaken incorporating studies from PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science and Global Health, the International AIDS Society Abstract Archive, the World STI & HIV Congress Abstract Archive and the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections Abstract Archive published between 2016 and 2021, updating previous systematic reviews. (frontiersin.org)
  • The report includes a background summary of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia among youth, a. (fhi360.org)
  • However, during the next decade, progress toward MDG 4 (reduce child mortality), 5 (improve maternal health), and 6 (combat HIV/AIDs, malaria, and other diseases) was relatively slow. (ghspjournal.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)
  • The Asia program's new fact sheet features a groundbreaking reproductive rights case, NAMHHR v. Chhattisgarh, which was filed before the High Court of Chhattisgarh in June 2014 by the National Alliance for Maternal Health and Human Rights, with legal representation provided by Advocate Anubha Rastogi. (reproductiverights.org)
  • This is the third case filed under the Center's South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative (SARJAI), a program created by lawyers to promote legal accountability for violations of women's reproductive rights in South Asia. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Youth InfoNet is one-stop electronic source that contains new publications and information on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention. (fhi360.org)
  • April 2004 - YouthNet completed an Assessment of Youth Reproductive Health Programs in Ethiopia, at the request of the USAID Ethiopia Mission. (fhi360.org)
  • WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA programming framework for adolescent health and development, attention to five key health issues was vital: sexual and reproductive health, substance abuse, mental health, injury and nutrition. (who.int)
  • We must also assume responsibility for social protection and ensure adolescent health, rights and wellbeing during schools close-down. (government.nl)
  • Practically one third of females globally have an unmet requirement for household preparing measures. (transitiontocollege.net)
  • The goal of the mental health policy is to develop effective, efficient and adequate provision and mechanisms for community based mental health including promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, supported by a network of primary, secondary and tertiary services in public and private sectors. (gidb.org)
  • The presentation will provide an overview of the process used to develop the guidelines and recommendations made by WHO for policy-makers, managers, providers and other stakeholders in the health sector on some of the priority actions needed to ensure that different human rights dimensions are systematically and clearly integrated into the provision of contraceptive information and services. (fiapac.org)
  • At a high level, COVID-19 has brought increased attention to the potential of innovation and related issues- manufacturing capacity , incentives , regulatory environments , and research pipelines -but it has also sucked the oxygen from other global health priorities . (cgdev.org)
  • The manual's contents may be adapted to reflect local, national, or programmatic health priorities and resources as well as to promote the use of underutilized preventive services. (popcouncil.org)
  • Julie's interests include Sexual health, HPV, autonomy of young people, sexual health literacy and the practical application of research findings to shape and change policies and individual behaviours. (gla.ac.uk)
  • During this time, sexual and reproductive health and rights were neglected or outright targeted by the Trump administration and other opponents of reproductive autonomy. (msmagazine.com)
  • That is why AFP Jhpiego, IPPF and the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition have been calling for the GFF to deliver additional investment and for there to be no gap in funding for SRHR, or interruption to supply chains for reproductive health commodities, while the GFF is operationalised. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • This disaster has reinforced the need for countries to not only increase their public health spending, but also explore innovative ways of financing healthcare systems. (modernghana.com)
  • National Health Mission's National Leadership Award winner for transformational work in primary healthcare in Rajasthan, India, for three consecutive years (2016-2018). (abtassociates.com)
  • A new video is encouraging people in Papua New Guinea to start talking about sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), in a step towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • Our international programmes coordinator Eliza Raymond says as is the case in many countries, sexual and reproductive health and rights also remain a taboo subject for many people in PNG, which adds to the difficulties in addressing SRHR. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • Improving SRHR is not only vital to reaching goals 3 and 5, but achieving all the SDGs - improved sexual and reproductive health and rights can have economic, environmental and social benefits. (familyplanning.org.nz)
  • 1 Despite progress towards universal health coverage, the unmet need for sexual and reproductive health interventions is substantial and requires urgent attention and innovative solutions. (bmj.com)
  • The Global Financing Facility (GFF), announced at the UN General Assembly in September 2014 by the World Bank Group and governments of Canada, Norway, and the US, aims to scale up support for RMNCAH as a key component of universal health coverage for all. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • For Dr Bajracharya, it is critical to work towards universal health coverage and to promote sustainable financing strategies, including heightening of commitments of state resources for sexual and reproductive health. (modernghana.com)
  • It is crucial that leaders recognize the central role of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in health emergencies and the need for robust health systems to save lives. (government.nl)
  • The MMWR series of publications is published by the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027. (cdc.gov)
  • Safe pregnancy and childbirth depend on all these health workers, adequate health facilities, and strict adherence to infection prevention. (government.nl)
  • This covers the prevention and elimination of gender based violence in health facilities, which provide sexual and reproductive health services. (unv.org)
  • The core investments in nutrition will focus on community and facility based prevention and treatment, targeted nutrition service delivery, the enabling environment for nutrition and capacity building. (who.int)
  • Vaccines are critical to the prevention and control of many communicable diseases and therefore underpin global health security. (who.int)
  • A clear risk is a reduction in essential services and particularly vaccination and prevention of other communicable diseases. (who.int)
  • The storyline will also address the fact that self-injection can be administered in the privacy of one's home or where they feel most comfortable, can be discontinued without a provider's help, and one can keep several doses and reduce the number of trips to the health facility to get subsequent doses-thus enabling users to prevent unplanned pregnancies and pursue their dreams without worry. (psi.org)
  • Countries' investment cases should be agreed based on their coverage of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of marginalised groups. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • UNHCR also supports the introduction of newer models of improving the uptake of HIV testing and counselling services in camps with limited coverage, including strengthened quality-assured testing and counselling services at multiple entry points in the health system and at the community level. (unaids.org)
  • Through a deceptive scheme of linguistic gymnastics, the Capps Amendment explicitly authorizes the Secretary of the Health and Human Services to include coverage for elective abortions in the services offered under public option and mandates coverage for current Medicaid abortions. (legatus.org)
  • UNFPA Coordinating Committee on Health on its second session (Geneva, WHO headquarters, 2 to 3 December 1999). (who.int)
  • The words of Eugenia Sekler, Programme Officer for the Sexual and Reproductive Health component of UNFPA Venezuela, underline the important contribution of UN Volunteers in Latin America and the Carribbean. (unv.org)
  • A UN Volunteer Surgeon, Daniel Valbuena serves in the Sexual and Reproductive Health component of UNFPA Venezuela. (unv.org)
  • Rosa Pimentel, UN Volunteer with disabilities and an activist, serves as Sexual and Reproductive Health Specialist for UNFPA in Peru. (unv.org)
  • My assignment as a UN Volunteer has focused on contributing to the technical assistance provided by UNFPA to the Ministry of Health in preparing the Technical Health Regulations. (unv.org)
  • The government had been fairly quiet on specifics since then until Monday, when Minister Bibeau announced a first set of initiatives on reproductive health with Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), who is in Ottawa this week. (opencanada.org)
  • whereas, in developing countries teenage majorly attributed to the numerous health pregnancy rate was as high as 133 births per consequences such as pregnancy related illness, 1000 females. (bvsalud.org)
  • high infant mortality rate, low birth weight babies, The World Health Statistics review10 maternal mortality and exposure to sexually indicates that the average teenage pregnancy transmitted diseases3. (bvsalud.org)
  • Increasingly, vaccines are protecting health beyond infancy - in adolescence and adulthood, during pregnancy and for older people. (who.int)
  • Weak and perpetually poorly resourced health systems have escalated the woes of the public, more so in low- and lower-middle income countries. (modernghana.com)
  • While there has been economic growth in the region resulting in corresponding improvements in health service delivery systems, in many countries these gains are unjustly reserved for the elite few in terms of quality and timely services, says Dr Ashish Bajracharya, Population Council's Deputy Director for global country strategy and regional representative for South and East Asia. (modernghana.com)
  • Promoting reproductive security in developing countries / Maurice I. Middleberg. (who.int)
  • For example, in some view responses to explore the character- an increase in the age of marriage and a countries reproductive health providers istics of publicly-funded reproductive higher rate of celibacy ( 1 - 3 ). (who.int)
  • Journal of Health & Population in Developing Countries. (cwds.ac.in)
  • The Global Financing Facility, hosted by the World Bank, aims to scale up support for sexual and reproductive health, however, concerns remain that funds may be transferred from existing programmes. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • There is also a potential danger that donor funds may, instead of adding to global health funding, be transferred from existing programmes and there is uncertainty as to how the GFF will interact with current RMNCAH financing architecture. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • MISP is implemented at the onset of a refugee emergency, and, as soon as the situation has stabilized, operations are supported to establish comprehensive reproductive health programmes. (unaids.org)
  • First, as immunization programmes are only one component of health systems, the term aligns the global vision and strategy with the broader health and development agenda. (who.int)
  • It says that "nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing the public health insurance option from providing" abortion services that are currently prohibited from federal funding - principally elective abortions. (legatus.org)
  • UNHCR supports the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for reproductive health in crisis, which lists the reduction of HIV transmission as its second objective. (unaids.org)
  • She joined the Council in 2000 as an associate I in the Reproductive Health Program in Kenya, and quickly rose to become a senior associate in 2008. (popcouncil.org)
  • Given the proliferation of mobile phones, they offer the potential of discretely delivering tailored sexual and reproductive health content without stigma or judgment. (biomedcentral.com)