• The Center for Reproductive Rights prepared this submission to the Human Rights Committee in advance of its drafting a revised. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Since the start of this year, they've shown their true agenda - attack women's right and access to abortion, no matter the cost," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. (latinainstitute.org)
  • Abortion-rights advocates also are preparing for a wave of bills to be introduced in statehouses across the country, says Elisabeth Smith, chief counsel for state policy and advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights. (tpr.org)
  • Meanwhile, lawmakers supportive of abortion rights in several states are sponsoring bills to guarantee the right to abortion in state law, in places including Massachusetts, Virginia and even Texas, according to Smith, with the Center for Reproductive Rights. (tpr.org)
  • In March, Maine Family Planning - another abortion provider - and the global Center Center for Reproductive Rights filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Portland. (pressherald.com)
  • Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Across countries, the median contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) among women of reproductive age was just 28% in 2017. (who.int)
  • This was evident in 2020, when after the implementation of an electronic community health information system (eCHIS), all of Aleltu's pregnant women accessed and received RMNCH services. (jsi.com)
  • The KFF Daily Global Health Policy Report summarized news and information on global health policy from hundreds of sources, from May 2009 through December 2020. (kff.org)
  • NEW YORK, 25 September 2020 - Fragile gains made to advance women and children's health are threatened by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19, according to a new report from Every Woman Every Child. (unicef.org)
  • Programmatic data from Eswatini's Community Health Commodities Distribution (CHCD) from April 2020 to December 2021 and South Africa's Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) from January 2016 to December 2021 were provided by programme managers and are summarized here. (bvsalud.org)
  • DISCUSSION: Launched in 2020, Eswatini's CHCD provides over 28,000 people with and without HIV with integrated services, including HIV testing, CD4 cell count testing, antiretroviral therapy refills, viral load monitoring and pre-exposure prophylaxis alongside NCD services, including blood pressure and glucose monitoring and hypertension and diabetes medication refills. (bvsalud.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)
  • In 2018, few women in the Aleltu District of Ethiopia 's Oromia Region sought or received reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) services from their local health facilities. (jsi.com)
  • A lack of respectful care during childbirth is now recognized as both an indicator of poor quality of care as well as an obstacle to obtaining maternal/newborn health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Limited availability of health care programmes has also impacted reproductive, maternal, and newborn child health and immunization efforts. (who.int)
  • It is no longer enough to measure the coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition (RMNCHN) interventions without considering whether the services provided by facilities are adequate. (ennonline.net)
  • 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)
  • For too long, the health and rights of women, children, and adolescents have received insufficient attention and services have been inadequately resourced," said former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Board Chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Helen Clark. (unicef.org)
  • Rapid reversal of hard-fought progress in women's, children's and adolescents' health is a real threat," said Ties Boerma, Director of the Countdown to 2030 for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health. (unicef.org)
  • For example, it worked with national authorities to restore critical Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) care and other medical services in vital health care centres. (rural21.com)
  • Established in 2015, the GFF is a multistakeholder partnership that supports 36 low- and lower-middle-income countries with catalytic financing and technical assistance to improve sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (SRMNCAH-N). Partnering with CSOs and YLOs helps ensure that GFF-funded investments reach marginalized and excluded communities, enabling countries to achieve their goals to advance health and rights for all. (pai.org)
  • Interventions to improve adolescent women's reproductive health should directly address the issue of sexual coercion. (guttmacher.org)
  • While health management information systems continue to develop, periodic health facility surveys like the Service Provision Assessment (SPA) provide information to monitor progress and target interventions. (ennonline.net)
  • This paper presents an initial attempt to select a short list of indicators that measure readiness for and provision of highly effective interventions and proposes to create a quality of care index (QOCI) - one singular measure of services built from data that are available in SPA. (ennonline.net)
  • Despite progress in addressing issues related to gender-based violence (GBV), health sector interventions remain limited. (rhsupplies.org)
  • A]bout 10 million refugees and other persons of concern in more than 120 camps in some 50 countries benefit directly from access to public health and HIV interventions supported by the agency," the journal writes. (kff.org)
  • Projects support policies and services for prevention, care and treatment of key populations and people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as innovative and evidence-based interventions to reduce new HIV infections. (usaid.gov)
  • The COVID-19 crisis, in particular, is exacerbating existing inequities, with reported disruptions in essential health interventions disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable women and children. (unicef.org)
  • In response to the cervical cancer burden, WHO has developed a global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, which proposes cost-effective interventions. (who.int)
  • The objective of this regional framework is to contribute to the global goal of accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem by reducing the age-adjusted incidence rate of cervical cancer to less than 4 per 100 000 women by implementing interventions to reach the vaccination, screening and treatment targets set for 2030. (who.int)
  • The framework sets targets and milestones and defines guiding principles and priority interventions to guide Member States in accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem in the Region. (who.int)
  • Social work services and psychosocial interventions for children, adolescents and families. (sickkids.ca)
  • To reduce inequality in reproductive health care use, interventions should not only be pro-poor oriented, but they should also be sustainable and user-centered. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Under the same partnership, the Department offered PPHI underutilised mobile service units that allowed mobile health interventions to be extended from basic health units to Afghan refugee camps. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • Coverage of interventions analyses the levels of utilization achieved for 'traditional' health services. (who.int)
  • Coverages for non-communicable diseases and health promotion services are the lowest, while the coverage for communicable disease control interventions is the highest although progress has been made in recent decades in the area of contraception, contraceptive use remains low in sub-Saharan Africa. (who.int)
  • These comparisons suggest that the economic status of countries in Africa remains part of a composite etiology, which may also include power imbalances, gender-based violence, substance abuse, lack of access to termination of pregnancy services, negative attitudes of caregivers and inadequate reproductive health education. (frontiersin.org)
  • Reusable Sanitary Pads Market penetration of disposable pads and large-scale efforts by public health programs have increased access in LMICs in Asia and Africa. (rhsupplies.org)
  • PRB works together with family planning advocacy partners in Africa and Asia to create customized, impactful communications materials that propel their advocacy efforts. (prb.org)
  • Health system weaknesses, poor health and cancer literacy, as well as social, cultural, economic and gender-based barriers that are prevalent in the African Region have resulted in increased vulnerability and poor access to cervical cancer prevention and control services for women and girls in Africa. (who.int)
  • Integration of HIV and family planning (FP) services is a renewed focus area for national policymakers, donors, and implementers in sub-Saharan Africa as a result of high HIV incidence among general-population women, especially adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), and the perception that integrating HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into FP services may be an effective way to provide comprehensive HIV and FP services to this population. (frontiersin.org)
  • On average, fewer than one in two pregnant women in Africa give birth in the presence of skilled health personnel, and only 12% of those who need emergency care for themselves and their newborns actually receive it. (who.int)
  • The AIDS epidemic chal enged us, span of just a few years, the number Africa (UNAIDS, 2017a), where fund- not just as a global health community of people living with HIV receiving ing for AIDS is stagnating (Fig. 17.3) but also as a col ective humanity. (who.int)
  • The World Health Organization defines domestic violence as "the range of sexually, psychologically and physically coercive acts used against adult and adolescent women by current or former male intimate partners. (guttmacher.org)
  • The World Health Organization recommends a minimum of four antenatal care (ANC) visits. (wikipedia.org)
  • 15 16 Additionally, in 2016 the World Health Organization recommended that women taking antiretroviral drugs should breastfeed for at least 12 months and may continue breastfeeding for up to 24 months or longer (similar to the general population) while being fully supported for adherence to antiretroviral treatment. (bmj.com)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) said that more than 1,400 health facilities had been fully or partially damaged and that access to "health facilities, healthcare workers, and essential medicines and medical supplies" remained the main healthcare challenge. (aljazeera.com)
  • According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health centres and FP centres in public hospitals ( 5 ). (who.int)
  • Lack of preventive and curative health services for vulnerable people in Libya has amplified the risk of spread of communicable diseases, including HIV and tuberculosis. (who.int)
  • The Population Action Plan of 1991 intended to expand preventive and curative maternal health services to rural areas. (yementimes.com)
  • In fact, 9 out of 10 facilities offer the three essential preventive and curative care services for children under five. (who.int)
  • Chi-square tests and logistic regressions were used to investigate associations between coerced first intercourse and selected reproductive health behaviors and outcomes. (guttmacher.org)
  • Over the last few years, however, through efforts from the community, Ministry of Health (MOH), and partners like the Ethiopia Data Use Partnership (DUP), there has been a transformation across technology, processes, and behaviors. (jsi.com)
  • Greater awareness of risky behaviors by both patients and health-care providers has led to increased testing for HIV and earlier diagnosis of early HIV infection, often before symptoms develop (though emotional or psychological problems may occur). (cdc.gov)
  • We support a combination of activities to improve the health behaviors of families and communities, and to enrich the quality and delivery of health services and systems. (usaid.gov)
  • By ensuring that the aforementioned population is effectively engaged, sexual reproductive health behaviors may improve and social vices in the society will significantly reduce. (hacey.org)
  • Concern over the issue of coerced sex among adolescent women has been elevated by a growing body of research-much of it from developed countries-that has reported significant associations between coerced sex and a range of negative health and reproductive health outcomes for women of reproductive age. (guttmacher.org)
  • 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 cost effectiveness of PPIUD service provision was assessed using three main outcomes: cost of PPIUD services, CYP (cost per couple of years of protection) and DALY (cost per daily adjusted life year). (figo.org)
  • The grant provides "the opportunity to coordinate the relevant stakeholders and advocate for domestic health financing to enhance access to SRMNCAH-N services towards improvement of health outcomes in Zimbabwe," explains Itai Rusike, executive director of the Community Working Group on Health. (pai.org)
  • Published studies have shown that workplace exposures to hazardous drugs can cause both acute and chronic health effects such as skin rashes, adverse reproductive outcomes (including infertility, spontaneous abortions, and congenital malformations), and possibly leukemia and other cancers. (cdc.gov)
  • The state of health and well-being is a function of the levels of attainment of the dimensions related to outcomes - the health and health-related services desired by the population. (who.int)
  • Outcomes in health consider the availability of health services, the coverage of the needs of the populations, the risk factors, health security and financial health protection. (who.int)
  • Although there is increasing recognition of the scope and significance of sexual coercion experienced by adolescent women in developing countries, evidence on its consequences for reproductive health remains limited. (guttmacher.org)
  • Most research on sexual violence is based on data from reproductive-age women in intimate partnerships. (guttmacher.org)
  • Other studies from developed countries have reported a significant link between physical or sexual abuse among reproductive-age women and a range of gynecological problems, including vaginal bleeding, pain during intercourse, chronic pelvic pain, urinary tract infection and medically treated pelvic inflammatory disease. (guttmacher.org)
  • Why put women and girls in need of curative services unnecessarily? (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Pursue efforts to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic, particularly by the implementation of a national strategic plan to fight against this pandemic, and continue strengthening measures to address and lessen the HIV/AIDS impact on women and children, particularly vertical transmission. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Many health problems in pregnant women can be prevented, detected, and treated during antenatal care visits with trained health workers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities can be an important barrier for women when con. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 8, 2023 - A new study from the National Partnership for Women & Families finds that Black-led community initiatives may be vital to solving the Black maternal health crisis. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Reproductive rights and reproductive health services historically center around cisgender women - but these services are also needed by transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming individuals as well. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • As the use of health facilities along the continuum of care for women and children increases globally, efforts are needed to focus on the provision of effective, high-quality care across services to end preventable maternal and child morbidity and death. (ennonline.net)
  • Participation, protection and potential of all women and girls must be at the center of response efforts. (government.nl)
  • These efforts must be gender-responsive and consider different impacts surrounding detection, diagnosis and access to treatment for all women and men. (government.nl)
  • 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)
  • We support the active participation and leadership of women and girls at all levels of decision-making, including at community level, through their networks and organizations, to ensure efforts and response are gender-responsive and will not further discriminate and exclude those most at risk. (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)
  • 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)
  • We welcome the multilateral efforts, including by the UN, including UNFPA and UN Women, WHO, the World Bank and IMF, and regional development banks, as well as the G7 and G20 declarations, towards a coherent and global response to COVID-19. (government.nl)
  • Moreover, even women who fulfill the requirement of restrictive laws do not have access to abortion due to administrative, professional economical and health system barriers. (fiapac.org)
  • The lack of access to safe abortion and its social and health consequences for women in developing countries is one of the most unfair imbalances between rich and poor countries. (fiapac.org)
  • While the bill's sponsors claim that it will "merely codify" federal insurance coverage of abortion services, the bill is radically broad and is clearly intended to prevent all women from obtaining health insurance coverage for abortion. (latinainstitute.org)
  • The bill denies any woman who receives her health insurance through Medicaid or other government programs coverage for abortion and tries to do the same to women in the private insurance market. (latinainstitute.org)
  • An exemption for women with cancer who need life saving treatment incompatible with continuing the pregnancy from the requirements of the legislation relating to federal funding, health benefit plans and the limitations on federal facilities and employees. (latinainstitute.org)
  • This legislation will not do a thing to reduce the need for abortion services, but it will further scapegoat and endanger pregnant women living in poverty", said Silvia Henriquez, Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. (latinainstitute.org)
  • For many decades Latinas have been pushed into the shadows of healthcare by these bans, and this legislation makes this dangerous situation even more extreme by banning care even for women facing serious health issues such as cancer. (latinainstitute.org)
  • These were consolidated by the adoption of the 2011 National Constitution, which reinforces the fundamental rights of citizens and emphasizes Evidence brief Universal health coverage for sexual and reproductive health in Morocco2 the mobilization of all available resources to facilitate equitable access for the entire population, particularly women, to health services (2). (rhsupplies.org)
  • A cross-sectional survey was conducted to interview Married Women of Reproductive Age (MWRA). (plos.org)
  • Our findings suggest positive changes in health care seeking behavior of women and families with respect to MNH. (plos.org)
  • Crisis pregnancy centers are anti-abortion offices disguised to look like medical clinics which offer services such as pregnancy tests and prenatal sonograms, and lie about medical facts, all in an effort to stop women from having abortions. (ourfuture.org)
  • The legislature finds that all women in Hawaii, regardless of income, should have meaningful access to effective reproductive health services. (hawaii.gov)
  • Public programs providing insurance coverage and direct services for reproductive health care and counseling to eligible, low-income women are currently available through the department of health and department of human services. (hawaii.gov)
  • Thousands of women in Hawaii are in need of publicly-funded family planning services, contraception services and education, pregnancy-related services, prenatal care, and birth-related services. (hawaii.gov)
  • Many women in Hawaii, however, remain unaware of the public programs available to provide them with contraception, health education and counseling, family planning, prenatal care, pregnancy-related, and birth-related services. (hawaii.gov)
  • Because family planning decisions are time sensitive and care early in pregnancy is important, Hawaii must make every possible effort to advise women of all available reproductive health programs. (hawaii.gov)
  • In Hawaii, low-income women can receive immediate access to free or low-cost comprehensive family planning services and pregnancy-related care through Med-QUEST and the department of health's family planning program. (hawaii.gov)
  • Requiring facilities that provide pregnancy- or family planning-related services to provide accurate health information and to inform clients of the availability of and enrollment procedures for reproductive health programs will help ensure that all women in the State can quickly obtain the information and services that they need to make and implement informed, timely, and personally appropriate reproductive health decisions. (hawaii.gov)
  • The purpose of this Act is to ensure that women in Hawaii are able to make personal reproductive health decisions with full and accurate information regarding their rights to access the full range of health care services that are available. (hawaii.gov)
  • Hawaii has public programs that provide immediate free or low-cost access to comprehensive family planning services, including, but not limited to, all FDA-approved methods of contraception and pregnancy-related services for eligible women. (hawaii.gov)
  • The 2008 National Antenatal HIV and Syphilis Prevalence Survey - based on blood samples from … pregnant women who attended antenatal clinics in 52 health districts" - found that 29.3% of pregnant women were HIV positive in 2008, compared with 29.4% in 2007. (kff.org)
  • HHS might look to wield its power around federal protections for health care providers, life-saving abortions, abortion pills and travel for women in abortion-restricted states, she said. (ktvz.com)
  • The policy making process which took place between 1991 and 1996 illustrates that a political consensus on the definition of women's health and the strategies needed to improve the health status of Yemeni women could not be achieved. (yementimes.com)
  • As mentioned above, the improvement of the social, economical and health status of Yemeni women was central to the National Population Strategy endorsed by the government in 1991. (yementimes.com)
  • In the National Health Conference of 1994 and the document issued thereafter, the limited participation of women in health, social and economic development was described as an important factor influencing negatively their health status. (yementimes.com)
  • highlights that since the Every Woman Every Child movement was launched 10 years ago, spearheaded by the United Nations Secretary-General, there has been remarkable progress in improving the health of the world's women, children and adolescents. (unicef.org)
  • The GFF partnership will double down on its efforts to engage with partners and countries and honor the global commitment to ensure that all women, adolescents and children can access the quality, affordable health care they need to survive and thrive. (unicef.org)
  • The past decade of progress to advance the health of women, children and adolescents must be protected from the impact of the pandemic and the responses to it, the report says. (unicef.org)
  • In addition, although some decentralized, community-based models of PrEP delivery are emerging, PrEP services have largely been provided through specialized HIV or STI clinics, where AGYW do not routinely seek care and that primarily target key populations, such as female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women ( 9 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • A potential solution for increasing access to and uptake of oral PrEP among women is to integrate oral PrEP counseling and delivery in family planning (FP) services, which are well-established and well-utilized by sexually active women in many settings. (frontiersin.org)
  • This report examines this problem, and reinforces studies by experts and women's rights groups in South Sudan that indicate that child marriage has a significant negative impact on women and girl's realization of key human rights, including their rights to health and education, physical integrity and the right to marry only when they are able and willing to give their free consent. (hrw.org)
  • Based on extensive interviews with 87 girls and women in three states between March and October 2012-and with government officials, traditional leaders, health care workers, legal and women's rights experts, teachers, prison officials, and NGO, UN, and donor representatives-this report describes the severe consequences of this practice, and the risks that women and girls face when they resist or try to leave these marriages. (hrw.org)
  • Exposure to family planning information via mass media, antenatal care at private facilities are more often used by women in wealthier households. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Health worker's assistance during pregnancy outside a facility, antenatal care at government facilities, childbirth at home are more prevalent among women in poor households in both Ghana and Nigeria. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We observe horizontal inequalities among women who use reproductive health care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • They aim to provide a safe and secure environment while also offering programs and services that cater to the specific challenges faced by women who are incarcerated. (foreignpolicy-infocus.org)
  • Women's prisons serve the purpose of housing female inmates separately from male inmates, allowing for gender-specific programs and services tailored to the unique needs of women. (foreignpolicy-infocus.org)
  • Women in prison often face challenges such as trauma, substance abuse, mental health issues, lack of educational opportunities, and limited access to support networks. (foreignpolicy-infocus.org)
  • These facilities aim to provide gender-specific programs and services tailored to the unique needs of women. (foreignpolicy-infocus.org)
  • Ruling on statutory grounds, Skagit County, Washington Superior Court Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis held that a public hospital offering maternity services to women must also offer abortion services. (jonathanturley.org)
  • In their response, two days following the second demand letter, Defendants adopted by resolution a policy concerning the Washington Reproductive Privacy Act, stating that they do not prohibit or have a written policy against providing termination services to women. (jonathanturley.org)
  • RCW 9.02.160 provides that "[I]f the state provides, directly or by contract, maternity care benefits, services, or information to women through any program administered or funded in whole or in part by the state, the state shall also provide women otherwise eligible for any such program with substantially equivalent benefits, services, or information to permit them to voluntarily terminate their pregnancies. (jonathanturley.org)
  • We brought the lawsuit to ensure that women can access the full range of reproductive health care at public health facilities in their own communities. (jonathanturley.org)
  • We hope this ruling makes the promise of the state's Reproductive Privacy Act a reality for all women across Washington state," Taylor said. (jonathanturley.org)
  • On this day, we highlight the efforts of Australia Awards alumnus Rasheed Ahmed, who is ensuring continuity of sexual and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 crisis for Afghan refugee women and girls living in remote areas of Pakistan. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • He is currently involved in planning, implementing, and managing the COVID-19 response, with a particular focus on ensuring continuity of sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence information and services for women and girls. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • For UNFPA Pakistan's frontline health workers, one of the biggest challenges of the COVID-19 crisis was to ensure continuity of their humanitarian efforts for Afghan women refugees living in remote areas of Pakistan. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • He was also the first person in Pakistan to create and implement a plan to mainstream reproductive health services for Afghan women refugees through upgrading and strengthening existing public health systems. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • This small grants funding mechanism, supported by the World Bank, aims to increase access to affordable, quality health care for women, children and adolescents and ensure CSO and YLO leadership within the GFF. (pai.org)
  • Services are available free of charge or heavily subsidized in many public and private health facilities, yet many women may still not use them due to social, cultural, financial or health care services constraints. (who.int)
  • This scoping review explores barriers to family planning services utilization and uptake among women in Iraq. (who.int)
  • Recent evidence indicates that increasing the frequency of antenatal visits in the health system for women and adolescents is associated with a lower likelihood of stillbirths, as these visits provide more opportunities to detect and manage potential problems. (who.int)
  • against women, characterized by the dehu- uity in health systems. (bvsalud.org)
  • I'm delighted to welcome you today to COCA's call, Updated Interim Zika Clinical Guidance for Re-Reproductive Age Women and Men Sexual Transmission of Zika and the U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry. (cdc.gov)
  • During this call we'll cover the following areas: a brief overview of Zika virus, updated interim guidance for prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus, updated interim guidance for healthcare providers caring for women of reproductive age with possible Zika virus exposure, preventing transmission of Zika virus in labor and delivery settings through implement- implementation of standard precautions, interpretation of the pediatric testing guidance, and the U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • Allocate specific funding within its health budget for maternal and reproductive health, increase its national budget in the areas of health to ensure that its health facilities meet the required standards with regard to equipment and services, ensure free access to health facilities to the needy, and strengthen its efforts to reduce maternal mortality rates. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Our work focuses on multidisciplinary, gender-sensitive development approaches to improve quality, access, and equity within health systems worldwide. (jsi.com)
  • Access to quality health care has long been out of reach for many LGBTQ people due to medical bias and discrimination. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Gender-inclusive care includes the right to have access to safe, stigma-free reproductive health care, such as abortion care, contraception and STI testing. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Under the auspices of DFID funded project "Improving access to PHC services in Libya", the training is targeting 35 participants that are representing senior management, statisticians and public health workers. (who.int)
  • In addition, DHIS2 is used to monitor patient health, improve disease surveillance, map disease outbreaks and facilitate access of health staff to health information at national and sub-national level. (who.int)
  • Two weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to abortion nationwide despite efforts by some states to outlaw or severely restrict it. (berkeley.edu)
  • Biden is also ordering the Department of Health and Human Services to take 'additional action to protect and expand' access to medication abortion, emergency contraception and IUDs. (berkeley.edu)
  • The agency is instructed to increase outreach and public education efforts regarding access to reproductive health care services -- abortion included -- to get reliable information to the public. (berkeley.edu)
  • 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)
  • If they decide to terminate the pregnancy, they must have fast access to medical facilities. (fiapac.org)
  • Last night's amendment votes tee up a House floor vote scheduled for this Wednesday and draw a clear picture of the House majority's efforts to roll back women's rights and access to reproductive health services. (latinainstitute.org)
  • Abortion-rights advocates and opponents are preparing for a busy year - from a tug-of-war over Roe v. Wade to smaller efforts that could expand or restrict access to abortion. (tpr.org)
  • She says advocates are working to protect abortion rights, repeal existing restrictions and fight new efforts to limit access to the procedure. (tpr.org)
  • I think the specter of the Supreme Court will be behind both the proactive bills - in terms of shoring up the right and access [to abortion] at the state level - and on the other side, I think states that are hostile to reproductive rights are going to be jockeying to be the state that sends a law to the Supreme Court," Smith says. (tpr.org)
  • But Deputy Policy Director Leslie McGorman says it is also working on incremental efforts to improve abortion access, including legislation allowing a broader range of medical providers - such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants - to provide abortions in more states. (tpr.org)
  • Universal health coverage for sexual and reproductive health in Morocco Evidence and policy implications Key messages ` In Morocco, recognition of the importance of access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services as part of universal health coverage (UHC) is growing, and some progress has been made. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Universal access to a comprehensive range of SRH services is fundamental to achieving UHC (1). (rhsupplies.org)
  • Since the adoption of the "Programme of Action" of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt, Morocco has made significant progress in improving access to SRH services. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Even before the current floods, there was a significant disparity in access to health services between rural and urban areas. (aljazeera.com)
  • FXBVillage programs promote access to the basic human rights of food security, health, water, sanitation and hygiene. (fxb.org)
  • Three out of 10 people do not have access to safely managed drinking water services, and six out of 10 people do not have access to safely managed sanitation facilities. (fxb.org)
  • The results of numerous internal and external evaluations conclude that FXBVillage programs have led to marked improvements in economic security, health and nutritional status, access to water, sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial well-being and children's school participation. (fxb.org)
  • Also, health experts warn additional strategies, such as indoor residual spraying and increased access to drugs are needed to defeat malaria (Kavuma, 10/8). (kff.org)
  • BMJ News examines how the U.N.'s refugee agency is working to improve the health of refugees, internally displaced people, asylum seekers and others throughout the world by expanding their access to health care facilities in refugee camps. (kff.org)
  • The goal of USAID's integrated health, population, and nutrition program is to increase equitable access and use of quality health care. (usaid.gov)
  • Through services offered at community facilities and communication to encourage social and behavior change, USAID is tackling an unmet need for family planning by increasing understanding about and access to a range of contraception methods. (usaid.gov)
  • Veterans and their beneficiaries are able to access abortion, even in states that have outlawed it, through the Department of Veteran Affairs in cases where the woman's life or health is at risk or in cases of rape or incest. (ktvz.com)
  • 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)
  • Tanzania has taken major steps and made significant progress towards improving the availability, access, analysis and use of primary care data, but now it also recognizes the need for more coordinated and collaborative efforts of all stakeholders to unleash the full potential of its health information system. (who.int)
  • and adopting a health system strengthening approach to ensure universal access to population-specific prevention and care. (who.int)
  • Access your electronic health record. (sickkids.ca)
  • Policies to reduce inequality in access to reproductive health care services are often general and frequently benefit the richer population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Policies to reduce inequality in access to reproductive health care services, particularly in Sub-Saharan African countries, often have unintended and unwanted consequences. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Evidence on the relationship between government policies and access to services suggests that service delivery usually undermine benefits to the poor. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In light of this, low- and middle-income countries have implemented pro-poor initiatives with the goal to advance equitable access to quality reproductive health-care services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In both countries, active efforts are underway to increase facility delivery rates and the number of births at lower level facilities, making the antenatal period a key opportunity for increasing access to post-partum family planning services (PPFP). (figo.org)
  • He recognised that the challenges to achieve universal access to social services are enormous because the demand for them is still increasing due to population growth. (brac.net)
  • This partnership "brings us closer to our vision of a society where all young people have the right and legal access to information and services related to sexual and reproductive health," notes Dr. Simon B. Mambo, coordinator for the Youth Alliance for Reproductive Health (YARH). (pai.org)
  • It is important for us to act now in order to amplify our efforts to meet the challenges that hinder the access of adolescents and young people to sexual and reproductive health services in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (pai.org)
  • We have Dr Mariangela Simao, Assistant Director-General for Access to Medicines and Health Products. (bvs.br)
  • Last week, Democratic governors urged Biden to use federal facilities and land for abortion services. (berkeley.edu)
  • A provision that would reinstate conscience protections for health providers who provide abortion services as well as those who do not. (latinainstitute.org)
  • A requirement for the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate rules declaring it an unfair or deceptive act for crisis pregnancy centers to advertise as abortion providers if they do not provide abortion services. (latinainstitute.org)
  • And California Treasurer John Chiang created a program similar to Maryland's, making Community Clinic Lifeline Grants available to facilities that provide abortion services. (ourfuture.org)
  • Under the rule, Planned Parenthood would also be barred from providing abortion services in the same buildings where other health services such as cancer and STD screenings occur. (pressherald.com)
  • Their intention is to make abortion services cost prohibitive," Clegg said in a telephone interview Wednesday evening. (pressherald.com)
  • Referring patients to Planned Parenthood, the court ruled, violates state law regarding abortion services provided to patients. (jonathanturley.org)
  • The suit asked for Defendant to be enjoined from violating these statutes, provide such abortion services, and pay legal costs and expenses. (jonathanturley.org)
  • In 2019, the MOH, in collaboration with Oromia Regional Health Bureau (ORHB) and DUP, introduced eCHIS in the district. (jsi.com)
  • In the Region, children under five with symptoms of pneumonia who were taken to a health facility for treatment have increased between 2016 and 2019 from 47% to 57%, and those with fever symptoms taken to a health facility for care seeking has increased from 57.2% to 60.0% in the same period. (who.int)
  • We must also assume responsibility for social protection and ensure adolescent health, rights and wellbeing during schools close-down. (government.nl)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to turn back the clock on years of progress in reproductive, maternal, child and adolescent health. (unicef.org)
  • How will the Global Financing Facility deliver for sexual and reproductive health and rights? (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • 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)
  • Sexual and reproductive health must be at the forefront of the health agenda. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • The GFF presents real opportunities to make change happen by mobilising additional international and domestic resources for scale up of sexual and reproductive health services, as well as the prioritisation of funding for these areas at the national level. (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)
  • Given the breadth of sub-sectors the GFF will be funding, there is a risk that funding across RMNCAH will become competitive and funding for sexual and reproductive health may become politicised. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Within discussions on sexual and reproductive health, there is often an exclusive focus on maternal health. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Countries' investment cases should be agreed based on their coverage of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of marginalised groups. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • We wait to see how sexual and reproductive health will be prioritised in the consultations and what this will mean for increasing national financing in these areas. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Sexual and reproductive health needs, including psychosocial support services, and protection from gender-based violence, must be prioritized to ensure continuity. (government.nl)
  • Training in general health management, sexual and reproductive health, and the prevention of endemic diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, including by facilitating screening. (fxb.org)
  • Jhpiego India 's advocacy efforts helped convince policymakers in Jharkhand State to develop an adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health strategy document. (prb.org)
  • Faith to Action Network convinced the East African Legislative Assembly parliamentarians to retable the East African Community Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Bill for discussion and approval. (prb.org)
  • There is a high unmet need for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services among youth (ages 15-24) worldwide (MacQuarrie KLD. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is a high unmet need for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, for both married and unmarried youth worldwide [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • To maintain a stable and productive population, we suggest that sexual and reproductive policies, encouraging awareness and education especially amongst vulnerable and underserved population should be developed and implemented in all states across the country. (hacey.org)
  • Ensuring implementation of policies (especially sexual and reproductive health-related policies) should be championed by the government, supported by NGOs, CSOs, and other relevant agencies. (hacey.org)
  • Rasheed planned and implemented the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)-funded integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health - Gender-Based Violence project for Afghan refugees and host communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • As a direct result of Rasheed's efforts to protect the frontline workforce, UNFPA-planned sexual and reproductive health services at the DFAT-funded health facility have been able to continue unaffected. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • All selected projects focus on any of four subject areas: advocacy on SRMNCAH-N, coalition strengthening, nutrition or sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). (pai.org)
  • It can be exercised in two ways, physical and psychological, therefore, the aim is y psicológicas de la to define obstetric violence, its origin, divisions, and relation with women's sexual and reproductive rights, as well as to violencia obstétrica en identify its physical and psychological consequences. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development Uganda received a signed commitment from the minister of health to increase the national budget for family planning commodities. (prb.org)
  • Through this partnership, the Department has supported 652 PPHI health facilities with free contraceptive commodities for family planning. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • Antenatal care services have adopted information, education and communication messages for the prevention of future unintended pregnancies. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Nonetheless, multivariable analysis controlling for confounders such as socioeconomic status revealed that utilization of antenatal care services at health centers and TT vaccination during pregnancy are significantly associated with the intervention. (plos.org)
  • In the Region, 79% of the facilities offered family planning services while 82% can offer antenatal care services. (who.int)
  • The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice is endeavoring to comply with all applicable laws and regulations to the best of its understanding and ability, including the changes to Texas law made effective September 1, 2021. (latinainstitute.org)
  • The demographic and treatment characteristics of males and females ≥ 50 years living with HIV, who initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) as of September 2021, were abstracted from medical records across 154 health facilities and community sites in Akwa Ibom and Cross River states, Nigeria. (bvsalud.org)
  • East Mediterr Health J. 2021;27(8):818-825. (who.int)
  • The development of emergency obstetric services and the training of traditional birth attendants in local communities were foreseen. (yementimes.com)
  • Since the adoption of free obstetric care policy in Guinea in 2011, no study has examined the surgical site infections in maternity facilities. (bvsalud.org)
  • CDC and state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments request that healthcare providers, especially obstetric and pediatric healthcare providers, participate in the US Zika Pregnancy Registry. (cdc.gov)
  • In the Region, 68% of health facilities in countries with available data have comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care services. (who.int)
  • We analyzed the magnitude and trends in wealth-related inequalities in the use of family planning, antenatal and delivery care services in Ghana and Nigeria. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We also investigate horizontal inequalities in the determinants of reproductive health care service use over the years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We use concentration curves and concentration indices to measure the magnitude of socioeconomic-related inequalities and horizontal inequality in the use of reproductive health care services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Implementation began with training for HEWs, midwives, and district health office focal persons on the tool's basics. (jsi.com)
  • With 36 trained health workers and 20 tablets for the app, Aleltu kicked off the first round of eCHIS implementation across the district's 20 health posts. (jsi.com)
  • The implementation of District Health Information System is a revolutionary step in Libyan health history. (who.int)
  • Femmes Santé et Développement 's advocacy in Cameroon led the Ministry of Health to evaluate the implementation of Adolescent Reproductive Health Units and begin developing a strategy for strengthening them. (prb.org)
  • To advocate for future financing of immediate post-partum IUD services and to measure the cost effectiveness of our implementation in the two countries, the initiative has commissioned an economic evaluation. (figo.org)
  • 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)
  • The order addresses the elevated risks for patients, providers and clinics, which includes efforts to protect mobile clinics that have been deployed to state borders to offer care for out-of-state patients. (berkeley.edu)
  • Crisis pregnancy centers are facilities that often advertise under "abortion" or "clinics" when they are in fact, not medical facilities. (latinainstitute.org)
  • The Federal Trade Commission has sued at least one data broker for selling information that tracks people at reproductive health care clinics, while the Federal Communication Commission reminded 15 mobile carriers of privacy laws in a recent letter. (ktvz.com)
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which operates four health care clinics in Maine, including one in Portland, announced Wednesday that it will stop accepting federal dollars rather than submit to the terms of Trump administration rules that bar Planned Parenthood from making abortion referrals. (pressherald.com)
  • Planned Parenthood health care clinics in Maine receive about $400,000 a year of that total. (pressherald.com)
  • RMNCH indicators covered five services - family planning, antenatal care (ANC), delivery care, immunisation and child curative care. (ennonline.net)
  • Particular attention must be paid to early childhood services such as vaccination, growth development, but also curative care. (who.int)
  • Oregon enacted HB 3391 , the Reproductive Health Equity Act, which requires health insurance policies across the state to cover abortion, as well as contraception and other reproductive health services, at no cost to the patient. (ourfuture.org)
  • The results provide a compelling case for further investment in quality family planning counseling services during antenatal care and for the routine inclusion of PPIUD as a method of postpartum contraception. (figo.org)
  • At the service level, low family planning promotion from health care providers (especially during antenatal care visits) along with provider bias for certain types of contraception, have contributed to inaccurate information and misconceptions. (who.int)
  • However, even with the availability of FP services and or modern) of contraception ( 1 ). (who.int)
  • The Guardian examines efforts to reduce malaria in Katine, Uganda, through the distribution of insecticide-treated nets to high-risk groups. (kff.org)
  • The agency plans to focus on areas most in need of improvement in the refugee camps, including malaria control, reproductive health and malnutrition (Zarocostas, 10/7). (kff.org)
  • The demand for data is growing, as countries are required to demonstrate their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or be accountable to development partners for specific programmes such as TB, malaria, vaccinations or maternal health. (who.int)
  • Biden's action, the White House said, directs Attorney General Merrick Garland and the White House counsel to convene volunteer lawyers and organizations to 'encourage robust legal representation of patients, providers, and third parties lawfully seeking or offering reproductive health care services throughout the country. (berkeley.edu)
  • Patient privacy is another part of Biden's order, which takes additional measures to address the transfer and sale of sensitive health-related data, combat digital surveillance related to reproductive health care services and protects people from fraudulent and deceptive practices. (berkeley.edu)
  • To apply online for medical insurance coverage, that will cover the full range of family planning and prenatal care services, go to mybenefits.hawaii.gov. (hawaii.gov)
  • Vietnamese Deputy Health Minister Tran Chi Liem announced a plan aimed at improving health care services for children younger than age 5 with the goal of meeting the Millennium Development Goal target related to child mortality by 2015, VOVNews reports. (kff.org)
  • He called the gag rule another salvo by the Trump-Pence administration against poor people who live in rural communities and who struggle to get affordable health care services. (pressherald.com)
  • Equitable use of reproductive health care services is of critical importance since it may affect women's and children's health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The gains made in reducing inequality in use of reproductive health care services are short-lived and erode over time, usually before the poorest population group can benefit. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Equitable provision of reproductive health care services is of critical importance since it affects, among others, individual and economic development and bears on universally recognized human rights. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Safe pregnancy and childbirth depend on all these health workers, adequate health facilities, and strict adherence to infection prevention. (government.nl)
  • CIO Responsible for this publication: National Center for Prevention Services, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Prevention HIV INFECTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION Infection with HIV produces a spectrum that progresses from no apparent illness to AIDS as a late manifestation. (cdc.gov)
  • and services for the prevention of GBV (as well as care for those affected by it). (rhsupplies.org)
  • It includes the full spectrum of essential, quality health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care across the life course" (1). (rhsupplies.org)
  • Stigma encountered by FSW in healthcare settings may contribute to low uptake of HIV testing, antiretroviral therapy (ART), and other prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services. (cdc.gov)
  • Rasheed was able to overcome this challenge by providing personal protective equipment and training on infection prevention and control to these workers, so that they can continue to deliver services in Afghan refugee camps without interruption. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • Despite the prevention efforts to date, workplace contamination has been well documented by research on a small percentage of antineoplastic, or cancer-killing drugs. (cdc.gov)
  • Infection prevention and control measures established during the EVD outbreak have substantially improved self-reported provider practices for maternal and child health services in rural Guinea. (bvsalud.org)
  • The package forms an integral part of the WHO Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, endorsed at the 61st World Health Assembly in 2008. (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)
  • As a digital health tool that automates community health data to ensure the availability of and accessibility to quality and timely data for stakeholders, eCHIS allows health workers to enhance referral linkages between the health post and health center while upgrading the functions of health extension workers (HEWs). (jsi.com)
  • This study serves as a starting point for further discussion on how to create a concise and practical summary measure of quality of care so that decision makers and stakeholders can identify weakness within the health system and address gaps through targeted improvement efforts. (ennonline.net)
  • In Tanzania, for the first time, the government and a range of stakeholders including WHO are collaborating to coordinate a national approach to collecting and analyzing health data, especially at primary health care (PHC) levels. (who.int)
  • In Tanzania, the government and a range of stakeholders are collaborating to coordinate a national approach to collecting and analyzing data from health care facilities. (who.int)
  • Indeed, achieving targets towards a stable and controlled population will require the efforts of various stakeholders. (hacey.org)
  • In this context, between 9 and 20 February 2009, a group of 18 national, international and WHO health experts held individual interviews with 125 individuals and met as a group with 61 representatives of the majority of stakeholders involved in tobacco control in Turkey in order to assess the country's tobacco control efforts. (who.int)
  • Apart from socioeconomic factors, evidence suggests that utilization of these services also depends on timely awareness of health care needs, service availability and accessibility, quality of care, and attitude of facility staff towards clients [2] - [7] . (plos.org)
  • They spoke to the adolescent girls group and inquired about their reproductive health awareness. (brac.net)
  • In this regard, Tanzania through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) adopted different strategies and efforts to promote safe motherhood and improve child survival. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tanzania's Ministry of Health asked U.S. CDC and partners to work together and create programs to encourage more people to get vaccinated. (cdc.gov)
  • 5 November 2018 - WHO in collaboration with Ministry of Health (MOH), Libya has organized a four-day training workshop from 3 to 6 November 2018 in Tunis on the introduction of District Health Information System (DHIS) 2 in six selected primary health care facilities of Hay El-Andalus, Janzour, Sabha, Edri, Tobruk and El-Bayda municipalities. (who.int)
  • According to Health Ministry statistics, between 2001 and 2006, the mortality rates among children under one-year old fell from 35 to 16 per 1,000 live births, and for children under five from 42 to 26 per 1,000" (10/8). (kff.org)
  • The final draft document of the National Health Conference did not obviously completely conform to the convictions of the Ministry of Public Health leadership. (yementimes.com)
  • Although Tanzania has faced multiple data challenges, the government through the Ministry of Health, has been consistent in showing leadership to coordinate with partners to improve the situation. (who.int)
  • The initial efforts of the Ministry of Health in the late 1980s got a definite impetus when the Government of Turkey ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in 2004. (who.int)
  • The Ministry of Health created a unit specifical y devoted to tobacco control for the first time in 2006, and the Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority (TAPDK) established its own tobacco control department two years later. (who.int)
  • CDC focused on vaccinating people at highest risk for getting sick due to COVID-19, including people with HIV, staff in healthcare facilities, and community workers. (cdc.gov)
  • The ongoing conflict in Libya has left behind a struggling and over-burdened healthcare system with a half a million population in health needs. (who.int)
  • Women's prisons are obligated to provide healthcare services to female inmates, including reproductive health care, mental health care, and general medical care. (foreignpolicy-infocus.org)
  • As a result of ACLU advocacy, Jefferson Healthcare, the public hospital district in Jefferson County, put in place a new reproductive health policy that will lead to a Port Townsend hospital providing abortions as part of its full range of women's health services. (jonathanturley.org)
  • Through these efforts, more than 40% of people with HIV and 80-90% of CDC-supported partner staff, community, and health facility workers got at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine during the six-week surge campaign. (cdc.gov)
  • Around the world, midwives, nurses and community health workers are essential to contain COVID-19 and they require personal protective equipment. (government.nl)
  • A training guide on post-abortion care has strengthened the skills of health workers at the primary health care level. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Wajid A, White F, Karim MS (2013) Community Health Workers and Health Care Delivery: Evaluation of a Women's Reproductive Health Care Project in a Developing Country. (plos.org)
  • Trained nearly 20,000 health workers. (usaid.gov)
  • In 2014, USAID supported 1,160 health facilities to manage acute malnutrition and trained 1,268 health workers in child health and nutrition. (usaid.gov)
  • How many health workers with what skills are working in each clinic? (who.int)
  • As countries strive to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, female sex workers (FSW) and their children still face barriers to accessing these essential services. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr Landry Mayigane, an ASEOWA medical epidemiologist, training community health workers on contact tracing. (rural21.com)
  • The African Union Commission (AUC) moved rapidly from Lagos through Addis Ababa, Kinshasa and Nairobi to mobilise health workers, all within a month, to recruit and deploy volunteers from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya. (rural21.com)
  • Hence, the volunteers were placed at the disposal of the countries to support and to supplement their health workers, who had been badly depleted by the Ebola outbreak. (rural21.com)
  • Rasheed also introduced a Hub & Spoke Model for PPHI in Balochistan, which is a cost-effective and efficient way to serve remote populations through rational allocation of resources, especially to address the lack of female health workers. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • However, while new advances in engineering controls and facility design help to protect workers who mix or compound hazardous drugs, there is not similar protection available for nursing personnel who administer these drugs to patients. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to document maternal and child health care workers' knowledge, attitudes and practices on service delivery before, during and after the 2014 EVD outbreak in rural Guinea. (bvsalud.org)
  • The vaccine is being offered first to priority groups including health workers to protect the local health system. (bvs.br)
  • Perhaps most consequentially, the Department of Health and Human Services told hospitals they "must" provide abortions if a mother's life is at risk. (ktvz.com)
  • The fundamental conflict in the case litigated was ostensibly due to the defendant hospital district's position that while agreeing to offer such services, it experienced difficulty in complying due to lack of health professionals willing to perform abortions. (jonathanturley.org)
  • Plaintiff argues, however, that Defendants do not comply with this act despite the resolution in that they do not provide for "substantively equivalent services for terminations as it does maternity care, and Defendants continue to have a practice of never performing medication abortions and of rarely performing surgical abortions for patients seeking or needing such medical care. (jonathanturley.org)
  • As part of the mid-term evaluation of a Women's Health Care Project, a study was conducted to compare the utilization of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) services in two areas with different levels of service in Punjab, Pakistan. (plos.org)
  • After comparing MNH service utilization, the two areas were compared using a logistic regression model, to identify the association of different factors with the intervention after controlling for socio-demographic, economic factors and distance of the MWRA residence to a health care facility. (plos.org)
  • Consequently, on univariate analysis, utilization of MNH services: antenatal care, TT vaccination, institutional delivery and use of modern contraceptives were higher in the intervention than control area. (plos.org)
  • within the country the ratio is even higher in remote, rural and underdeveloped areas, largely due to non-availability and low utilization of maternal health services. (plos.org)
  • Data on FSW uptake of HIV and reproductive health services before, during, and after pregnancy reveal inadequate service utilization. (cdc.gov)
  • Valuing a large family is still a barrier to family planning services utilization and uptake whereas religion was found to support the use of family planning. (who.int)
  • This scoping review aimed to examine policy, health average (63%) and also lower than other countries in system, cultural and social factors that hinder utilization the Region such as Jordan (63%) and Tunisia (67%) ( 3 ). (who.int)
  • In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 85.8% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. (wikipedia.org)
  • WHO is striving for the health needs of Libyan population that are facing ongoing conflict at one end and illegal migrant pressure on the other. (who.int)
  • An assessment by Population Services International in India and Ethiopia found that this growth is driven by aspirational demand from adolescent and young girls. (rhsupplies.org)
  • This study was funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Islamabad as part of evaluation of the Women's Reproductive Health Care Project. (plos.org)
  • The health-specific strategies which were brought forward in the Yemeni discussions on population, health and development, range from a narrow focus on facility-based maternal health services to broader concepts of reproductive health services. (yementimes.com)
  • The National Population Strategy endorsed in 1991 aimed both at reducing maternal mortality and morbidity and at lowering fertility rates and therefore focused on the provision of maternal health services and in particular on family planning services. (yementimes.com)
  • This is unacceptable," said Muhammad Ali Pate, Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank Group and Director, Global Financing Facility. (unicef.org)
  • However, despite these efforts, the country's population continues to increase daily. (hacey.org)
  • It has held COVID-19 at bay for so long but with rising infections, understandable fatigue with social restrictions, low levels of immunity among the population and a fragile health system it's vital that it receives more vaccines as soon as possible. (bvs.br)
  • In SA, the lack of adequate reproductive health services and appropriate sexuality education are part of the composite etiology that contributes to increasing ABR's ( 15 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Registration of families in a centre so that they can benefit from adequate health care. (fxb.org)
  • The aim of the report The State of the World's Midwifery is to highlight ways in which the Millennium Development Goals can be achieved, particularly Goal 4 - Reduce child mortality and Goal 5 - improve maternal health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Both maternal and child health are interdependent and substantially contributing to high burden of mortality worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • Due to considerable proportion of mortality being attributed by maternal and child health, the United Nations together with other international agencies incorporated the two into Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. (wikipedia.org)
  • Improving the quality of maternal health care is critical to reduce mortality and improve women's experiences. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Adolescent pregnancy, which occurs amongst adolescent girls aged between 10 and 19 years, is associated with various public health concerns and increased risks of maternal mortality, low birthweight, and other severe neonatal complications ( 2 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Many regions currently face serious health risks, including high maternal and neonatal mortality rates, the spread of infectious and non-communicable diseases, and poor reproductive health. (fxb.org)
  • In the three regions where USAID focused its MNCH efforts from 2009 to 2014, institutional maternal mortality decreased by 20 percent. (usaid.gov)
  • Within the context of universal health coverage and reduction in premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), cervical cancer mortality and morbidity bring to the fore the social and economic inequities across developing and developed countries. (who.int)
  • In Tanzania our services would have averted an estimated 15,471 unintended pregnancies, 306 child and 30 maternal deaths, helping these countries progress towards their SDG3 targets to reducing maternal mortality to 70 per 100,000 live births and neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1000 live births. (figo.org)
  • These include family planning, which addresses the goals of reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and promoting women's empowerment and gender equality. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • The Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2010 showed that 98 percent made at least one ANC visit and 43 percent made four or more visits. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is one type of survey proposed by The Demographic and Health Surveys Program, one of the principal sources of international data on the provision of health services. (ennonline.net)
  • We use data from Ghana's (2003, 2008 and 2014) and Nigeria's (2003, 2008 and 2013) Demographic and Health Surveys. (biomedcentral.com)
  • On November 28, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported the state's first case of local mosquito-borne Zika virus infection in Brownsville. (cdc.gov)
  • However, all projects are intended to successfully plan and execute evidence-based advocacy and accountability activities that ensure national SRMNCAH-N programs are responding to the needs of affected populations, and service delivery is accessible, equitable and high-quality. (pai.org)
  • We must coordinate our efforts in this global health crisis. (government.nl)
  • Hawaii enacted SB 501 , which requires anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to post and distribute notices about the availability of abortion and reproductive health services in the state. (ourfuture.org)
  • The COVID-19 crisis is increasing extreme poverty in the most fragile countries and risks wiping out decades of development efforts. (fxb.org)
  • We provide a broad range of services to the public and private health sectors to strengthen health systems around the United States. (jsi.com)
  • Various bilateral and multilateral partners continued efforts to strengthen the development of the police, especially through community policing programs and technical assistance efforts, including work to improve disciplinary and accountability mechanisms within the PNTL. (state.gov)
  • 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)
  • We call on all partners to work together to support governments to strengthen health systems and tackle the inequities that constrain progress. (unicef.org)
  • The Government of Tanzania is committed to improving the quality of health data for evidence-based decision-making and wants to strengthen its capacity to track progress towards the health-related SDGs and UHC. (who.int)
  • The Forum for Family Planning and Development in the Philippines used materials to clarify misconceptions about family planning methods among elected officials, who used the information they learned about specific family planning methods to draft ordinances in support of reproductive health. (prb.org)
  • In the "Shari'a Guidelines for Family Planning Methods" the argument linking women's health to an improvement of their social status was turned upside down. (yementimes.com)
  • In 2014, USAID supported 333 facilities to provide appropriate life-saving care for mothers and babies and 65,132 deliveries were assisted by a skilled birth attendant. (usaid.gov)
  • A study from India showed that girls in LMICs often use disposable products for long periods due to lack of female-friendly water and sanitation facilities or affordability constraints, exposing them to reproductive tract infections (RTIs). (rhsupplies.org)
  • According to charity Wateraid, half of all water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in some of the hardest-hit areas of Pakistan have suffered substantial damage, and there are already reports of thousands of people suffering from dysentery. (aljazeera.com)
  • He expressed his appreciation for the important and successful efforts that were made by BRAC to provide basic social services such as education and sanitation, to isolated rural communities. (brac.net)
  • The Service Provision Assessment (SPA) is a health facility survey that provides a comprehensive overview of a country's health service delivery. (ennonline.net)
  • The government took some steps to prosecute members and officials of the security services who used excessive force but avoided conducting corruption (and labor law) investigations of politicians, government members, and leaders of the country's independence struggle. (state.gov)
  • The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Tanzania is fulfilling 76.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. (wikipedia.org)
  • In alignment with the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI), USAID focuses on five regions of Ghana-Northern, Volta, Greater Accra, Central, and Western Regions. (usaid.gov)
  • In a bid to contribute to the development of Nigeria, HACEY Health Initiative, concerned with creating a healthy and sustainable society- continues to advocate for improved reproductive health and rights for all persons. (hacey.org)
  • It benefits all people - not only through improvements in health and life expectancy but also through its social and economic impact at the global, national and community level. (who.int)
  • Recently, the Trump administration gutted the Health Care Rights Law (Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act), which protects people from suffering discrimination in health care. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Under section 1557, people are protected from discrimination because of their race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in certain health programs or activities. (nationalpartnership.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)
  • We know that as long as abortion is sort of a one-off procedure, or care that's delivered in a standalone clinic and people sort of don't know what it is, that it's gonna be this part of health care that's sort of viewed that way, that's viewed as sort of marginal," McGorman says. (tpr.org)
  • How many people are visiting primary care facilities? (who.int)
  • Fertility tourists are people who seek reproductive treatments in another country. (cdc.gov)
  • People traveling to other countries for fertility treatments often are in search of assisted reproductive technologies (e.g., artificial insemination by a donor, in vitro fertilization). (cdc.gov)
  • This investigation was part of a multicentric study on the human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, carried out simultaneously in Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela by the focal points of the Latin American and Caribbean Council of AIDS Services Organizations (LACCASO) in those countries for the Joint United Nations Program for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). (bvsalud.org)
  • In today's increasingly interdependent world, acting together against vaccine-preventable diseases of public health importance and preparing for the possible emergence of diseases with pandemic potential will contribute significantly to improving global health and security. (who.int)
  • Coerced first intercourse is an important social and public health problem that has potentially serious repercussions for young women's reproductive health and well-being. (guttmacher.org)
  • News and stories about our work and the public health challenges that matter, from our experts around the United States. (jsi.com)
  • News and stories about our work and the public health challenges that matter, from our experts around the globe. (jsi.com)
  • Promotion of reusable menstrual products at scale requires parallel investment in puberty education with informed choice, driven by public sector health programs or public health NGOs, as manufacturers for these products lack the capital for this. (rhsupplies.org)
  • It is considered a national priority, with services being included in the national health insurance schemes and delivered free of charge at public health facilities. (rhsupplies.org)
  • The Association for Reproductive and Family Health 's sub-national advocacy efforts in Nigeria led to the Kwara State Director of Public Health committing to include DMPA-SC in the family planning budget and making sure this method is always available at public facilities. (prb.org)
  • CCMDD incorporates community-based pickup points, facility "fast lanes" and adherence clubs with public sector health facilities and private sector medication collection units. (bvsalud.org)
  • In Coffee v. Public Health District No. 1, the ACLU filed on behalf of plaintiff Kevan Coffee who alleges she was unable to carry her pregnancy to term "without facing severe severe, life-threatening birth defects. (jonathanturley.org)
  • The defendants are primarily Public Hospital District No. 1, Skagit County, d/b/a Skagit Regional Health, along with several of the hospital district's commissioners and its CEO in their official capacities. (jonathanturley.org)
  • The suit is part of a statewide effort by the ACLU to ensure that all public hospitals are complying with the RPA. (jonathanturley.org)
  • Rasheed is a public health specialist with more than 13 years' experience in planning and managing public health programs during humanitarian crises. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • Rasheed completed his Master of Public Health from the University of Melbourne in Australia after receiving an Australia Awards Scholarship in 2015. (australiaawardspakistan.org)
  • This Public Health Statement is the summary chapter from the Toxicological Profile for Perchlorates . (cdc.gov)
  • It is one in a series of Public Health Statements about hazardous substances and their health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • The commitment and dedication to tobacco control and public health of al authorities is exemplary. (who.int)
  • Similarly, in an effort to improve maternal and child health, Tanzania's government has declared maternal and child health services to be exempt from user fees in government facilities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Strengthening of health information has pivotal role in health sector and it is globally recognized as eminent constituent of family health practices approach. (who.int)
  • DHIS2 is developed by the Health Information Systems Programme (HISP) as an open and globally distributed process with developers currently in India, Vietnam, Tanzania, Ireland, and Norway. (who.int)