World Health Organization : Year 2002 ; World Health Organization, Reproductive Health and Research, No. 02.9: Better Reproductive Health ; Implementing the Global Agenda Biennial Report 2000–2001

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 2002 ; World Health Organization, Reproductive Health and Research, No. 02.9: Better Reproductive Health ; Implementing the Global Agenda Biennial Report 2000–2001
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Excerpt
Preface The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994 marked a turning point for sexual and reproductive health. For the ?rst time, the concept of reproductive health was comprehensively de?ned and consensus was reached on a global programme of action outlining the “who, what, and how” of achieving widely accessible reproductive health and rights over the following two decades. Because sexual and reproductive events concern all agegroups and can affect more than one generation and because there is a need to address cross-cutting issues, such as gender and men’s roles and responsibilities, governments decided that the proposed ICPD programme of action should take a broad view of reproductive health as it affects people of all ages throughout their lives and from one generation to the next. Five years after the Cairo meeting, at a special session (“ICPD+5”) of the UN General Assembly, governments reaf- ?rmed their commitment to the principles, goals, and objectives of the programme of action, including its comprehensive approach and its central goal of achieving widely accessible reproductive health services by the year 2015.

Table of Contents
Contents Preface 3 Chapter 1—Promoting family planning 7 Guides and guidelines 8 Condoms for preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections 9 Social marketing 9 The female condom 9 Boxes 1.1. A system for keeping guides and guidelines abreast of progress 8 1.2. WHO, UNAIDS, and UNFPA speak out on dual protection 10 Chapter 2—Making pregnancy safer 11 Reducing pregnancy-related deaths 11 Making pregnancy safer—a priority initiative for a priority task 13 Skilled attendants—ideally ever-present 14 Strengthening midwifery 15 Research to make pregnancy safer 15 Working with countries and regions 16 Integrated management of pregnancy and childbirth 19 Management and programme planning 20 Human rights and safe motherhood 22 Boxes 2.1. Priority areas for action to make pregnancy safer 14 2.2. RHR guidelines for strengthening midwifery 15 2.3. Preventing unsafe abortion 21 2.4. Paying for maternal health services 22 Tables 2.1. WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA estimates of maternal mortality by United Nations regions (1995) 12 2.2. Trends in percentage of deliveries assisted by skilled attendants for 53 countries, 1989–99 15 2.3. Unsafe abortion: regional estimates of mortality and risk of death 21 Figures 2.1. Making pregnancy safer activities 13 2.2. Making pregnancy safer “spotlight” countries 2000–2001 17 2 Chapter 3—Preventing reproductive tract infections 25 Dual protection against pregnancy and infection 26 Mother-to-child transmission of HIV 26 Chapter 4—Technical support 27 A strategic approach to reproductive health in countries 27 Best practices—acquiring the information 28 The WHO Reproductive Health Library 28 Best practices—using the information 29 Gender issues and reproductive rights 30 Vulnerable groups—adolescents and refugees 30 Female genital mutilation 31 Information, education, and communications 32 Boxes 4.1. Viet Nam improves its family planning servic es 28 4.2. Strategic approach initiatives in Br azil 29 4.3. Strategic approach initiatives to improve qualit y of care in Z ambia 30 4.4. The impact of armed conflic t on reproductive he alth 31 Table s 4.1. Estimated prevalence of female genital mutilation 32 Chapter 5—Monitoring and evaluation 33 Millennium Development Goals 34 Reproductive health databases 35 Boxes 5.1. Indic ator s for monitoring progres s in achieving reproductive health goals 34 5. 2. Checking out countries’ progres s the easy way 35 Annex 1—Staff of the Department, December 2001 37