Hypoxia and reproductive health

Gender, Reproductive Health, and Reproductive Rights

Introduction A gender perspective is an integral part of the reproductive health approach to population activities. Fundamental to the Cairo Programme of Action (POA) is the underlying principle which places women’s needs at the centre of population and development concerns. This includes the right of women to make autonomous reproductive choices and the right to high quality services which are...

Reproductive and Newborn Health

Correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed to: Dr. Marge Koblinsky Director, Public Health Sciences Division ICDDR,B GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh Email: [email protected] Fax: +880-2-8826050 A new target—universal access to reproductive health by 2015—was endorsed in October 2006 under Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG 5) to improve maternal health. And while the internation...

Decentralization and Reproductive Health

Gender equity and reproductive health.

Environment and women's reproductive health.

BACKGROUND There is significant evidence that continuous and prolonged exposure to several endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) is a risk factor for reduced fertility and fecundity in women. There is also evidence that ED exposure has trans-generational effects. In this systematic review, we evaluate the evidence for an association between EDC exposure and women's reproductive health. METHODS...