Palestinian Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in a Longstanding Humanitarian Crisis

Sexual and reproductive health rights in Africa.

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Conflict and crisis settings: promoting sexual and reproductive rights.

Sexual and reproductive health and rights in changing health systems

Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are centrally important to health. However, there have been significant shortcomings in implementing SRHR to date. In the context of health systems reform and universal health coverage/care (UHC), this paper explores the following questions. What do these changes in health systems thinking mean for SRHR and gender equity in health in the context ...

Sexual and reproductive health and rights: a global development, health, and human rights priority.

In May, 2014, at the 67th Session of the World Health Assembly, member states reviewed the progress made in the implementation of resolution WHA57.12, the WHO Reproductive Health Strategy. The progress report noted that although a range of regulations and strategies to strengthen sexual and reproductive health and related rights have been implemented, certain areas required further attention, w...

Sexual and reproductive health and rights in emergencies

Editorials 311 The World Health Organization defines health emergencies as sudden-onset events from naturally occurring or man-made hazards, or gradually deteriorating situations through which the risk to public health steadily increases over time. 1 In recent years, conflict, violence and disasters have brought a dramatic rise in the number of displaced people, both within and across national ...