Book of Abstracts: The 15th Congress of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health.

The 17th congress of parenteral and enteral Nutrition society of Asia (PENSA) and the first symposium on fasting and health, 6th-8th December 2016, Tehran, Iran

The 17th Congress of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society of Asia (PENSA 2016) and the first Symposium on Fasting and Health will be held on 6th to 8th December 2016 at Olympic Hotel, Tehran, Iran. The congress is hosted by Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Semnan University of Medical Sciences and Scientific Committee of Iranian Nutrition Society. This congress is organized with the p...

Volume 8, Supplement 1, Summer 2014 (Presented at 15th Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine and 9th Royan Nursing and Midwifery Seminar)Seminar)

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The 15th Iranian National Congress of Biochemistry & 6th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Reproductive health knowledge of male students of Shiraz high schools

Introduction: The vital role of reproductive health in different aspects of human health and socio-economic development of the community on the one hand, and male teenagers’ knowledge about it on the other hand, necessitate priority setting and programming of health education. This study is conducted to investigate reproductive health knowledge level of male high school students in Shiraz, Ir...

Slaughtering sacred cows: six institutional obstacles to advances in family planning.

In order to capitalise on new opportunities to advance contraceptive and reproductive health choices globally, organisations working in these fields will need to overcome six institutional obstacles. These are: (i) committee management; (ii) over-medicalisation; (iii) fear of risk and controversy; (iv) conferences, meetings, and symposia; (v) obsession with coordination; and (vi) fear of sex. T...