Adolescent access to quality sexual and reproductive health rights has been a major issue in most low- middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic review aims identify the relevant community school-based interventions that can be implemented LMICs promote adolescents’ rights. We identified 54 studies, our findings suggested educational interventions, financial incentives, comprehensive pos...

OBJECTIVE To identify perceived barriers to accessing reproductive health care according to the women of Ocotal, Nicaragua; describe their understanding of their reproductive rights; and document their opinions about Nicaragua's total ban on abortion. METHODS From May to June 2014, three focus group discussions were held in Spanish with 17 women from two different neighborhoods (barrios) in t...

In the Andean region of Latin America over one million adolescent girls get pregnant every year. Adolescent pregnancy (AP) has been associated with adverse health and social outcomes, but it has also been favorably viewed as a pathway to adulthood. AP can also be conceptualized as a marker of inequity, since it disproportionately affects girls from the poorest households and those who have not ...

Background & aim: Child marriage, which defined as a formal marriage or informal union before the age of 18 years, occurs widely throughout the world. Child marriage directly impacts girls’ education, reproductive and sexual health, as well as psychological well-being. In this regard, the current review was conducted to examine the reproductive and sexual health consequences of child marriage. ...

t the March 1999 Preparatory Committee Meeting for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session's five-year review of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+5), the "pro-family" newspaper Vivant! published a feature artiele, replete with statistical data and graphics, condemning the "flawed human rights-based approach to health."' Central to the article's attack...

Background & aim: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) present a serious public health burden, which are considered as the factors contributing to acute illnesses, infertility, long-term disability, and mortality. The aim of the present study was to provide an in-depth understanding of the participants' perceptions about the integration of gender-sensitive approach to safe motherhood program ...

It is estimated that ten to twenty percent of couples in the developed world experience infertility.1 Factors such as late childbearing increase the rates of infertility, particularly when race and economic disadvantages are considered.2 Additionally, infertility and the experience of infertility often result in significant emotional and psychological costs to those involved.3 It is thus not su...