Background The 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak was the most sustained in history. In Guinea, we compared trends in family planning, antenatal care, and institutional deliveries over the period before, during and after the outbreak. Methods We carried out an ecological study involving all the health facilities during pre-Ebola (1 March 2013 to 28 February 2014), intra-Ebola (1 March 2014 to 28 Februa...

BACKGROUND The fertility behavior of Iranian women and their reproductive needs is changing and consequently, for providing good services, it is critical to monitor their reproductive behavior at a national level.  METHODS This study was carried out by Avicenna Research Institute in the urban and rural parts of Iran between 2010 and 2011. Using cluster sampling, the reproductive history of 17...

The study aimed to explore perceptions of stakeholders regarding misoprostol use in Cambodia, a setting with high maternal mortality. Semi-structured expert interviews were conducted with 21 participants in the capital, Phnom Penh. The sample included participants involved in providing reproductive health services through international and local health agencies and the pharmaceutical industry. ...

Theater is now well established in many parts of the world and has been used extensively especially in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention1,2 and family planning.3,4 It has also been an instrument for community development and women empowerment.5 It has proved popular both with adults as well as adolescents6,7 and has shown to be particularly instrumental in dealing with sensitive issues like geni...

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...

In general, STIs are epidemics and present an enormous health and economic cosequences. An estimated half a billion new cases of STIs occur each year globally, with women being more susceptible and bearing the greatest burden of these infections. Sudan geographically is bounded by nine countries most of them have a high prevalence of HIV seropositive. Currently, the HIV seropositive prevalence ...

BACKGROUND Adolescents face a range of health problems but many barriers block their access to health services, and in particular to sexual and reproductive health services. The objective of this study was to assess the health needs of adolescents in Ecuador and to draw lessons from the ways the country has responded to their need for differentiated care. METHODS We conducted a literature rev...

Background: Reviewing the reproductive health indicators (RHIs) provides the possibility of periodic health system performance evaluation to achieve balanced development. This study aimed to determine the trend of ten reproductive health indicators changes during 2002-2011, and examining their relationship with the Human Development Index (HDI). Methods: In this ecological study the trend of t...