Peru is going through a pandemic originated by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and we continue to maintain mandatory social isolation as preventive measure reduce infections.Due this event, many health establishments had suspend care, also affecting Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services, especially external consultation services. Due their attention , Limited access those services would incr...

Bacterial reproductive tract infections are associated with significant time and monetary loss in the equine breeding industry, with an estimated at 25 to 60% of barren mares. Treatment and resolution of mare urogenital infection involves consideration of the systemic health of the mare, correction of urogenital anatomic defects, and enhancement of uterine clearance in non-pregnant mares, ident...

This qualitative study in the Islamic Republic of Iran aimed to explore facilitators and barriers to the use of reproductive health services by unmarried women. A purposive sample of unmarried women aged 25-60 years in Isfahan city were interviewed about their experiences of reproductive health services in public health centres. Content analysis of responses revealed that the favourable charact...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are defined as infections that spread primarily through person-toperson sexual contact. However, several of these infections, in particular HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B, can also be transmitted via mother-to-childtransmission during pregnancy and childbirth, blood products or tissue transfer. There are more than 30 different sexually transmissible bacteri...

Sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents are being rolled out in Nepal, but many young people have yet to benefit. Shiva Raj Mishra reports.

This paper describes and analyses the major reforms and changes that have occurred in the rural health sector of China. Key findings from a number of empirical studies on reproductive health service provision and utilization are summarized in order to assess the implications for reproductive health services of the ongoing health reform. The focus of this paper is what has actually been happenin...

The human vaginal microbiota plays an important role in the maintenance of a woman's health, as well as of her partner's and newborns'. When this predominantly Lactobacillus community is disrupted, decreased in abundance and replaced by different anaerobes, bacterial vaginosis (BV) may occur. BV is associated with ascending infections and obstetrical complications, such as chorioamnionitis and ...

OBJECTIVES To assess acceptability of parents/guardians of adolescents towards the introduction of sex and reproductive health education in the community and schools. METHODS A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to get 150 participants for this study. A structured questionnaire was used to interview the sampled participants and was supplemented with guided focus group discussion i...