Reproductive health providers serve millions of women in developing countries now at the center of the global HIV pandemic and are increasingly reaching out to young people and to men. As such, they are poised to play an important role in reducing the incidence of new HIV infections over the coming years. Policymakers, donors, researchers and activists should recognize the benefits of supportin...

INTRODUCTION Prevention,detection and management of reproductive tract infections(RTIs)and sexually transmitted infections(STIs)has been overlooked in India despite the fact that many Indian women suffer from RTIs/STIs(1,2,3).Approximately26-77%of woman clinically observed to be suffering from one or more gynecological morbidities (5).Indian married woman are reluctant to seek medical advice be...

Infertility is a serious but entirely neglected public health problem in resource-poor countries. Most of the infertility is caused by infections and therefore potentially preventable. The problem of infertility in Rwanda has not been -researched so far. We examined predictors for infertility and treatment-seeking behaviour in an unmatched case-control. We performed infertility investigations i...

to compare the level of knowledge on reproductive health among urban and rural women of selected area of bangladesh.a descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken among 200 women selected purposively from different rural and urban areas of bangladesh. data were collected using a semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire by face to face interview. knowledge level was analyzed ac...

Getting the right information into the right hands at the right time is a challenge for many health systems in developing countries. Health workers need access to reliable and up-to-date health information in order to support their clients. This health information needs assessment, conducted in the capital city and 3 districts of Malawi from July 2009 to September 2009, aimed to determine acces...

Reproductive tract infection (Vaginitis etc) is a common public health problem with 5 % of annual incidence and 40 million new infections occur every year. This problem has gained so much importance that it became part of Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) programme which was introduced in October 1997 (American college of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2011; Andersonb et al., 2004; Amsel et...

Domestic violence and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are problems of great public health worldwide, especially sub-Saharan Africa and much of the developing countries. This is due to their far reaching social, economic and public health consequences. The two problems have gender inequality and gender power imbalances as the driving force behind the "epidemics". HIV infection is ma...

Gender differences in South African men and women's access to and evaluation of informal sources of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information Erin Stern, Diane Cooper & Andrew Gibbs a Women's Health Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa b HEARD (Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South ...