Women
reproductive healthWomen
reproductive health concerns every woman, everywhere, and at every stage of
life. It is fundamental to the social and economic development of communities,
economies and nations. But it also reflects some of the basic inequalities in
our societies, the inequalities of wealth and gender". There are many challenges
today to women's reproductive health and to their ability to determine
their own reproductive and sexual choices. The high rates of unintended pregnancy
and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in world demonstrate that women are not
getting the combination of information and access to services necessary to allow
them to choose whether and when to bear children and to protect their health.
Recent
political attacks on scientific research about sexuality are making it more difficult
to develop the knowledge necessary to promote sexual health for people of all
ages. Nearly 500,000 women die every year from pregnancy-related causes. For every
woman who dies, another 15-30 suffers a debilitating injury, often with life-long
consequences. Gaps in sexual and reproductive health care account for nearly one-fifth
of the worldwide burden of illness and premature death, and one-third of the illness
and death among women of reproductive age. Maternal mortality is the leading cause
of death among women age 15-44. Reproductive rights for women have helped
women to gain woman their status back. Women reproductive health aims at developing
policy and programmatic guidance for health systems to ensure that men and women
living have access to sexual and reproductive health services. womens reproductive
health activities focus primarily on research concerned with contraception
safety and efficacy, fertility,
infertility, and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
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