Reproductive health
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Reproductive health

Reproductive health in the South-East Asia Region

Reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes. Reproductive health implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so.

 

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Abortion care

Quality abortion care is a critical part of the universal right to health and essential to protect the health of women and girls everywhere. Based on the latest scientific evidence, the consolidated guideline brings together over 50 recommendations spanning clinical practice, health service delivery, and legal and policy interventions to support quality abortion care.

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Manual for a Short Programme Review on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the South-East Asia Region

The WHO South-East Asia Region is committed to accelerating improvements in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) and...

Comprehensive Abortion Care: A Health Facility Assessment Tool

In recent years, the South-East Asia Region achieved its highest rate of decline in maternal mortality. In the period from 2007 to 2017, maternal deaths...

Access to medical abortion medicines in the South-East Asia Region - a status report

Over half of all estimated unsafe abortions globally in 2015–2019 were in Asia. A sizeable numberof these happened in the WHO South-East Asia (‎SEA)‎...

A monitoring framework across the life-course including gender, equity, right approach

Over the past decade, Member States of the WHO South-East (SE) Asia Region have sustained remarkable achievements with regard to improving reproductive...

First Trimester Abortion: Pocket Book for Health-Care Providers

Goal of the pocketbook:Management of first trimester abortion. Strengthening the knowledge and standardizing the skills of health-care providers, enabling...

Setting up and managing a quality improvement programme at the district level; Point-of-care quality improvement; District programme management guide

For reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality, the focus has been on reaching higher coverage with key reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health...

Assessment tool for hospital care: improving the quality of care for reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health in South-East Asia

Available statistics on the causes of maternal, newborn and child mortality highlight the fact that most of the deaths are as a result complications during...

Success stories in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: a regional compendium from WHO South-East Asia Region

The WHO South-East Asia Region has achieved a commendable 71% reduction in under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) and 62% reduction in neonatal mortality rate (NMR)...

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Cover of Regional capacity building for policy dialogue on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Policy solutions such as legislative and regulatory interventions are critical to addressing important global public health problems at the population...

Cover of Training Resources for Safe Abortion

A Virtual Expert Group Meeting to Review Competency-Based Pre-Service Curriculum and Training Resources for Safe Abortion was held from 19 – 21...

Cover of South-East Asia Regional Technical Advisory Group (SEAR-TAG) and SRHR Technical Subcommittee

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and its targets related to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health has been a robust challenge, more...

Cover of 5th Mtg of SEAR-TAG 28-29 November 2019

A Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for women’s and children’s health was created by WHO’s South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) by the...

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