Reproductive Health

Reproductive Health

Within the framework of <a href="http://www.who.int/en/">WHO</a>’s definition of "Category:Health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system at all stages of life. Reproductive health, therefore, implies that people are able to have a responsible, 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.Weiss, C. (1998). Evaluation: Methods for Studying Programs and Policies, 2nd Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Implicit in this are the right of men and women to be informed of and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of fertility regulation of their choice, and the right of access to appropriate health care services that will enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant.
<h2 id="w_see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>"Sexual</li>
<li>"Reproductive</li>
<li>"Category:Health</li>
<li>"Life</li>
<li>"Marital</li>
<li>"Sexually</li>
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<h2 id="w_references">References</h2>
<a href="http://www.who.int/topics/reproductive_health/en/">World Health Organization</a>
<h2 id="w_external-links">External Links</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.un.org/popin/unfpa/taskforce/guide/iatfreph.gdl.html">Guidelines on Reproductive Health: UN-POPIN</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/publications/handbookhealth/handbook.pdf">Handbook on Reproductive Health Indicators: UNESCAP</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/">Reproductive Health: Journal of the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education & Research</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/en/">Reproductive and Sexual Health: WHO</a></li>
<li><a href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTHEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION/EXTPRH/0,,menuPK:376861~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:376855,00.html">Population and Reproductive Health: The World Bank</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/reproductivehealth.html">Reproductive Health: Medline Plus</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eldis.org/health/srhr/index.htm">Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: ELDIS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.icmr.nic.in/annual/rh.htm">Reproductive Health: Indian Council of Medical Research</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/MP_Sexual_Health_screen-final.pdf">Public Choices, Private Decisions: Sexual & Reproductive Health and the MDGs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/popweb/">Popline: Reproductive Health Literature</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unfpa.org/rh/index.htm">Improving Reproductive Health: UNFPA</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.iawg.net/">Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.popcouncil.org/frontiers/index.html">Population Council: Frontiers in Reproductive Health</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.prb.org/pdf/WomensReproHealth_Eng.pdf">Women’s Reproductive Health in the Middle East and North Africa</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.path.org/files/gamesbook.pdf">Games for Adolescent Reproductive Health</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.acog.org/departments/healthIssues/FASDToolKit.pdf">Drinking and Reproductive Health: A Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Toolkit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.arhp.org/">Association of Reproductive Health Professionals</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rhtp.org/">Reproductive Health Technologies Project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.icrh.org/">International Center for Reproductive Health</a></li>
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