Women and Reproductive Health : An Educational Insight in the New Millennium

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Female reproductive system. 2. Women, reproductive health and international human rights. 3. Reproductive health: a global and regional priority. 4. Meeting the reproductive health: needs of women with HIV. 5. Rights to sexual and reproductive health: The ICPD and the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. 6. Managing reproductive health services with a gender perspective: guidelines for programme managers. 7. Reproductive, child and women\'s health: WHO\'s activities in the Western Pacific region. 8. A human rights approach to promoting and protecting reproductive and sexual health rights: the role of treaty bodies, United Nations Agencies and NGO Partnerships. 9. Benefits of investing in sexual and reproductive health and rights. 10. The impact of family planning and reproductive health on women\'s lives. 11. Delivering reproductive health promises through integrated services. 12. Strategies for effective family planning programmes. 13. Male involvement in family planning selected programme initiatives in Africa. 14. Outreach reproductive health programmes for young adults. 15. Capacity building in reproductive health programmes--few experiences. 16. New reproductive health focus. 17. Fertility regulation and reproductive health in the millennium development goals. 18. Considerations in selecting birth/fertility regulation methods. 19. Post-ICPD Progress in the reproductive health: case study from the pacific. 20. Integration of reproductive health components: important considerations and selected initiatives. 21. Reproductive health in policy and practice: case studies from Brazil, India, Morocco and Uganda. 22. Components of reproductive health programmes. 23. The world after the Beijing and Cairo Conferences. 24. Fact sheet on women and reproductive health. Appendices. Bibliography. 

"Women\'s reproductive health covers diseases and conditions that affect the female reproductive system. It includes symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of women\'s reproductive health issues. The international community has witnessed increased focus on reproductive health issues, especially during post-ICPD Regime. The modern era of rights that can be applied to women\'s health may be said to have started with the adoption of the United Nations Charter in 1946. The present publication deals with relevant issues pertaining to women\'s reproductive health. The book may be useful to:

• Women\'s health and rights educators and advocates.
• Health service providers, including midwives, family planning providers and associations and councelors.
• Health policy makers, ministers and health departments, including heads of maternal and child health, family planning, STIs/HIV/AIDS.
• National and international professional associations.
• NGOs and other civil society organizations focusing on health, population, development and human rights. 
• Social science researchers and scientists.
• Academics and their students in demography and public health.
• Post-graduate education and training courses on sexual and reproductive health." (jacket)