Bastien, Sheri Ferenchick, Erin Mbassi, Symplice Mbola Plesons, Marina Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman
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Global health action
During its last funding cycle from 2018-2020, the Global Fund in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, World Health Organization, and implementing partners Cordaid and Santé Rural (SANRU), implemented a multi-sectoral, contextualized approach to improve the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls and young women in two regions in th...
Chowdhary, Pari Mekuria, Feven Tassaw Tewahido, Dagmawit Gulema, Hanna Derni, Ryan Edmeades, Jeffrey
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Reproductive Health
In Ethiopia, married girls are a particularly vulnerable adolescent population because of the many health risks associated with early marriage. Peer-based approaches are a common strategy to improve sexual and reproductive health knowledge and behaviours for marginalized groups. Critiques of these approaches are that they lack sustainability withou...
Plesons, Marina Patkar, Archana Babb, Jenelle Balapitiya, Asanthi Carson, Flo Caruso, Bethany A. Franco, Margarita Hansen, Maja Manzenski Haver, Jacquelyn Jahangir, Andisheh
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Reproductive Health
In recognition of the opportunity created by the increasing attention to menstrual health at global, regional, and national levels, the World Health Organization’s Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research and the UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction ...
Ahmed, Furqan Ahmad, Ghufran Brand, Tilman Zeeb, Hajo
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Global health action
There is a need for an accurate assessment of the patterns and determinants of sexual and reproductive health in South Asia owing to high fertility rates and high incidence of unplanned pregnancy among adolescents. Health indicator sets, with a wide range of health dimensions, also support in formulating evidence-based policies. For attaining this,...
Bylund, Sara Målqvist, Mats Peter, Nosim Herzig van Wees, Sibylle
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Global health action
Adolescents in Tanzania are at risk of many health problems attributed to limited access to quality sexual and reproductive health services. Health professionals are a crucial part of service delivery, and their perspective on providing care is important in understanding the barriers that hamper access to sexual and reproductive health services for...
Nolan, Cara Packel, Laura Hope, Rebecca Levine, Jordan Baringer, Laura Gatare, Emmyson Umubyeyi, Aline Sayinzoga, Felix Mugisha, Michael Turatsinze, Janepher
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundRwandan adolescents have limited access to high-quality family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) information and care to prevent unplanned pregnancy and HIV/STIs. In addition to the immediate implications for health and well-being, teenage pregnancy is a significant cause of school drop-out, limiting girls’ future potential and emp...
Nolan, Cara Packel, Laura Hope, Rebecca Levine, Jordan Baringer, Laura Gatare, Emmyson Umubyeyi, Aline Sayinzoga, Felix Mugisha, Michael Turatsinze, Janepher
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BackgroundRwandan adolescents have limited access to high-quality family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) information and care to prevent unplanned pregnancy and HIV/STIs. In addition to the immediate implications for health and well-being, teenage pregnancy is a significant cause of school drop-out, limiting girls' future potential and emp...
Erasmus, Michelle Olivia Knight, Lucia Dutton, Jessica
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International Journal of Public Health
Objectives This study explores the barriers to accessing antenatal care (ANC) services amongst pregnant adolescents within a particular community of South Africa. Methods An exploratory qualitative design was applied to examine the views of pregnant adolescents. In-depth interviews were conducted with pregnant adolescents at the Mitchells Plain Mid...
Engel, Danielle Marie Claire Paul, Mandira Chalasani, Satvika Gonsalves, Lianne Ross, David Anthony Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman Cole, Claire B de Carvalho Eriksson, Cristina Hayes, Brendan Philipose, Anandita
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The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
This article analyzes the relevance of the comprehensive definition of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) to adolescents and identifies adolescent-specific implications for the implementation of an essential package of SRHR interventions. The delivery of a comprehensive approach to SRHR targeting adolescents is underpinned by five pri...
Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman Ferguson, B Jane Plesons, Marina Paul, Mandira Chalasani, Satvika Amin, Avni Pallitto, Christina Sommer, Marni Avila, Ruben Eceéce Biaukula, Kalisito Va
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The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Among the ground-breaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was its call to place adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) on global health and development agendas. This article reviews progress made in low- and middle-income countries in the 25 years since the ICPD in six areas central to ASR...
