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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823584603321

Titolo

Research on reproductive health at WHO : biennial report 2000-2001 / / UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2002

ISBN

1-280-06039-5

9786610060399

92-4-068124-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (70 p.)

Disciplina

612.6

Soggetti

Reproductive health - Research

Contraception - Research

Birth control - Research

Human reproduction - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Department of Reproductive Health and Research, Family and Community Health, World Health Organization, Geneva".

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Family planning—expanding the choices; Chapter 2: Making pregnancy safer; Chapter 3: Preventing reproductive tract infections; Chapter 4: Preventing unsafe abortion; Chapter 5: Exploring adolescent reproductive health; Chapter 6: Cooperating with countries; Annex I: Financial overview for the biennium 2000–2001; Annex II: Centres collaborating with HRP during 2000–2001; Annex III: HRP Staff, December 2001;

Sommario/riassunto

This report presents an overview of the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction's (HRP) work over the biennium 2002-2003. Chapter 1 looks at activities in the area of family planning. Chapter 2 outlines research activities carried out in the context of WHO's Making Pregnancy Safer initiative. Research on the control of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, is described in Chapter 3. HRP's work on preventing unsafe abortion, which responds to the recommendations of the International Conference on Population and Development, is described i