Despite the call for universal access to reproductive health at the 4th International
Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994, sexual and reproductive …

Family planning is hailed as one of the great public health achievements of the last century,
and worldwide acceptance has risen to three-fifths of exposed couples. In many countries …

Background High fertility among young people aged 15-24 years is a public health concern
in Uganda. Unwanted pregnancy, unsafe induced abortions and associated high morbidity …

Background Adolescence is a critical stage in the life course and evidence suggests that
even though contraceptive use has been steadily increasing among women in Ghana over …

Background Although efforts to reduce high maternal mortality in countries such as
Indonesia tend to focus on addressing health risks among pregnant women, family planning …

Climate change has been described as the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.
World population is projected to reach 9.1 billion by 2050, with most of this growth in …

There is a large amount of research into maternal health as a health issue, but maternal
health as a development issue has been less explored. This Review analyses the evidence …

The purpose of this article is to review current strategies for the reduction of maternal
mortality and the evidence pertinent to these strategies. Historical, contextual and current …

Background Research on the effectiveness of strategies to reduce maternal mortality is
scarce. We aimed to assess the contribution of intervention strategies, such as skilled …

Background: Worldwide, adolescents suffer from a disproportionate share of reproductive
health problem. Throughout the world, over 14 million adolescents aged 15-19 years give …