Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women in South Asia

The overall purpose of this review is to bring attention to the opportunities that five countries in the region - Bangladesh, India, Nepal Pakistan and Sri Lanka have to strengthen and expand interventions to improve the reproductive health of poor...

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Main Authors: Chatterjee, Meera, Levine, Ruth, Rao-Seshadri, Shreelata, Murthy, Nirmala
Format: Other Health Study
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
FWA
IUD
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/8925510/better-reproductive-health-poor-women-south-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7667
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topic ABORTION
ABORTION CARE
ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENT POPULATION
ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
ADOLESCENTS
AGE OF MARRIAGE
AGED
ANTENATAL CARE
BABIES
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BETTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
BIRTH ATTENDANT
BREASTFEEDING
CERVICAL CANCER
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD HEALTH CARE
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILDBEARING
CHILDBIRTH
CHRONIC CONDITIONS
CIRCUMCISION
CITIZENS
CLINICS
COMMERCIAL SEX
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
CONDOMS
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
CONTRACEPTIVE USE
DEMAND FOR SERVICES
DIABETES
DIETS
DISABILITY
DISCRIMINATION
DRUG USERS
ELDERLY
EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE
ESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CARE
FAMILIES
FAMILY CARE
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY HEALTH DIVISION
FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION
FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATIONS
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
FAMILY WELFARE
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FOLIC ACID
FWA
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GOITER
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PLANNING
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SECTOR REFORM
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH TARGETS
HEALTH WORKERS
HIGH CHILD MORTALITY
HIGH POPULATION GROWTH
HOMEOPATHY
HOSPITALIZATION
HOSPITALS
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
HYPERTENSION
ILL-HEALTH
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATION
INFANT
INFANT HEALTH
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFERTILITY
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION
INTERVENTION
IRON
IUD
LACK OF AWARENESS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MASS MEDIA
MATERNAL DEATHS
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
MEDICAL ATTENTION
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICINES
MIDWIFE
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MINISTRY OF POPULATION
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MOTHER
NATIONAL AIDS
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NOURISHMENT
NURSE
NURSING
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OBSTETRIC FACILITIES
OLD-AGE
OLDER WOMEN
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
PARADIGM SHIFT
PARAMEDICS
PATIENT
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
POOR PEOPLE
POOR WOMEN
POPULATION ACTIVITIES
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION COUNCIL
POPULATION FUND
POPULATION RESEARCH
POPULATION SECTOR
POPULATION STUDIES
POST ABORTION
POST ABORTION CARE
POSTNATAL CARE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRACTITIONERS
PREGNANCY
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIES
PROGRESS
PROPHYLAXIS
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PUBERTY
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF SERVICES
QUALITY SERVICES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH GOALS
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTION
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
RISK GROUPS
RURAL GIRLS
SAFE ABORTION
SAFE ABORTION SERVICES
SAFE MOTHERHOOD
SAFE MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVE
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
SERVICE UTILIZATION
SEX EDUCATION
SEX RATIOS
SEX WITH MEN
SEX WORKER
SEX WORKERS
SEXUAL ABUSE
SEXUAL HEALTH
SEXUALITY
SIBLINGS
SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE
SOCIAL MARKETING
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIALIZATION
SON PREFERENCE
STATUS OF WOMEN
STIS
SYPHILIS
TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
TETANUS
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT
TUBERCULOSIS
UNFPA
UNMET DEMAND
UNSAFE ABORTIONS
UNWANTED CHILDREN
UNWANTED PREGNANCY
URBAN AREAS
USER FEES
VASCULAR DISEASES
VASECTOMY
VIOLENCE
VITAMINS
WOMAN
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle ABORTION
ABORTION CARE
ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENT POPULATION
ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
ADOLESCENTS
AGE OF MARRIAGE
AGED
ANTENATAL CARE
BABIES
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BETTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
BIRTH ATTENDANT
BREASTFEEDING
CERVICAL CANCER
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD HEALTH CARE
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILDBEARING
CHILDBIRTH
CHRONIC CONDITIONS
CIRCUMCISION
CITIZENS
CLINICS
COMMERCIAL SEX
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
CONDOMS
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
CONTRACEPTIVE USE
DEMAND FOR SERVICES
DIABETES
DIETS
DISABILITY
DISCRIMINATION
DRUG USERS
ELDERLY
EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE
ESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CARE
FAMILIES
FAMILY CARE
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY HEALTH DIVISION
FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION
FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATIONS
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
FAMILY WELFARE
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FOLIC ACID
FWA
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GOITER
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PLANNING
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SECTOR REFORM
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH TARGETS
HEALTH WORKERS
HIGH CHILD MORTALITY
HIGH POPULATION GROWTH
HOMEOPATHY
HOSPITALIZATION
HOSPITALS
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
HYPERTENSION
ILL-HEALTH
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATION
INFANT
INFANT HEALTH
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFERTILITY
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION
INTERVENTION
IRON
IUD
LACK OF AWARENESS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MASS MEDIA
MATERNAL DEATHS
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
MEDICAL ATTENTION
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICINES
MIDWIFE
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MINISTRY OF POPULATION
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MOTHER
NATIONAL AIDS
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NOURISHMENT
NURSE
NURSING
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OBSTETRIC FACILITIES
OLD-AGE
OLDER WOMEN
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
PARADIGM SHIFT
PARAMEDICS
PATIENT
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
POOR PEOPLE
POOR WOMEN
POPULATION ACTIVITIES
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION COUNCIL
POPULATION FUND
POPULATION RESEARCH
POPULATION SECTOR
POPULATION STUDIES
POST ABORTION
POST ABORTION CARE
POSTNATAL CARE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRACTITIONERS
PREGNANCY
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIES
PROGRESS
PROPHYLAXIS
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PUBERTY
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF SERVICES
QUALITY SERVICES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH GOALS
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTION
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
RISK GROUPS
RURAL GIRLS
SAFE ABORTION
SAFE ABORTION SERVICES
SAFE MOTHERHOOD
SAFE MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVE
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
SERVICE UTILIZATION
SEX EDUCATION
SEX RATIOS
SEX WITH MEN
SEX WORKER
SEX WORKERS
SEXUAL ABUSE
SEXUAL HEALTH
SEXUALITY
SIBLINGS
SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE
SOCIAL MARKETING
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIALIZATION
SON PREFERENCE
STATUS OF WOMEN
STIS
SYPHILIS
TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
TETANUS
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT
TUBERCULOSIS
UNFPA
UNMET DEMAND
UNSAFE ABORTIONS
UNWANTED CHILDREN
UNWANTED PREGNANCY
URBAN AREAS
USER FEES
VASCULAR DISEASES
VASECTOMY
VIOLENCE
VITAMINS
WOMAN
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Chatterjee, Meera
Levine, Ruth
Rao-Seshadri, Shreelata
Murthy, Nirmala
Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women in South Asia
geographic_facet South Asia
description The overall purpose of this review is to bring attention to the opportunities that five countries in the region - Bangladesh, India, Nepal Pakistan and Sri Lanka have to strengthen and expand interventions to improve the reproductive health of poor women. The report's specific objectives are: 1) to provide an accurate picture of the current status of women's reproductive health and describe the use of reproductive health services and barriers to use; 2) to identify individual and household characteristics that affect reproductive health status and use of services; 3) to develop a simple and effective approach to decentralized health planning that can be used widely in each of the five countries to improve health service delivery and outcomes locally; and 4) to strengthen the case for investing in poor women's reproductive health by demonstrating the links between poverty, inequality and reproductive health. The review puts forth the following recommendations for reforms for reproductive health: to increase the supply of reproductive health services to poor women and adolescents by specifically targeting the poorest areas and households; to enhance demand among the poor for key services using BCC and demand-side financing; to integrate reproductive health services through a client-centered approach and strengthen weak services using specific relevant approaches; and to improve the reach, quality and status of women providers by better training, deployment and support are the 'frontline' improvements required for better reproductive health among poor women in South Asia.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study
author Chatterjee, Meera
Levine, Ruth
Rao-Seshadri, Shreelata
Murthy, Nirmala
author_facet Chatterjee, Meera
Levine, Ruth
Rao-Seshadri, Shreelata
Murthy, Nirmala
author_sort Chatterjee, Meera
title Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women in South Asia
title_short Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women in South Asia
title_full Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women in South Asia
title_fullStr Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women in South Asia
title_full_unstemmed Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women in South Asia
title_sort better reproductive health for poor women in south asia
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/8925510/better-reproductive-health-poor-women-south-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7667
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spelling okr-10986-76672021-04-23T14:02:38Z Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women in South Asia Chatterjee, Meera Levine, Ruth Rao-Seshadri, Shreelata Murthy, Nirmala ABORTION ABORTION CARE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT POPULATION ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ADOLESCENTS AGE OF MARRIAGE AGED ANTENATAL CARE BABIES BEHAVIOR CHANGE BETTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BIRTH ATTENDANT BREASTFEEDING CERVICAL CANCER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CARE CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDBEARING CHILDBIRTH CHRONIC CONDITIONS CIRCUMCISION CITIZENS CLINICS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH CONDOMS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVE USE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DIABETES DIETS DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DRUG USERS ELDERLY EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE ESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CARE FAMILIES FAMILY CARE FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH DIVISION FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATIONS FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FAMILY WELFARE FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FOLIC ACID FWA GENDER INEQUALITIES GOITER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH TARGETS HEALTH WORKERS HIGH CHILD MORTALITY HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HOMEOPATHY HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILL-HEALTH ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INFANT INFANT HEALTH INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFERTILITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION INTERVENTION IRON IUD LACK OF AWARENESS LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MASS MEDIA MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICINES MIDWIFE MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF POPULATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL AIDS NEEDS ASSESSMENT NEONATAL MORTALITY NOURISHMENT NURSE NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBSTETRIC FACILITIES OLD-AGE OLDER WOMEN ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES PARADIGM SHIFT PARAMEDICS PATIENT PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT POOR PEOPLE POOR WOMEN POPULATION ACTIVITIES POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION FUND POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION SECTOR POPULATION STUDIES POST ABORTION POST ABORTION CARE POSTNATAL CARE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIES PROGRESS PROPHYLAXIS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBERTY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF SERVICES QUALITY SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH GOALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS REPRODUCTIVE TRACT REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTION REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RISK GROUPS RURAL GIRLS SAFE ABORTION SAFE ABORTION SERVICES SAFE MOTHERHOOD SAFE MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE UTILIZATION SEX EDUCATION SEX RATIOS SEX WITH MEN SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL HEALTH SEXUALITY SIBLINGS SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIALIZATION SON PREFERENCE STATUS OF WOMEN STIS SYPHILIS TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY TETANUS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT TUBERCULOSIS UNFPA UNMET DEMAND UNSAFE ABORTIONS UNWANTED CHILDREN UNWANTED PREGNANCY URBAN AREAS USER FEES VASCULAR DISEASES VASECTOMY VIOLENCE VITAMINS WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION The overall purpose of this review is to bring attention to the opportunities that five countries in the region - Bangladesh, India, Nepal Pakistan and Sri Lanka have to strengthen and expand interventions to improve the reproductive health of poor women. The report's specific objectives are: 1) to provide an accurate picture of the current status of women's reproductive health and describe the use of reproductive health services and barriers to use; 2) to identify individual and household characteristics that affect reproductive health status and use of services; 3) to develop a simple and effective approach to decentralized health planning that can be used widely in each of the five countries to improve health service delivery and outcomes locally; and 4) to strengthen the case for investing in poor women's reproductive health by demonstrating the links between poverty, inequality and reproductive health. The review puts forth the following recommendations for reforms for reproductive health: to increase the supply of reproductive health services to poor women and adolescents by specifically targeting the poorest areas and households; to enhance demand among the poor for key services using BCC and demand-side financing; to integrate reproductive health services through a client-centered approach and strengthen weak services using specific relevant approaches; and to improve the reach, quality and status of women providers by better training, deployment and support are the 'frontline' improvements required for better reproductive health among poor women in South Asia. 2012-06-11T17:28:52Z 2012-06-11T17:28:52Z 2007-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/8925510/better-reproductive-health-poor-women-south-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7667 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia