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WHO Reproductive Health Update                                  Issue 28, 2014

Maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Findings from WHO survey

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The Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health is the largest study to date assessing the management of severe maternal complications and the prevalence of maternal near miss. New analyses of the study data set covering a wide range of issues, including the major causes of maternal mortality and severe morbidity and social determinants of health, are presented in this special BJOG supplement freely available from the link below.
Access the supplement<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjo.2014.121.issue-s1/issuetoc> | More on maternal and perinatal health<http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/maternal_perinatal/en/>

Unsafe abortion: did you know? WHO publishes new fact sheet

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Around 22 million unsafe abortions take place each year, almost all in developing countries with the number of related deaths accounting 13% of all maternal deaths. Some 5 million women are admitted to hospital as a result of unsafe abortion every year and more than 3 million women who have complications following unsafe abortion do not receive care.
To highlight the problem, WHO has published a new online fact sheet that explains the nature and scope of the problems and WHO’s response.
Read the fact sheet<http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs388/en/> | More on WHO’s work on preventing unsafe abortion<http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/unsafe_abortion/en/>

WHO Guidelines on violence against women underpin Indian health
sector response

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19-20 March: India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the World Health Organization jointly hosted a consultation to launch and deliberate on the implementation of India’s National guidelines on medico-legal care for survivors/victims of sexual violence. WHO clinical and policy guidelines on responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence underpin these guidelines which form the basis of India’s response to sexual violence involving the health, police, legal and social protection sectors.

Full story<http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/violence/india/> | More on WHO’s work on violence against women<http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/violence/en/>

Event updates
Towards risk-resilient development, taking into consideration demographic trend and natural constraints<http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/news/meetings/en/>
This resolution adopted unanimously by the Inter-Parliamentary Union calls among other things for the inclusion of a reproductive health indicator as part of the post-2015 development goals in the areas of health, equity and women’s empowerment. Dr Temmerman, Director of WHO’s Department of Reproductive Health and Research provided technical support to the resolution stressing the importance of integrating factors of population growth, family planning and demographic dynamics into policy measures for sustainable development.

Latest publications
Journal articles

-    A systematic review of the correlates of violence against sex workers<http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301909>. American Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301909

-    Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: needs, barriers, and access<http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/11/1/1>. Reproductive Health. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0327

-    Outreach and integration programs to promote family planning in the extended postpartum period<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24434229>. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.09.021.

-    Obstetric transition: the pathway towards ending preventable maternal deaths<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.12735/abstract;jsessionid=8F27EBD4CC55D1C6758123199281F0B0.f03t03>. BJOG.
doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12735.

Technical publications
-    Decision-making tool for family planning clients and providers. Module on provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling<http://www.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/111620/1/9789241506991_eng.pdf>
Translations
Español
-    Respeto de los derechos humanos cuando se proporcionan información y servicios de anticoncepción<http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/family_planning/human-rights-contraception/es/>
[Ensuring Human Rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services - Guidance and recommendations]
-    Directrices de la OPS/OMS sobre tamizaje y tratamiento de las lesiones precancerosas para la prevención del cáncer cervicouterino<http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/cancers/screening_and_treatment_of_precancerous_lesions/es/>
[Guidelines for screening and treatment of precancerous lesions for cervical cancer prevention]
Français
-    Garantir les droits de l’homme lors de la fourniture d’informations et de services en matière de contraception - Orientations et recommandations - RÉSUMÉ ANALYTIQUE<http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/family_planning/human-rights-contraception/fr/>
[Ensuring Human Rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services Guidance and recommendations]
Український
-    Безпечне переривання вагітності: Рекомендації для систем охорони здоров’я з практичних та нормативних питань. Видання друге<http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70914/22/9789241548434_ukr.pdf>
[Safe abortion technical and policy guidelines for health systems]

Forthcoming events

-    BIRTH DAY – An exhibition of birth day photographs by Lieve Blancquaert.
1 April–17 June 2014 WHO, Geneva | 17 June–2 July 2014, UN, Salle des Pas Perdus, Geneva
For more information on this project visit http://www.birth-day.be/en/home

-    13th Congress of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health<http://www.escrh.eu/events/esc-events/2014>
28–31 May, 2014, Lisbon, Portugal. Early congress registration: 15 February 2014.

-   Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research<http://hsr2014.healthsystemsresearch.org/>. 30 September–3 October 2014.
Cape Town, South Africa. Registration now open.

-   2nd MenEngage Global Symposium 2014 − Men and Boys for Gender Justice<http://www.menengage.org/>. 10-13 November 2014. New Delhi, India.

All RHR/HRP publications

English<http://www.who.int/entity/reproductivehealth/publications/en/index.html> | Español<http://www.who.int/entity/reproductivehealth/publications/es/index.html> | Français<http://www.who.int/entity/reproductivehealth/publications/fr/index.html> | Русский<http://www.who.int/entity/reproductivehealth/publications/ru/index.html>

RHL Online

WHO’s Reproductive Health Library.

Access RHL online<http://www.who.int/rhl>

HRP video library
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·         HRP on YouTube
·         Playlist<http://www.youtube.com/user/MediaHRP?feature=watch>

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