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Chapter 3 - The Main Threats to Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Principal Components of Good Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

from Section 1 - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2024

By
Johannes Bitzer
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women's Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

At the World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995), Reproductive Health was defined as follows: [1]

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Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health , pp. 15 - 22
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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