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Chapter 5 - Sexual Reproductive Health

Public Health Aspects

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
Tahir A. Mahmood  and
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

Reproductive health affects both men and women. Women, however, bear the brunt of reproductive ill heath, not only as a result of their biological status, but also because of a wider social, economic and political disadvantage. There are public health, human rights and economic reasons for investment in reproductive health.

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Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health , pp. 28 - 37
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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