Reproductive health care: They cover a range of services, as defined in the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo (Egypt) in September 1994: advice, information, education, communication and family planning services; pre-and post-natal consultations, deliveries in safety and care of mother and child prevention and treatment of infertility, prevention of abortion and management of its consequences; treatment of reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases including HIV / AIDS, breast cancer and genital cancers and other reproductive health disorder, and active deterrence of unsafe practices such as female genital mutilation.
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other reproductive tract infections (RTIs) are major causes of severe illness, infertility, obstetric complications, and infant illness.
World Health Organization, 2007 The Strategic Approach has been used in over 25 countries since 1993 to improve access to and quality of family planning and abortion services; increase skilled attendance at birth; provide information and services for young people; and integrate prevention and treatment of reproductive tract infections with other SRH services.
In parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, some traditional practices--especially female "circumcision" and infibulation--disable millions of women through urinary and reproductive tract infections, fistulas that prevent walking and trauma induced by the procedure.
Findings showed that 24% of the participants were not aware of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and although 75% had some familiarity with AIDS, only 33% knew that safer sex practices could prevent HIV transmission.
Maternal mortality and morbidity, family planning and contraception, sate and legal abortion services, and reproductive tract infections are issues that have traditionally been associated with women.
At the univariate level, the prevalence of HSV-2 infection varied significantly according to a wide range of demographic and behavioral characteristics, women's history of reproductive tract infections and findings on their vaginal flora.
Such a reorientation would involve men in reproductive health care, strengthen efforts to reduce STI and reproductive tract infection (RTI) rates, and foster openness toward sexuality issues.
