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The Lancet Sexual & reproductive health seriesStarting on 4 November 2006, the British medical journal The Lancet published a series of papers and editorials on sexual and reproductive health. The main objective of this series – initiated and coordinated by HRP – is to advance evidence-based advocacy to put sexual and reproductive health stronger on the international public health agenda.
The preprint versions of the papers are presented below. The journal publications of these papers can be viewed on the Lancet website: www.thelancet.com
Six commissioned papers1. The first paper presents a current global overview of sexual and reproductive health, describing what it is, why it is important, how it relates to poverty and development, and the impediments to achieving sound sexual and reproductive health worldwide. This paper is based on sound statistics and sets the scene for the rest of the series: Glasier A, Gulmezoglu AM, Schmid G, Garcia Moreno C, Van Look PFA. Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death. Lancet 2006. Article 1 (13 pages - pdf 346 kb)
2-5. The next four
papers cover, respectively, sexual behaviour, family planning,
unsafe abortion and sexually transmitted infections: Article 2 (21 pages - pdf 1,867 kb) Cleland J, Bernstein S, Ezeh A, Faundes A, Glasier A, Innis J, Family planning: the unfinished agenda. Lancet 2006. Article 3 (18 pages - 366 kb) Grimes DA, Bensen J, Singh S, Romero M, Ganatra B, Okonofua FE, Shah IH. Unsafe abortion: the preventable pandemic. Lancet 2006. Article 4 (13 pages - 249 kb) Low N, Broutet N, Paz-Bailey G, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Barton P, Hawkes S. Global control of sexually transmitted infections. Lancet 2006. Article 5 (16 pages - 274 kb)
6. The sixth and
final paper is a call to action. It summarizes key
arguments from the first five papers, sets the future agenda and
discusses the accountability of those involved with the funding,
planning and provision of sexual and reproductive health care.
This paper also highlights the role of political, legal,
social and cultural forces: Article 6 (6 pages - 189 kb)
Two commentaries
1. The
first commentary discusses the lessons learnt since the 1994
International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD):
2. The second commentary discusses the human rights
aspects of sexual and reproductive health: With the generous support of several USA-based foundations, HRP has undertaken to disseminate the series widely. The dissemination effort begins with a press conference (to launch the series) on 30 October 2006 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. The papers and commentaries are bound in a special offprint set of The Lancet for distribution to governments, UN and other agencies, etc. Press events to draw attention to the series are planned at the Global Forum for Health Research Conference (29 October–2 November 2006) in Cairo, Egypt, and at the FIGO World Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (5–10 November 2006).
Executive Summary of Lancet Sexual and Reproductive Health Series - 8 pages (1,361 kb)
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AUDIO PRESS CONFERENCE 7 December 2006
Featuring: Paul Van Look, Director of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO Stan Bernstein, Senior Policy Advisor, UN Millennium Project Janie Benson, Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Ipas Dorothy Shaw, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia Steven Sinding, former Director-General, International Planned Parenthood Federation Listen to the press conference Transcript (34 pages, 82 kb) Executive Summary of Lancet Sexual and Reproductive Health Series
8 pages (1,361 kb) |
