Chatterjee, MeeraLevine, RuthMurthy, NirmalaRao-Seshadri, Shreelata2012-06-122012-06-122008https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7848In this context, the overall purpose of this review is to bring attention to the opportunities that five countries in the region - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - have to strengthen and expand interventions to improve the reproductive health of poor women. The specific objectives are: i) to provide an accurate picture of the current status of women's reproductive health, describe the use of reproductive health services and barriers to use, and identify the improvements required to increase their effectiveness and improve health outcomes; ii) to elucidate individual and household characteristics that affect reproductive health status and use of services so that the most important of these can be used to identify women and households with the greatest need for care to achieve better health; iii) to describe a simple and effective approach - decentralized action planning - that can be used widely in all five countries to improve reproductive health service delivery and outcomes, and point to a body of best practices in reproductive health that provides models and lessons for improvements in South Asia; and iv) to strengthen the case for investing in poor women's reproductive health by demonstrating the links between poverty, inequality, reproductive health care and expenditure.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONABORTION CAREABORTION SERVICESACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROMEADOLESCENT GIRLSADOLESCENTSAGE AT MARRIAGEAGE OF MARRIAGEAGEDANTE-NATAL CAREANTENATAL CAREBABIESBEHAVIOR CHANGEBETTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD HEALTHCHILD HEALTH CARECHILD HEALTH SERVICESCHILD MORTALITYCHILD NUTRITIONCHILD-BEARINGCHILDBEARINGCHILDBIRTHCHILDREN PER WOMANCLINICSCOERCIONCOMMUNICATION EFFORTSCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONDOMCONDOM USECONDOMSCONTEXT OF MARRIAGECONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVE USEDECLINES IN FERTILITYDELIVERY CAREDISABILITIESDISABILITYDISSEMINATIONEARLY MARRIAGEEARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITYECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC STATUSEMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIONEMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CAREEQUAL ACCESSESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CAREEXCESS FERTILITYEXPOSURE TO PREGNANCYFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY WELFAREFERTILITYFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFOLIC ACIDFWAGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CAREHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SECTOR REFORMHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH WORKERSHIVHOMEOPATHYHOSPITALIZATIONHOSPITALSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTHUSBANDSHYGIENEILL HEALTHILL-HEALTHILLITERATE WOMENILLNESSILLNESSESIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNODEFICIENCYINFANTINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATIONINTERVENTIONINTRAUTERINE DEVICESIRONIUDIUDSLACK OF KNOWLEDGELAWSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOW BIRTH WEIGHTMALE SUPPORTMARRIED WOMENMASS MEDIAMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH SERVICESMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOSMEDICAL ATTENTIONMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICINESMENTAL HEALTHMIDWIFEMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMINISTRY OF POPULATIONMODERN CONTRACEPTIVESMORBIDITYMORTALITYMORTALITY RATIOMOTHERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTSNATIONAL LEADERSNEED FOR FAMILY PLANNINGNEEDS ASSESSMENTNEONATAL MORTALITYNUMBER OF CHILDRENNURSENURSESNURSINGNURSING HOMESNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIESNUTRITIONAL STATUSOBSTETRIC FACILITIESOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENORAL CONTRACEPTIVESPARAMEDICSPATIENTPATIENTSPHYSICIANSPILLPOLIOPOOR FAMILIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR WOMENPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION COUNCILPOPULATION INCREASEPOPULATION RESEARCHPOPULATION SECTORPOST-ABORTIONPOST-ABORTION CAREPOSTNATAL CAREPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPREGNANCIESPREGNANCYPREGNANCY COMPLICATIONSPREGNANT WOMENPREMARITAL SEXPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIESPROGRESSPROPHYLAXISPROTECTION AGAINST PREGNANCYPUBERTYPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC SECTOR EXPENDITURESQUALITY OF CAREQUALITY OF SERVICESRAPEREPLACEMENT LEVELREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CAREREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COMPONENTSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH GOALSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATIONREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROBLEMSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERYREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESREPRODUCTIVE LIFEREPRODUCTIVE TRACTREPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONRESOURCE ALLOCATIONSRESPECTRISK FACTORSRURAL AREASSAFE ABORTIONSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE UTILIZATIONSEXSEXUAL ABUSESEXUAL ACTIVITYSOCIAL MARKETINGSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL WELFARESTERILIZATIONSTISSURGERYTETANUSTUBERCULOSISUNMET DEMANDUNSAFE ABORTIONURBAN AREASUSE OF CONTRACEPTIVESUSER FEESVACCINATIONVASECTOMYVICIOUS CYCLEVICTIMSVIOLENCEVITAMINSVULNERABILITYWORK BURDENSWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG AGESYOUNG MOTHERSYOUNG WOMENWorld Bank10.1596/7848