Chatterjee, MeeraLevine, RuthRao-Seshadri, ShreelataMurthy, Nirmala2012-06-112012-06-112007-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7667The 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 report's specific objectives are: 1) to provide an accurate picture of the current status of women's reproductive health and describe the use of reproductive health services and barriers to use; 2) to identify individual and household characteristics that affect reproductive health status and use of services; 3) to develop a simple and effective approach to decentralized health planning that can be used widely in each of the five countries to improve health service delivery and outcomes locally; and 4) to strengthen the case for investing in poor women's reproductive health by demonstrating the links between poverty, inequality and reproductive health. The review puts forth the following recommendations for reforms for reproductive health: to increase the supply of reproductive health services to poor women and adolescents by specifically targeting the poorest areas and households; to enhance demand among the poor for key services using BCC and demand-side financing; to integrate reproductive health services through a client-centered approach and strengthen weak services using specific relevant approaches; and to improve the reach, quality and status of women providers by better training, deployment and support are the 'frontline' improvements required for better reproductive health among poor women in South Asia.CC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONABORTION CAREACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIONADOLESCENT GIRLSADOLESCENT POPULATIONADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHADOLESCENTSAGE OF MARRIAGEAGEDANTENATAL CAREBABIESBEHAVIOR CHANGEBETTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHBIRTH ATTENDANTBREASTFEEDINGCERVICAL CANCERCHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD HEALTHCHILD HEALTH CARECHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATECHILD NUTRITIONCHILD SURVIVALCHILDBEARINGCHILDBIRTHCHRONIC CONDITIONSCIRCUMCISIONCITIZENSCLINICSCOMMERCIAL SEXCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCOMMUNITY HEALTHCONDOMSCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVE USEDEMAND FOR SERVICESDIABETESDIETSDISABILITYDISCRIMINATIONDRUG USERSELDERLYEMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CAREESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CAREFAMILIESFAMILY CAREFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY HEALTH DIVISIONFAMILY LIFE EDUCATIONFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATIONFAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATIONSFAMILY PLANNING SERVICESFAMILY WELFAREFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFOLIC ACIDFWAGENDER INEQUALITIESGOITERHEALTH CAREHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH PLANNINGHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SECTOR REFORMHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH TARGETSHEALTH WORKERSHIGH CHILD MORTALITYHIGH POPULATION GROWTHHOMEOPATHYHOSPITALIZATIONHOSPITALSHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTHYPERTENSIONILL-HEALTHILLNESSIMMUNIZATIONINFANTINFANT HEALTHINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFERTILITYINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATIONINTERVENTIONIRONIUDLACK OF AWARENESSLIFE EXPECTANCYLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOW BIRTH WEIGHTMASS MEDIAMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH SERVICESMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOMEDICAL ATTENTIONMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICINESMIDWIFEMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMINISTRY OF POPULATIONMORBIDITYMORTALITYMOTHERNATIONAL AIDSNEEDS ASSESSMENTNEONATAL MORTALITYNOURISHMENTNURSENURSINGNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCYNUTRITIONAL STATUSOBSTETRIC FACILITIESOLD-AGEOLDER WOMENORAL CONTRACEPTIVESPARADIGM SHIFTPARAMEDICSPATIENTPELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASEPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTPOOR PEOPLEPOOR WOMENPOPULATION ACTIVITIESPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION COUNCILPOPULATION FUNDPOPULATION RESEARCHPOPULATION SECTORPOPULATION STUDIESPOST ABORTIONPOST ABORTION CAREPOSTNATAL CAREPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRACTITIONERSPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMENPRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIESPROGRESSPROPHYLAXISPROVISION OF INFORMATIONPUBERTYPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITUREPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESPUBLIC INFORMATIONPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF SERVICESQUALITY SERVICESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CAREREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH GOALSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERYREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESREPRODUCTIVE RIGHTSREPRODUCTIVE TRACTREPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONREPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONSRESOURCE ALLOCATIONSRESOURCE MOBILIZATIONRISK GROUPSRURAL GIRLSSAFE ABORTIONSAFE ABORTION SERVICESSAFE MOTHERHOODSAFE MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVESERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE UTILIZATIONSEX EDUCATIONSEX RATIOSSEX WITH MENSEX WORKERSEX WORKERSSEXUAL ABUSESEXUAL HEALTHSEXUALITYSIBLINGSSKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCESOCIAL MARKETINGSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIALIZATIONSON PREFERENCESTATUS OF WOMENSTISSYPHILISTERMINATION OF PREGNANCYTETANUSTRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTTUBERCULOSISUNFPAUNMET DEMANDUNSAFE ABORTIONSUNWANTED CHILDRENUNWANTED PREGNANCYURBAN AREASUSER FEESVASCULAR DISEASESVASECTOMYVIOLENCEVITAMINSWOMANWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/7667