World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132002-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9778Reproductive health (RH) problems account for a significant part of the burden of disease suffered by poor people in developing countries. Poor women and men are more afflicted with RH problems and often lack access to minimal RH care even when average levels of RH in the country are good. Many RH problems are most cost-effectively managed by prevention - serious problems are costly and very difficult to solve once manifest. This article covers the types of interventions needed to sustain reproductive health including increasing girls' education, preventing and managing sexually transmitted disease, providing contraception to avoid abortion, improving pre-natal and delivery care, increasing the number of skilled providers of health care, post-abortion care, bolstering maternal health services, and reducing practices that increase reproductive health risks such as unsafe sex, female genital mutilation, and domestic violence.CC BY 3.0 IGOREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHGIRLS' EDUCATIONVENEREAL DISEASESHIV INFECTIONSBIRTH CONTROLCONTRACEPTIVE USERSABORTIONMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL HEALTH SERVICESVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENSTATUS OF WOMENOBSTETRICSFEMALE CIRCUMCISIONDOMESTIC VIOLENCEPREGNANCYCERVICAL CANCERABORTIONABORTION COMPLICATIONSABORTION SERVICESACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNINGACCESS TO INFORMATIONADOLESCENTADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHADOLESCENT WOMENADOLESCENTSANTENATAL CAREBABIESBABYBEHAVIOR CHANGEBIRTH WEIGHTBIRTHSBIRTHWEIGHTBURDEN OF DISEASEBURDEN OF DISEASE AMONG ADOLESCENTSCARE PROVIDERSCERVICAL CANCERCHILD HEALTHCHILD MORBIDITYCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCHILD SURVIVALCLINICAL SERVICESCOMMUNITY MOBILIZATIONCOMPLICATIONSCOMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCYCONDOMCONDOM USECONDOMSCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVE CHOICESCONTRACEPTIVE METHODSCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECOUNSELINGDEATH RATEDELIVERY CAREDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISEASEDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDRUGSEARLY CHILDBEARINGECONOMIC OPPORTUNITYEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEPIDEMICEQUAL ACCESSESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CAREEXISTING RESOURCESFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING INFORMATIONFAMILY PLANNING SERVICESFEMALEFEMALE GENITAL MUTILATIONFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFGMFIRST BIRTHGENDERGENDER EQUALITYGENITAL MUTILATIONGIRLSHARD TO REACH GROUPSHARMFUL PRACTICESHEALTH CAREHEALTH COMMUNICATIONSHEALTH CONDITIONSHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH PROMOTIONHEALTH RISKSHEALTH SYSTEMHIGH-RISKHIGH-RISK BEHAVIORSHIVHIV INFECTIONHIV INFECTIONSHIV/AIDSHYGIENEILLNESSINFANTINFANTSINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERVENTIONLABORATORY EQUIPMENTLAWSLIFE-SAVING CAREMALE INVOLVEMENTMATERNAL CAREMATERNAL DEATHMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOMATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOSMATERNITY CAREMEDICINESMIDWIFEMIDWIFERYMIDWIFERY SKILLSMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMORBIDITYMORTALITYMOTHERNEEDS OF ADOLESCENTSNEWBORNNEWBORN CARENUTRITIONOBSTETRIC EMERGENCIESOBSTRUCTED LABOROPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPOPULATION GROWTHPOST-ABORTIONPOST-ABORTION CAREPRACTITIONERSPREGNANCYPREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHSPREGNANT WOMENPRENATAL CAREPREVENTION ACTIVITIESPRIVATE PROVIDERSPROVIDER ATTITUDESRAPEREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE CHOICESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CAREREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INTERVENTIONSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMESREPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMREPRODUCTIVE TRACTREPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONSRESPONSIBLE SEXUALITYRISK GROUPSSAFE MOTHERHOODSAFE SEXSAFE SEX LIFESCHOOL YOUTHSCHOOLSSCREENINGSECONDARY SCHOOLSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICES FOR MENSEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONSEXUAL ENCOUNTERSSEXUAL PARTNERSSEXUALITYSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSSKILLED ATTENDANTSKILLED CARESOCIAL CONSEQUENCESSOCIAL MARKETINGSOCIETAL LEVELSTATUS OF WOMENSTISTRANSPORTATIONUNPLANNED PREGNANCIESUNPROTECTED SEXUNSAFE ABORTIONUNSAFE ABORTIONSUNSAFE SEXUNWANTED CHILDBEARINGUNWANTED PREGNANCIESUNWANTED PREGNANCYUSE OF CONDOMSVIOLENCEVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENVIOLENCE ON WOMENWOMEN'S HEALTHWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG MOTHERSYOUNG WOMENYOUTHS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHGIRLS' EDUCATIONVENEREAL DISEASESHIV INFECTIONSBIRTH CONTROLCONTRACEPTIVE USERSABORTIONMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL HEALTH SERVICESVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENSTATUS OF WOMENOBSTETRICSFEMALE CIRCUMCISIONDOMESTIC VIOLENCEPREGNANCYCERVICAL CANCERWorld Bank10.1596/9778