Background Adolescents face significant barriers to contraception access and utilization that
result in adverse health effects of early pregnancy and childbirth. Unsafe abortions continue …

Background Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) plays a critical role in promoting
youth and adolescent's sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing. However, little is …

Background Despite the development of national community-based health worker (CBHW)
programmes in several low-and middle-income countries, their integration into health …

Background Reproductive health problems such as HIV, unwanted pregnancy and unsafe
abortion among adolescents are closely linked to insufficient knowledge about sexuality and …

Background Unmet need for contraception results in several health challenges such as
unintended pregnancies, unwanted births and unsafe abortions. Most interventions have …

Background The late 1990s and early 2000s have seen a growth in north–south health
research partnerships resulting from scientific developments such as those in genetic …

Background Understanding factors surrounding the implementation process of mass drug
administration for lymphatic filariasis (MDA for LF) elimination programmes is critical for …

Background Fear of infertility (FOI) is often reported in studies about reproductive health but
this literature not yet mapped. The aim of this rapid scoping review of qualitative studies was …

Background To address the huge human resources for health gap in Zambia, the Ministry of
Health launched the National Community Health Assistant Strategy in 2010. The strategy …

Introduction Unsafe abortion is a major contributor to the continued high global maternal
mortality and morbidity rates. Legal abortion frameworks and access to sexuality education …