Challenges for Adolescent's Sexual and Reproductive Health within the Context of Universal Health Coverage
Young people (10-24 years of age), around the world face tremendous challenges to meeting their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs. Inadequate access to health information and services, as well as inequitable gender norms, contributes to a...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/539371468326701280/Challenges-for-adolescents-sexual-and-reproductive-health-within-the-context-of-universal-health-coverage http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29646 |
| Summary: | Young people (10-24 years of age),
around the world face tremendous challenges to meeting their
sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs. Inadequate
access to health information and services, as well as
inequitable gender norms, contributes to a lack of knowledge
and awareness about puberty, sexuality, and basic human
rights. This can have serious implications on young people s
health and welfare as well economic development and poverty
reduction. Given the importance of ASRH within the context
of development as well as the paucity of data on the issue,
the WBG conducted a global analysis and country case studies
in order to: (i) gain a deeper understanding of the
multi-sectoral determinants of ASRH outcomes; (ii) explore
further the multi-sectoral supply and demand-side
determinants of access, utilization, and provision of
services relevant to identified ASRH outcomes; and (iii)
identify multi-sectoral programmatic and policy options to
address critical constraints to improving ASRH outcomes that
can inform WBG lending operations and policy dialogue. |
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