title: Advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in low- and middle-income countries: implications for the post-2015 global development agenda.
abstract: The papers and commentaries in this special issue illuminate progress made by low- and middle-income countries towards implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) agreed by 179 countries during the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994. The PoA presents a path-breaking sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) framework for global and national population and health policies. While progress towards implementation has been made at global, regional and national levels, continuing and new challenges require that high priority be given to SRHR for all, particularly women and girls, during the remaining months of the millennium development goals and in the United Nations post-2015 development agenda. This paper highlights three critical gaps, raised in other papers: inequalities in access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services; the widespread need to improve SRH services to meet public health, human rights and medical ethics standards for quality of care; and the absence or inadequate use of accountability mechanisms to track and remedy the other two. We discuss priority actions to achieve equality, quality and accountability in SRHR policies, programmes and services, especially those that should be included in the post-2015 development agenda.
authors: a President Emerita , International Women's Health Coalition , New York , NY , USA.
authors: Adrienne
authors: A
authors: Germain
authors: Gita
authors: G
authors: Sen
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Garcia-Moreno
authors: Mridula
authors: M
authors: Shankar
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D016730:Program Development; D060728:Reproductive Health; D046269:Reproductive Rights; D014480:United Nations
keywords: equality of access to SRH services; low- and middle-income countries; monitoring and tracking of SRH services; post-2015 global development agenda; quality of SRH services; sexual and reproductive health and rights
references: Stud Fam Plann. 1992 Sep-Oct;23(5):330-5
references: 1475801
references: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2011 Jun;37(2):58-66
references: 21757420
references: J Biosoc Sci. 2012 Jan;44(1):27-41
references: 21933467
references: Stud Fam Plann. 2011 Dec;42(4):247-60
references: 22292244
references: Lancet. 2013 May 11;381(9878):1604-6
references: 23489752
references: Lancet. 2013 May 18;381(9879):1756-62
references: 23683642
references: Glob Public Health. 2014;9(6):599-606
references: 25010845
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):249-51
references: 25515316
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):174-6
references: 25515415
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):180-2
references: 25515587
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):246-8
references: 25524152
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):177-9
references: 25524355
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):222-4
references: 25531031
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):228-42
references: 25536851
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):183-5
references: 25537845
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):252-67
references: 25539286
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):189-221
references: 25554828
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):149-73
references: 25555027
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):225-7
references: 25555080
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):243-5
references: 25559409
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):271-2
references: 25563405
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):268-70
references: 25585195
references: Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):186-8
references: 25628183