Lancet Commission 2018: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All
2018
This Guttmacher–Lancet Commission report offers a new, comprehensive definition of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), proposes an essential package of related health services, and identifies actions needed from outside the health sector to modify social norms, laws, and policies to uphold human rights. SRHR are critical to sustainable development because of their relationships to gender equality and women’s health and well-being, as well as their impact on maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health. They also play an important role in shaping economic development and environmental sustainability. The Commission’s authors argue that the modest and affordable investments in sexual and reproductive health services will pay dividends over many years and enable greater progress in achieving other development goals.
The Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is an international collaboration of experts from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, with expertise in a broad range of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues. In addition to the Commission report and related comments and companion pieces published in The Lancet, the Commission has developed an executive summary and series of infographics.
Lancet Commission 2018: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All
Source:
Starrs AM et al. Accelerate Progress—Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All: Report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission. The Lancet 2018; 391(10140): 2642–2692. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30293-9.