Transforming health systems: gender and rights in reproductive health

Posted 08/06/23

Institution: HRP

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This manual offers a session-based and case-based curriculum on how to promote gender equity and reproductive rights through the use of evidence, policy development and service delivery. The curriculum is founded on the premise that the development of workable reproductive health programmes calls for training that not only includes new technical skills, but faces head-on the challenge of changing approaches and perspectives. It aspires to transform health workers, managers and policy makers into active change agents committed to transformation of health systems.

Topic covered:

Gender; Social determinants; Rights; Evidence; Policy; Health systems

Citation:

“Transforming health systems: gender and rights in reproductive health. A training curriculum for health programme managers. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001 WHO/RHR/01.29”

Languages: English, Russian

Target audience: Health workers, managers and policy makers

Keywords:

Gender equity Health programme Health systems Policy Reproductive rights

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The two WHO-hosted special programmes for research – the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) and the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) – have identified an initial set of existing relevant, accessible and comprehensive resources that are immediately available to all researchers. In the longer term, the aim is to continue to expand the inventory by crowdsourcing relevant tools through this portal.

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