Broadening understanding of accountability ecosystems in sexual and reproductive health and rights: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accountability for ensuring sexual and reproductive health and rights is increasingly receiving global attention. Less attention has been paid to accountability mechanisms for sexual and reproductive health and rights at national and sub-national level, the focus of this systematic review.

Methods

We searched for peer-reviewed literature using accountability, sexual and reproductive health, human rights and accountability instrument search terms across three electronic databases, covering public health, social sciences and legal studies. The search yielded 1906 articles, 40 of which met the inclusion and exclusion criteria (articles on low and middle-income countries in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese published from 1994 and October 2016) defined by a peer

SUBMITTER: Van Belle S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5978882 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature