Rights based approaches to sexual and reproductive health in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Sustainable Development Goals, which are grounded in human rights, involve empowering women and girls and ensuring that everyone can access sexual and reproductive health and rights (Goal 5). This is the first systematic review reporting interventions involving rights-based approaches for sexual and reproductive health issues including gender-based violence, maternity, HIV and sexually transmitted infections in low and middle-income countries.

Aims

To describe the evidence on rights-based approaches to sexual and reproductive health in low and middle-income countries.

Methods

EMBASE, MEDLINE and Web of Science were searched until 9/1/2020. Inclusion criteria were: Study design: any interventional study.Population: females aged over 15 living in low an

SUBMITTER: McGranahan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8084237 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature