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ReviewGlobal public health2021

Inclusion of human rights in sexual and reproductive health programming: Facilitators and barriers to implementation.

Sofia Gruskin, Kristin Zacharias, William Jardell, Laura Ferguson, Rajat Khosla

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Review in Global public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Sofia GruskinUSC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Kristin ZachariasUSC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
William JardellUSC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5836-8674
Laura FergusonUSC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1340-793X
Rajat KhoslaWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The need to prioritise those furthest behind is well understood in global health circles, and how human rights norms and standards can help often touted. As rights concerns are particularly recognised in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programming, as part of a larger exercise, a review was conducted to identify documented barriers and facilitators to implementation. Given the role global guidance plays in implementing rights-based approaches to SRH, UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) guidelines, tools, recommendations and guidance that include the explicit mention of human rights principles served as the basis for this exercise. This was followed by an extensive review of the literature. Sources reviewed confirmed barriers include not only broad structural, policy and health systems barriers but financial, staffing and time constraints, as well as lack of understanding of concretely how to include human rights in these efforts. Facilitators include the existence of human rights champions, leadership, strong civil society participation, training, and funding made available specifically for implementation. Investment in indicators and documentation sensitive to human rights is warranted in sexual and reproductive health, as well as other health topics, to best serve populations who need them most.

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Reproductive HealthSexual HealthHuman RightsHumansReproductionReproductive RightsSexual Behaviorhealth and human rightshuman rightsImplementationreproductive healthsexual health

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PMID33019904
PMCPMC8475719

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