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ArticleSexual and reproductive health matters2025

Sapna Desai, Kaosar Afsana, Neymat Chadha, Dipti Govil, Neha Mankani, Ramya Kumar

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Article in Sexual and reproductive health matters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sapna DesaiSenior Fellow, Population Council Institute, SAHELI Consortium, New Delhi, India. Correspondence: sapna.i.desai@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2596-9726
Kaosar AfsanaProfessor, BRAC JPG School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-5197-8151
Neymat ChadhaResearch Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health India, SAHELI Consortium, New Delhi, India.ORCID 0009-0003-7059-1205
Dipti GovilAssistant Professor, International Institute for Population Sciences, SAHELI Consortium, Mumbai.ORCID 0000-0002-0599-0045
Neha MankaniFounder, Mama Baby Fund, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ramya KumarSenior Lecturer, Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0001-9555-4927

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A roundtable on gynaecological health in South Asia engaged speakers from four countries to share insights on the current context, challenges and priorities for action in the region. Women's gynaecological needs beyond maternal health are overlooked in most settings, with common ailments underdiagnosed or untreated. While over-medicalisation and a lack of data and evidence are two common challenges, midwife-led programmes, investment in primary health care and nationwide data collection on gynaecological health are promising initiatives. The key priorities for evidence generation are to: understand gynaecological health and its interlinked determinants; examine impacts on quality of life; and design approaches that address women's health through the life course.

Indexed as

GynecologyReproductive HealthWomen's HealthAsiaAsia, SouthernFemaleHumansPrimary Health CareQuality of Lifegynaecologylife coursesexual and reproductive healthSouth Asiawomen’s health

Identifiers

PMID40531472
PMCPMC12302432

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