... ROUDI-FAHIMI and SHEREEN EL FEKI
FActS OF LIFE
YOUtH SEXUaLITY and
REPROdUCTIVE HEaLTH In THE
MIddLE EaST and nORTH aFRICa
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Facts of Life: Youth Sexuality and Reproductive Health in MENA
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ment, ... for
the Middle East and North Africa, with the aim of sharing experiences in develop-
ing and implementing national policies. T...
... remains high, at more than 200 deaths
per 100,000 live births, although there have been
WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Improving reproductive health care in the Middle ... 15–49
Years Old Using Contraceptives
Any Method
Total
Urban Rural
Total
Fertility
Rate
T able 1
Selected Reproductive Health Indicators in the Middle E...
... remains high, at more than 200 deaths
per 100,000 live births, although there have been
WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Improving reproductive health care in the Middle ... 15–49
Years Old Using Contraceptives
Any Method
Total
Urban Rural
Total
Fertility
Rate
T able 1
Selected Reproductive Health Indicators in the Middle E...
... examine changes in the positioning of SRH in
higher-level planning processes in some least-
developed countries, and in the international
development environment supporting reform
within the health ... with the principles and
practice of aid effectiveness, and the drive towards
achieving the MDGs.
The MDG5 focus and sexual and
reproductive health
Th...
... policies, and provoking a debate.
First, informing. The report brings together new evidence on private
sector development across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA),
as well as the findings from the ...
Competition
Unlocking Private-Led Growth in
the Middle East and North Africa
Preface
The objectives and intended impacts of this report are threefold...
... all of the pieces together.
Primary Findings
The main finding of this report is that the MENA region has made sig-
nificant strides in the education sector, having started in the 1960s and
1970s ... knowledge economy, the emerging youth
bulge, and the growing financial constraints on expanding education?
2. If the answer to the first question is that the educatio...
... including
reproductive health, has been one of the end goals
of sector reforms from the beginning. Health sector
Health sector reform and reproductive health in Latin America
671Bulletin of the ... to
vital reproductive health and other services in the
poorer parts of the country (2).
The role of the private sector
Shifting the financing and/ or deliver...
... education and other social indicators than the
Central and Southern Regions. Some 60% of people
living in the Southern Region are in poverty and the
corresponding rates for the Central and Northern Re-
gions ... as
they went about their daily activities. Interviewers
were instructed at the end of the interview to note who
was within hearing distance during any point of...