Reproductive Health: A Right for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 16, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 10-21

  Austin, Judy ^a   Guy, Samantha ^b   Lee Jones, Louise ^c   McGinn, Therese ^a   Schlecht, Jennifer ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b RAISE Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^c MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conflict and crisis settings; humanitarian response; internally displaced persons; refugees

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 44349177679     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31351-2     Document Type: Article

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