( SPECIAL REPORT :REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND POPULATION DEV’T ACT )What reproductivehealth is all about
Manila Times
Today, reproductive health remains a loosely used term that most people usually associate with childbirth, but they know little else about it.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines reproductive health as “a state of physical, mental and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system at all stages of life.”
It also refers to the right of both men and women to be informed about family planning and to have access to health care services that enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth.
Reproductive health, according to the Institute for Reproductive Health Philippines (IRHphi), focuses on maternal, infant and child health and nutrition including breastfeeding.
It is not just family planning and information services, but also adolescent and youth health. The term means the prevention of abortion and the management of post-abortion complications.
It also encompasses prevention of reproductive tract infections, AIDS and other sexually transmittable infections; elimination of violence against women; education and counseling on sexuality and sexual health; and the treatment of breast and reproductive tract cancers and other gynecological conditions.
And it also means male involvement and participation in reproductive health promotion, as well as the prevention and treatment of infertility, according to the institute.
– Ping Bauzon
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