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Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services

Date of publication: 
07/28/2016

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Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services

These WHO guidelines provide recommendations for programmes as to how they can ensure that human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled, while services are scaled up to reduce unmet need for contraception. Both health data and international human rights laws and treaties were incorporated into the guidance. This guidance is complementary to existing WHO recommendations for sexual and reproductive health programmes, including guidance on family planning, maternal and newborn health, safe abortion, and core competencies for primary health care.


Respeto de los derechos humanos cuando se proporcionan información y servicios de anticoncepción

El objetivo de este documento es proporcionar orientación a los formuladores de políticas, los directores, los proveedores de asistencia sanitaria y otros interesados directos del sector de la salud sobre algunas de las medidas prioritarias indispensables para garantizar que a la hora de proporcionar información y servicios de anticoncepción se tenga en cuenta de forma clara y sistemática la dimensión de los derechos humanos.

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WHO

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Year of Publication: 

2014

Idioma da publicação: 

English English

Keywords: 

Ensuring
human rights
provision
contraceptive
information
services
WHO
2014
Respeto
derechos humanos
información
servicios
anticoncepción
OMS

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