Abortion

Each year an estimated 600,000 women die of pregnancy-related causes, of which the World Health Organisation attributes close to 80,000 to unsafe abortion - 219 every day- nine each hour. More than one third of these deaths occue in South Asia, where it is estimated that 37% of all maternal deaths result from unsafe abortion.

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Access

South Asia has 24% of the world's population or 1.45 billion people and this huge populace is increasing by over 26m per year. The sheer numbers of people living essentially in relatively resource poor settings has led to poor access of sexual and reproductive health services.

Adolescents

South Asia has the largest generation of adolescens in history. A people's centered development approach therefore cannot ignore the needs and aspirations of  this large cohort. However this cohort is not a healthy cohort because...

AIDS/HIV

Over the last 3 decades, the South Asia region has witnessed a decline in poverty levels, reducion in infant and child mortality and increase in life expectancy. As a result of these improvements foreign direct investment is beginning to strengthen economies.

 Advocacy

The 1986 United Nations Declaration on the right to development states categorically that development is a human right. This proclamation has been strengthened and reaffirmed at the United Nations Conference on Population and development in Cairo 1994.

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