Topics

The topics below represent the area of work of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research including the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP). For ease of reference this work has been grouped together under the WHO Sexual and Reproductive Health web site.

Health topics

• Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
• Cancers related to sexual and reproductive health
• Family planning
• Female genital mutilation
• Infertility
• Linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV
• Maternal and perinatal health
• Sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections
• Stillbirths
• Unsafe abortion
• Violence against women

Cross-cutting issues

• Emergency situations and refugees
• Gender and human rights
• Health systems
• Mapping best practices
• Implementing best practices : The IBP Initiative
• Millennium Development Goals
• Monitoring and evaluation
• WHO's Strategic Approach
• Working with countries