Embedding Africa’s sexual and reproductive health prerogatives in global development agenda

Lindsay Edouard, Friday Okonofua

Abstract

When the concept of sexual and reproductive health and rights was affirmed at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, it has to be recalled that it was the review of the social conditions of women in sub-Saharan Africa that provided impetus for many of the recommendations that arose from the conference. Unfortunately, since then it is doubtful whether significant progress has been made in improving the sexual and reproductive health in Africa, especially of women, when compared to the rest of the world.

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