Reproductive health is not only to eliminate diseases of the reproductive system (infertility, various defects, STD, cancer and pre-cancerous diseases, etc.) , is to create a foundation for bringing up a socially mature generation.
Factors that adversely affect reproductive health:
– presence of chronic non-infectious and gynecological diseases in couples;
– failure to maintain a 3-3.5 year interval between births;
– having children under the age of 20 or over 35;
– to marry relatives;
– low-income, vulnerable families;
– troubled, unstable families;
– those having 4 or more children;
The more times a woman gives birth, the greater the risk of birth complications, morbidity, disability, and even death. When the mother falls ill, she does not have enough time or energy to raise the child.
Reduction of 8 risk factors, full implementation of Presidential Decrees and state programs on motherhood and childhood protection,
Reproductive rights – that is, all couples have the information and tools to make freely and fully responsible decisions about the number of children, their spacing, the timing of their births, the use of contraception, and breastfeeding. must be.