Incidence%20of%20syphilis%20in%20Romania%20(1985-2000)

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Incidence of syphilis in Romania (1985-2000)
Number of cases per 100,000
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Physical and Sexual Abuse () 1999
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Policy Barriers

• Inadequate resources
• Inefficient procurement
• Ineffective targeting
• Limited access in rural areas
• Limited sexual education

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Improving reproductive health (1)

• Improve targeting of the public sector FP
  services and commodities
• Include low cost contraceptives in the health
  insurance
• Train and allow family doctors to provide FP
  commodities, particularly in rural areas
• Support the growth of NGOs for wider coverage

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Improving reproductive health (2)

• Promote male as well as female rights to RH
  services
• Design RH education programs for female and males
  
• In school
• In health centers
• In the community
• Strengthen male component of FP services

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REFFERENCES

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• Reproductive Behavior and Partner Relations
• During the Ceausescu Era. Bethesda, MD
• Transnational Family Research Institute.
• David, H.P. (1999) From Abortion to
• Contraception a Resource to Public Policies
• and Reproductive Behavior in Central and
• Eastern Europe from 1917 to the Present.
• Westport Greenwood Press.
• Gal, S. and Kligman, G. (2000) Reproducing
• Gender Politics, Publics and Everyday Life
• after Socialism. Princeton Princeton University
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• Johnson, B.R., Horga, M. and Andronache, L.
• (1993) Contraception and abortion in Romania.

• Lindmark, G., Horga, M., Campana, A. and
• Kasonde, J. (1999) Towards Better
• Reproductive Health in Eastern Europe.
• Budapest CEU Press.
• Kligman, G. (1998) The Politics of Duplicity
• Controlling Reproduction in Ceausescus
• Romania. Berkeley University of California
• Press.
• Serbanescu, F., Morris, L. and Marin, M. (2001)
• Reproductive Health Survey Romania, 1999.
• Atlanta DHR/CDC.
• XXXX (2001) Policy Report A Family Planning
• Market Segmentation Analysis. Bucharest
• XXXX (2001) National Center of Statistics
• Report. Bucharest.