List of WHO publications: Reproductive health
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Title
Year
2013 Order Number    14000106  
 
Price
CHF 191,66  / US$ 229,99 Developing countries    CHF 191,66
English
This collection contains 30+ WHO publications dealing with newborn and maternal health, pregnancy, contraceptives, human semen and reproductive health indicators. This collection will be useful to health professionals, midwives and district health personnel. Electronic access to these books is available for one year and for single institution access only.
Title
Year
2013 Order Number    14010106  
 
English
This collection contains 30 + WHO publications dealing with newborn and maternal health, pregnancy, contraceptives, human semen and reproductive health indicators. This collection will be useful to health professionals, midwives and district health personnel. Electronic access to these books is available for one year and for single institution access only. .../...
Title
Year
2011 Order Number    15200142 ISBN-13
 9789290615231
Price
CHF 21,00  / US$ 25,20 Developing countries    CHF 14,70
English
In a developing country, the provision of weekly iron and folic acid supplements (WIFS) to women of reproductive age (WRA) should be viewed as a key intervention to prevent anaemia and improve folate status. WIFS is an important step in achieving the Millennium Development Goals of improving child survival, maternal health and universal elementary education. .../...
Title
Year
2010 Order Number    11504579 ISBN-13
 9789241563888
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
*** This book was awarded First Prize in the 2011 British Medical Association Book Competition Award*** Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use reviews the medical eligibility criteria for use of contraception, offering guidance on the safety of use of different methods for women and men with specific characteristics or known medical conditions. .../...
Title
Year
2010 Order Number    11500769 ISBN-13
 9789241547789
Price
CHF 50,00  / US$ 60,00 Developing countries    CHF 35,00
English
Semen analysis may be useful in both clinical and research settings, for investigating male fertility status as well as monitoring spermatogenesis during and following male fertility regulation and other interventions. .../...
Title
Author Acosta-Gnass, S.I., De Andrade Stempliuk, V.
Year
2009 Order Number    16300212 ISBN-13
 9789275129265
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
This updated sterilization manual informs health workers about the simple protocols and procedures that have been developed to prevent hospital-acquired infections both inside and outside the sterilization plant. The guidelines included in this manual show the steps to follow in cleaning, preparing, sterilizing, storing and transporting hospital equipment so as to obtain sterile material. .../...
Title
Year
2009 Order Number    00208711  
 
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 15,00
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The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is an international journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries. Since it was first published in 1948, the Bulletin has become one of the world's leading public health journals. .../...
Title
Year
2009 Order Number    11502688 ISBN-13
 9789241547710
Price
CHF 60,00  / US$ 72,00 Developing countries    CHF 42,00
English
This pack of 20 wheels contains the medical eligibility criteria for starting use of contraceptive methods. It is based on the Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 3rd edition and its 2008 Update. .../...
Title
Year
2009 Order Number    11500726 ISBN-13
 9789241563567
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
This book has reviewed the research undertaken on a broad range of reproductive health issues and their mental health determinants/consequences over the last 15 years from both high- and low-income countries. .../...
Title
Year
2008 Order Number    15207076 ISBN-13
 9789290613893
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
This module is designed to build the capacity of health professionals to analyse and to address the interrelationship between gender and health. The enhanced commitment to addressing gender-based inequalities increasingly requires that health professionals have the knowledge, skills and tools to respond more effectively to the health needs of men and women. .../...
Title
Author Simmons, R., Fajans, P., Ghiron, L.
Year
2008 Order Number    11500720 ISBN-13
 9789241563512
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
This book considers the topic of scaling up from a particular vantage point. The focus is on ways to increase the impact of health service innovations that have been tested in pilot or experimental projects so as to benefit more people and to foster policy and programme development on a lasting, sustainable basis. .../...
Title
Year
2007 Order Number    11500541 ISBN-13
 9789241545877
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 20,00
English
This manual is written for midwives and doctors at the district hospital who are responsible for the care of women with complications of pregnancy, childbirth or the immediate postpartum period including immediate problems of the newborn. The emphasis of the manual is on rapid assessment and decision making. .../...
Title
Year
2007 Order Number    15200104 ISBN-13
 9789290612407
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
It is crucially important to increase awareness of gender equality, to provide analytical and practical tools for health programme managers and others to address gender and reproductive rights. Moreover, it is vital to ensure both men's and women's participation in these efforts. .../...
Title
Year
2007 Order Number    15200097 ISBN-13
 9789290612636
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
Malaysia participated in a case study on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, in the form of a review of literature, studies and projects, initiated by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific. A total of 260 documents were reviewed covering subjects grouped in four categories: demography, status of adolescent and reproductive health, interventions, policies and legislation. .../...
Title
Year
2007 Order Number    15200092 ISBN-13
 9789290612643
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
This is one of the reviews of literature and projects of sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and youths in eight Asian countries. Adolescents and youth make up one fourth of the population in the Western Pacific Region. At least 17% out of 37 countries and areas in the region have a median age below 25 years. .../...
Title
Year
2007 Order Number    15200096 ISBN-13
 9789290612629
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
This is one of the reviews on the literature and projects of sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and youths in eight Asian countries. This volume deals with adolescent reproductive health in the Republic of Korea. This report encompasses material and literature published by the government, nongovernmental organizations, and academic researchers. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    11500602 ISBN-13
 9789241590846
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 20,00
English
This guide provides a full range of updated, evidence-based norms and standards that will enable health care providers to give high quality care during pregnancy, delivery and in the postpartum period, considering the needs of the mother and her newborn baby. .../...
Title
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2006 Order Number    15200102 ISBN-13
 9789290612391
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
The framework presented in this document provides a set of concrete interventions or actions for policy-makers, programme managers and their partners to undertake in scaling up their responses to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of young people. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    11500694 ISBN-13
 9789241594844
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
Provision of safe abortion to the full extent of the law is an important component of reproductive health services. The development of methods of inducing abortion medically (non-surgically) has created alternative options to make abortion available to women in a variety of health-care settings. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    11500664 ISBN-13
 9789241563154
Price
CHF 7,50  / US$ 9,00 Developing countries    CHF 5,25
English
Sexual and reproductive health is key to enhancing development. Hence, major international conferences and summits aiming to promote development including the 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) and the Millennium Summit in 2000 have set a range of goals and targets related to sexual and reproductive health. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    11500681 ISBN-13
 9789241563277
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 15,00
English
This book, written in non-technical language, presents an overview of the work of the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research during the biennium 2004-2005. .../...
Title
Year
2005 Order Number    15200084 ISBN-13
 9789290612117
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
There is a large population of young people (age 10-24 years) in the region of Asia and the Pacific. Adjusting to sexual development and protecting their reproductive health are among the greatest challenges for adolescents during this period of transition from childhood to adulthood. .../...
Title
Year
2005 Order Number    15200071 ISBN-13
 9789290610311
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CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
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Title
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2005 Order Number    15200072 ISBN-13
 9789290611721
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CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
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Title
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2005 Order Number    15200073 ISBN-13
 9789290611899
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CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
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Title
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2005 Order Number    15200074 ISBN-13
 9789290611806
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CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
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Title
Year
2005 Order Number    15200070 ISBN-13
 9789290611912
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
This maternal death review has provided an in-depth analysis of all factors that relate to maternal deaths of seven provinces that represent seven geographical regions in Viet Nam. .../...
Title
Year
2005 Order Number    11500608 ISBN-13
 9789241562843
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
This publication is the companion guideline to WHO's Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. It aims to improve access to quality care in family planning by providing guidance on the safe and effective use of contraceptive methods once they are deemed to be medically appropriate. .../...
Title
Year
2004 Order Number    11500603 ISBN-13
 9789241591836
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
Every year some eight million women suffer pregnancy-related complications and over half a million die. Most of these deaths can be averted even where resources are limited but, in order to do so, the right kind of information is needed upon which to base actions. .../...
Title
Year
2004 Order Number    11500597 ISBN-13
 9789241562744
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 12,50
English
This report presents an overview of the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction's (HRP) work over the biennium 2002-2003. Chapter 1 looks at activities in the area of family planning. Chapter 2 outlines research activities carried out in the context of WHO's Making Pregnancy Safer initiative. .../...
Title
Year
2003 Order Number    11500556 ISBN-13
 9789241562508
Price
CHF 50,00  / US$ 60,00 Developing countries    CHF 35,00
English
This pioneering book provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-demographic and sexual and reproductive health situation of adolescents in South Asia. .../...
Title
Year
2002 Order Number    11500502 ISBN-13
 9789241562089
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 15,00
English
Sexual and reproductive health is at the core of people's lives and well-being. As a key global player in its field, the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) investigates the extent and nature of sexual and reproductive health problems and finds ways of alleviating or solving them. .../...
Title
Author Ratanawijitrasin, S, Wondemagegnebu, E
Year
2002 Order Number    11500503 ISBN-13
 9789241562065
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
Drugs play a crucial role in saving lives, restoring health, and preventing diseases and epidemics. But they need to be safe, efficacious, of good quality, and used rationally. This means that their production, import/export, storage, supply and distribution should be subject to government control through prescribed norms and standards and an effective regulatory system. .../...
Title
Year
2001 Order Number    19302146 ISBN-13
 9789241597678
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
A complete "toolbox" of guidelines, training manuals, model survey forms, step-by-step instructions, checklists, and pre-programmed computerized routines developed by WHO to assist countries in their efforts to promote safe motherhood. .../...
Title
Year
2000 Order Number    11500480 ISBN-13
 9789241562003
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 15,00
English
Provides a report on the many research and other activities undertaken by the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction during 1998-1999. .../...
Title
Year
1999 Order Number    17200072 ISBN-13
 9789283212720
Price
CHF 55,00  / US$ 66,00 Developing countries    CHF 38,50
English
Evaluates evidence for an increased risk of cancer in women using combined oral contraceptives, progestogen-only hormonal contraceptives, post-menopausal oestrogen therapy, and post-menopausal oestrogen-progestogen therapy. .../...
Title
Year
1998 Order Number    15002007 ISBN-13
 9789290611448
Price
CHF 7,00  / US$ 8,40 Developing countries    CHF 5,00
English
A spiral-bound manual, accompanied by a quick reference booklet, for use in the day-to-day counselling of women and couples interested in planning their families. Addressed to health workers in family planning services, the manual uses simple text and abundant full-colour illustrations to communicate essential information about sixteen different family planning options. .../...
Title
Year
1998 Order Number    11000877 ISBN-13
 9789241208772
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
Evaluates the strength and significance of evidence linking use of combined oral contraceptives to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in women. Recommendations and conclusions reflect the consensus reached by a group of scientists, including researchers directly involved in several recent large-scale investigations of cardiovascular disease and hormone contraception. .../...
Title
Year
1996 Order Number    14608014 ISBN-13
 9789290212171
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
A collection of three brief scholarly treatises on male and female circumcision as viewed in the body of Islamic law. Noting the lack of doubt that male circumcision is a legitimate practice, the papers largely address common misunderstandings about the Islamic ruling in the case of daughters. .../...
Title
Year
1995 Order Number    11500421 ISBN-13
 9789241544757
Price
CHF 32,00  / US$ 38,40 Developing countries    CHF 22,40
English
Presents guidelines for the community-based distribution of contraceptives as a strategy for helping countries to achieve their family planning goals. Addressed to programme managers, the book draws on successful experiences from around the world to show how community-based services can provide information and distribute temporary contraceptive methods, such as the pill and barrier methods. .../...
Title
Year
1995 Order Number    11500418 ISBN-13
 9789241544696
Price
CHF 35,00  / US$ 42,00 Developing countries    CHF 24,50
English
Sets out guidelines that can help reduce the high levels of maternal morbidity and mortality associated with abortion, whether spontaneous or induced. Recommendations and advice are backed by extensive practical experience and rooted in the principle that emergency care for the complications of abortion should be available 24 hours a day in every health care system. .../...
Title
Year
1992 Order Number    18200007 ISBN-13
 9789241544412
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
A dictionary providing a single recommended name, concise definition, and list of synonyms for diseases of the female genital system. The nomenclature is restricted to pathological entities and excludes disorders of sexual differentiation and involvement of the female genital tract in systemic diseases, which are covered in other volumes of this series. The book has seven main chapters. .../...
Title
Year
1992 Order Number    18200008 ISBN-13
 9789241544238
Price
CHF 23,00  / US$ 27,60 Developing countries    CHF 16,10
English
A dictionary providing a single recommended name, concise definition, and list of synonyms for diseases of the female genital system. The nomenclature is restricted to pathological entities and excludes disorders of sexual differentiation and involvement of the female genital tract in systemic diseases, which are covered in other volumes of this series. The book has seven main chapters. .../...
Title
Year
1979 Order Number    17200021 ISBN-13
 9789283212218
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
Summary unavailable.
Title
Year
1974 Order Number    17200006 ISBN-13
 9789283212065
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 30,00
English
Summary unavailable.
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