Today?s adolescents and youth face substantial physical, social, legal, and economic barriers to meeting their SRH …, and appropriate health services. The impact that these factors have on adolescent health and development is clearly seen … to education, basic health information, and SRH services, contributing to a lack of awareness and knowledge about SRH and …

spend for education of their children, for treatment of common and chronic diseases among their members, and for securing … medical services related to pregnancy and childbirth? What is the extent of household indebtedness in Kerala? At what cost …

-specific, this difference will be shown to be driven by birth planning; children born in auspicious years are more likely to have …

facilities reported having secluded or restrained youth in the previous year; 34 percent of these facilities reported that …, following such incidents, they always debrief the youth, family, and staff; notify the attending physician; and record the …

children, the future labour force, and thereby heighten the economic task of addressing the aging problem. A nationwide time … offs between infant health and development and full time maternal employment in the early months of life. Time is an … human capital through unpaid work bearing and raising children. Current retirement income policies disadvantage and …

The paper discusses the poor health statistics for children in the age group of 11-19. The main reasons for … deteriorating health are identified as reduction in cost of food products, lack of physical education and junk-food marketing. The … paper also brings out the importance of having a healthy media environment which develops health and nutrition awareness …

Reviews the levels, the trends, and the factors pertaining to adolescent pregnancy and childbirth in sub- Saharan …

goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty reduction. Gender equality and women's empowerment are important … determinants of reproductive health. While fertility and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) are evenly distributed, wide gaps in … access to maternal health services remain. Bangladesh will need to focus on increasing political commitment to adolescent …

gap requires attention. Maldives has made great progress in improving maternal health and has achieved MDG. The total …. Skilled birth attendance is high at 95 percent. Access to maternal health services is fairly equitable by residence and wealth … rise. Maldives has initiated a number of interventions to increase adolescents? needs for sexual and reproductive health …