
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nana K. Poku(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 4. February 2021
Book
Hardback
IX, 125 pages
978-981-15-8501-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a clear and detailed examination of why it is so difficult to secure comprehensive political engagement and actionable, effective policy on sexual and reproductive health rights in sub-Saharan Africa. In an engaging analysis, Nana Poku employs expert knowledge to examine the prospects for large-scale improvements. He explores not only the full range of normative sensitivities, but also conceptual misunderstandings, legal difficulties and complex challenges of securing and maintaining adequate funding while AIDS remains a pandemic in the region. Up-to-date, succinct yet highly detailed, lucid and compelling in its diagnoses of highly complex issues, this book is a valuable, accessible study of a topic that is regional in focus but with clear global implications.
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Series
Edition
2020 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 125 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-15-8501-2 (9789811585012)
DOI
10.1007/978-981-15-8502-9
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Person
Nana K. Poku is the Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and Executive Director of the Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD). He currently serves as the Principal Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General on Africa and his work on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is funded by Swedish International Development Corporation (SIDA). He was formerly Executive Director, United Nations Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (2003-5) and Director of Operational Research, World Bank AIDS Treatment Acceleration Programme (2004-6).
Content
Introduction: Sexual and reproductive health and the human condition.- Chapter 1: The principle of Sexual and Reproductive Health and why it is central to broad advancements in human health and development in sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 2: Sexual and reproductive health as rights.- Chapter 3: Sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: normative developments, contexts and issues.- Chapter 4: Challenges, Progress and Prospect.