Publication

Essential Medicines for Reproductive Health:

Author: Jolene Beitz, Jane Hutchings, Dawn Bass and Michele Burns
No. of pages: 110
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: UNFPA, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization
Available languages: English

In addition to providing a list of essential reproductive health supplies, this guidebook outlines the steps necessary for including reproductive health medicines on country-level lists of essential medicines. It also highlights the consequences of poor reproductive health and the importance of devoting resources to its betterment and reviews the concept of essential medicines lists and their significance.