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Reproductive Health
Research Working Group
(RHRWG)
Introduction
Pakistan lags behind most developing countries in women’s health.
We have the highest maternal mortality ratio and a sex ratio that is
unfavorable to women.
While poverty and a poorly functioning health system along with the
burden of high fertility to a large extent contributes to the poor
health status of the people in general, it affects women more
adversely because of the low status accorded to them. Women face a
number of constraints such as lack of mobility, decision making power,
and prohibitions against seeking care. Because of their poor health
status the ability of women to contribute positively in the over all
development of the country is also largely reduced and furthermore
there are huge adverse impacts on families.
Purpose of the group
The purpose of the Reproductive Health Research Working Group is to
enhance the knowledge base regarding reproductive health in Pakistan
and to ensure that research is inducted into policies pertaining to
improving the status of reproductive health.
More specifically the group has as its objectives the necessity
to:
- Enhance the reproductive health of the people of Pakistan by
expanding scientific knowledge in reproductive health,
- Work with other agencies and individuals to encourage
appropriate choice of research issues, valid priorities for research
funding, sound quality of research,
- Ensure wide dissemination of knowledge to other researchers,
policy makers, the reproductive health community and the general
public.
The group is responsible for:
- Establishing, and regularly updating, a specific reproductive
health agenda for Pakistan.
- Providing a forum for technical advice and discussion on
proposed and ongoing reproductive health research activities.
- Assisting in linking research priorities and institutions with
potential donors.
- Preparing and disseminating papers on the current state of
knowledge in specific area of reproductive health.
- Advocating for the appropriate utilization of reproductive
health research in designing and implementing reproductive health
programs
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