Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)

We lead WHO’s work on sexual and reproductive health across the life course. This work includes HRP, the UN's Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction.

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3 July 2024

Departmental update

Vaccines to treat human papillomavirus could be a significant innovation in the fight against cervical cancer

16 May 2024

Departmental update

Sexual and reproductive health for all: 20 years of the Global Strategy

15 April 2024

Departmental update

Special programme on sexual and reproductive health reports on year of progress

12 April 2024

Departmental update

Challenging harmful masculinities and engaging men and boys in sexual and reproductive health

Events

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30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD30)

5 – 23 September 2024

Self-Care Month 2024

24 June – 24 July 2024

Family planning and Sexual and reproductive health priorities in the Asia-Pacific Region

20 June 2024 06:15 – 07:15 UTC Time

New Lancet Series: Maternal health in the perinatal period and beyond, Western Africa

3 June 2024 14:00 – 15:15 UTC Time

Opportunities

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13 June 2024

Expression of interest

HRP advisory bodies membership 2024

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Feature stories

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16 May 2024

Solutions through storytelling: addressing the leading cause of maternal deaths

9 April 2024

Nicole Lee: Survivor and advocate for ending violence against women with disabilities

28 September 2023

Widening access to quality abortion care from the grassroots up

4 July 2023

How self-care interventions are having an impact in Timor-Leste

Publications

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WHO preferred product characteristics for therapeutic HPV vaccines

Therapeutic vaccines for human papillomavirus (HPV) are currently in development and could be an important new tool in the fight against cervical cancer....

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Working for a brighter, healthier future

WHO has progressively strengthened its work for adolescent health, growing its portfolio of research, norms and standards, country support and advocacy,...

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Expert meeting on violence against women and disability

As part of the UN Women-WHO Joint Programme on Strengthening Methodologies and Measurement and Building National Capacities for Violence Against Women Data...

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Global strategy

Reproductive health strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets

Adopted by the 57th World Health Assembly in 2004, this strategy is intended for a broad audience of policy-makers within governments, international agencies,...

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