Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

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.

The first book devoted to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) which is at once authoritative, accessible and presented both thematically and with a place-specific focus Contextualizes the importance of SRHR within core global agendas, notably universal healthcare/health coverage and sustainable development Examines the myriad and contentious gender issues, including political priorities and power relations, challenges to cultural norms, and other social determinants that are crucial in assessing present failures and stubborn obstacles to the achievement of sustainable development in countries across sub-Saharan Africa

Autorentext

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).

Inhalt
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.