Reproductive Tract Infections: An Introductory Overview

Reproductive tract infections are being increasingly recognized as a serious global health problem with impact on individual women and men, their families and communities. They can have severe consequences, including infertility, ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, miscarriage, and increased risk of HIV transmission.

For effective prevention and management of RTIs, accurate information is necessary, and should be widely available. These factsheets, produced by the Population Council with support from the Ford Foundation, aim to present up-to-date information related to RTIs in a clear and accessible manner. They are designed for health promoters, program managers, and service providers – and
for anyone else involved in the dissemination of health information. In addition to this brief introduction to RTIs, there are 13 factsheets, addressing medical and social issues on a variety of topics related to RTIs.

This is a very comprehensive document discussing reproductive tract infections. It also includes a very useful reproductive tract infection factsheets.

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