PFI: Integrate reproductive health with emergency responses
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On the occasion of World Population Day, Population Foundation of India (PFI) urged the government to integrate reproductive health into emergency responses.
“Even as India’s population efforts need to shift its focus from population stabilization to ensuring reproductive rights and empowering women, an important agenda at hand is to address the special needs of women and adolescent girls during human conflicts and natural disasters,” said Poonam Muttreja, executive director,
India is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world with significant proportion of its population living in areas vulnerable to natural hazards such as floods, cyclones, droughts, epidemic fire and earthquakes.
“Women have unique health concerns, from hygiene to life-threatening complications related to pregnancy and childbirth,” Muttreja said noting that in every disaster, women and kids are twice vulnerable than others.
“Even as India’s population efforts need to shift its focus from population stabilization to ensuring reproductive rights and empowering women, an important agenda at hand is to address the special needs of women and adolescent girls during human conflicts and natural disasters,” said Poonam Muttreja, executive director,
India is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world with significant proportion of its population living in areas vulnerable to natural hazards such as floods, cyclones, droughts, epidemic fire and earthquakes.
“Women have unique health concerns, from hygiene to life-threatening complications related to pregnancy and childbirth,” Muttreja said noting that in every disaster, women and kids are twice vulnerable than others.
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