Open AccessStrategic assessment of reproductive health in the Dominican Republic
Author(s) -
Suellen Miller,
Arista Tejada,
P Murgueytio,
Juan Dı́az,
Rasha Dabash
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.31899/rh2002.1003
Subject(s) - reproductive health , agency (philosophy) , economic growth , political science , population , latin americans , strategic planning , family planning , welfare , social security , public administration , medicine , environmental health , business , sociology , social science , law , marketing , economics , research methodology
This report documents the findings of a strategic assessment of reproductive health in the Dominican Republic (DR), carried out by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (SESPAS) and the Dominican Social Security Institute with support from the Population Council’s Expanding Contraceptive Choice (ECC) program and its Latin American and Caribbean regional offices, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The USAID/DR has been working closely with SESPAS to understand the major reproductive health problems in the DR. To better assist SESPAS and to plan the country’s Reproductive Health Strategy for 2002–2007, USAID asked the Population Council’s ECC program to conduct a strategic assessment of reproductive health in the DR. This participatory study was designed to identify strengths, prioritize problems, and work with community, governmental, and nongovernmental stakeholders to develop recommendations for strategic interventions to improve reproductive health in the DR.