TY - BOOK AU - Poku,Nana K. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa T2 - Global Research in Gender, Sexuality and Health, SN - 9789811585029 AV - HQ12-449 U1 - 305.3 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Singapore, Imprint: Palgrave Pivot KW - Gender identity KW - Social medicine KW - Medicine KW - Gender and Sexuality KW - Medical Sociology KW - Medicine/Public Health, general N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8502-9 ER -