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http://www.icrw.org/docs/ECSP_Focus_Greene.pdf

 

ICRW - International Center for Research on Women

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Poor Health, Poor Women: How Reproductive Health Affects Poverty

 

Does poor reproductive health prevent women from escaping poverty? Co-authors Margaret Greene of ICRW and Thomas Merrick of the World Bank found that poor reproductive health outcomes – early childbearing, maternal mortality/morbidity, and unintended/mistimed pregnancy – do have negative effects on overall health, and under certain circumstances, on education and household well-being. Their findings, published in a new Woodrow Wilson Center publication, help make the case that improving women’s reproductive health is an important factor to alleviating poverty.

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