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Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences
Physiological Society of Nigeria
ISSN: 0794-859X
Vol. 17, No. 1-2, 2002, pp. 1-8
Bioline Code: np02001
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences, Vol. 17, No. 1-2, 2002, pp. 1-8

 en REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES OF THE ADOLESCENT IN AFRICA: REVIEW AND COMMENTARY
E. D. NWOBODO

Abstract

There are yet many unmet reproductive health needs for the African adolescents despite the many reproductive health programmes which have been initiated in the last decade. It appears that the gains of the programmes are not yet being felt across the continent. In this era of HIV/AIDS and the peculiar reproductive health problems of the African youth, there is an increasing need to identify the critical issues and constraints. It is widely believed that much of the constraints are cultural. It is also believed that much of the required interventions will be social in nature. There are cultural constraints in programmes design and implementation, and in services acceptance, access and utilization. It is therefore important to identify the cultural value-foundations of some of the reproductive health issues and determine how to configure such issues in programmes and programmatic approaches.

Keywords
Reproductive health, Africans, Adolescent, Culture

 
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