Short Description: Adolescent Reproductive Health in Asia It is evident that the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents has emerged as an issue of great concern in Asia.
Content Inside: The reproductive health needs of adolescents have been largely ignored by the existing health services. Therefore, there is a need to provide such services and to undertake research in understanding adolescent sexual behaviour and reproductive health. Population Affairs Officer, Population and Rural and Urban Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. * Asia-Pacific Population Journal, December 2002 It is important to recognize the growing incidence of premarital sexual activity among adolescents, owing to the widening gap between age at menarche and age at marriage. As most acts of premarital sexual
Adolescent Reproductive Health in Asia
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