Not just reproductive: a roundtable on addressing gynaecological health through the life course in South Asia
A roundtable on gynaecological health in South Asia engaged speakers from four countries to share insights on the current context, challenges and priorities for action in the region. Women’s gynaecological needs beyond maternal health are overlooked in most settings, with common ailments underdiagno...
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| description | A roundtable on gynaecological health in South Asia engaged speakers from four countries to share insights on the current context, challenges and priorities for action in the region. Women’s gynaecological needs beyond maternal health are overlooked in most settings, with common ailments underdiagnosed or untreated. While over-medicalisation and a lack of data and evidence are two common challenges, midwife-led programmes, investment in primary health care and nationwide data collection on gynaecological health are promising initiatives. The key priorities for evidence generation are to: understand gynaecological health and its interlinked determinants; examine impacts on quality of life; and design approaches that address women's health through the life course. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-39ab2588bf6d4d26a5ae393c5e06f1452025-08-20T03:36:18ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSexual and Reproductive Health Matters2641-03972025-12-0133110.1080/26410397.2025.2521031Not just reproductive: a roundtable on addressing gynaecological health through the life course in South AsiaSapna Desai0Kaosar Afsana1Neymat Chadha2Dipti Govil3Neha Mankani4Ramya Kumar5Senior Fellow, Population Council Institute, SAHELI Consortium, New Delhi, India. Correspondence:Professor, BRAC JPG School of Public Health, Dhaka, BangladeshResearch Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health India, SAHELI Consortium, New Delhi, IndiaAssistant Professor, International Institute for Population Sciences, SAHELI Consortium, MumbaiFounder, Mama Baby Fund, Karachi, PakistanSenior Lecturer, Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri LankaA roundtable on gynaecological health in South Asia engaged speakers from four countries to share insights on the current context, challenges and priorities for action in the region. Women’s gynaecological needs beyond maternal health are overlooked in most settings, with common ailments underdiagnosed or untreated. While over-medicalisation and a lack of data and evidence are two common challenges, midwife-led programmes, investment in primary health care and nationwide data collection on gynaecological health are promising initiatives. The key priorities for evidence generation are to: understand gynaecological health and its interlinked determinants; examine impacts on quality of life; and design approaches that address women's health through the life course.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26410397.2025.2521031women’s healthgynaecologySouth Asiasexual and reproductive healthlife course |
| spellingShingle | Sapna Desai Kaosar Afsana Neymat Chadha Dipti Govil Neha Mankani Ramya Kumar Not just reproductive: a roundtable on addressing gynaecological health through the life course in South Asia Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters women’s health gynaecology South Asia sexual and reproductive health life course |
| title | Not just reproductive: a roundtable on addressing gynaecological health through the life course in South Asia |
| title_full | Not just reproductive: a roundtable on addressing gynaecological health through the life course in South Asia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Not just reproductive: a roundtable on addressing gynaecological health through the life course in South Asia |
| title_short | Not just reproductive: a roundtable on addressing gynaecological health through the life course in South Asia |
| title_sort | not just reproductive a roundtable on addressing gynaecological health through the life course in south asia |
| topic | women’s health gynaecology South Asia sexual and reproductive health life course |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26410397.2025.2521031 |
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