discuss indicators of reproductive health in about 100 words
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WHO has shortlisted reproductive health indicators
TOTAL FERTILITY RATE, TFR
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE, CPR
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MMR
ANTENATAL CARE COVERAGE
PERCENT OF BIRTHS ATTENDED BY SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL
AVAILABILITY OF BASIC ESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CARE
AVAILABILITY OF COMPREHENSIVE OBSTERIC CARE
PERINATAL MORTALITY RATE , PMR
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVALENCE
POSITIVE SYPHILIS SEROLOGY PREVALENCE IN PREGNANT WOMAN
PREVALENCE OF ANAEMIA IN WOMEN
PREVALENCE OF INFERTILITY IN WOMEN
REPRODUCTIVE INCIDENCE OF URETHRITIS IN MEN
KNOWLEDGE OF HIV RELATED PREVENTION PRACTICES
The expert group working with WHO on this set of indicators recommends basing the calculation of contraceptive prevalence on all women of reproductive age, in contrast to the convention used by the DHS and RHS to report it for married women only ( or married and unmarried women separately.
