Putting sexual and reproductive health on the agenda.

摘要

Today's Lancet sees the start of a series about sexual and reproductive health. The series is about neglect. It is about conditions for which simple, cheap, and effective interventions have existed for more than 50 years, but which are not available in many parts of the world because governments do not care enough. It is about issues that have been forgotten because the world thinks the problem has been solved or because the problem makes the world feel uncqmfortable. The series is about people's sexuality and the consequences of sexual intercourse. But it is also about politics and how politics can intrude into public health-with devastating effect.