Access to adolescent and youth culturally-sensitive and age-appropriate information, education and adolescent-friendly and responsive reproductive health services
Commitment description:Access for all adolescents and youth to culturally sensitive and age-appropriate, information, education and adolescent-friendly, quality and responsive reproductive health services as well as designated safe spaces in community hospitals and health centres within the legal and cultural context of Ghana to enable them make informed choices about their reproductive health, to adequately protect themselves from unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS, and to be able to transition safely and happily into responsible adulthood.
Mode of engagement:
- Programmatic actionAdolescent Reproductive Health Services
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.
