Publications
Key publications
Country assessments (2020-2021)
Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the context of universal health coverage
Family planning: a global handbook for providers: evidence-based guidance developed through worldwide collaboration, 3rd ed (2018)
WHO encourages all national health systems and other organizations providing family planning to consider this new edition of the Global Handbook a key document to help ensure the quality and safety of family planning services.
Training matters: a framework for core competencies of sexuality educators (2017)
The German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Expert Group on Sexuality Education have collaborated to produce this guidance document, describing the competencies (attitudes, skills and knowledge) sexuality educators should possess or develop to appropriately educate others.
Improving the Quality of Care for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health in the WHO European Region (2017)
This regional framework proposes a quality improvement (QI) system that extends across the Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) continuum and all levels of care and aims to achieve ‘‘effective coverage’’, meaning high and equitable coverage of quality care for all1 in order to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity. It delineates activities to take place at regional, country and health facility levels.
Sexuality education policy briefs (2016-2017)
This series of policy briefs on sexuality education have been created in collaboration with the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) (a WHO collaborating centre for sexual and reproductive health) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, to clarify key issues associated with sexuality education.
Action Plan for Sexual and Reproductive Health: towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Europe – leaving no one behind (2016)
Action Plan and its resolution were adopted by the 66th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in September 2016. This comprehensive framework will support countries to ensure that people are achieving their full potential for sexual and reproductive health and well-being.
Good maternal nutrition. The best start in life (2016)
This publication has three parts. The overview and exploration of the national recommendations for nutrition, physical activity and weight gain during pregnancy are based on the results of a survey in which 51 of the 53 Member States in the WHO European Region took part.
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) fact sheet - Sexual health (2016)
This fact sheet presents highlights from the international report of the 2013/2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. HBSC, a WHO collaborative cross-national study, asks boys and girls aged 11, 13 and 15 years about their health and well-being, social environments and health behaviours every four years.
Entre Nous
The European magazine for sexual and reproductive health
