The strategy shall have as a major goal the reduction of
women's
health
risks,
particularly
those
resulting
from
complications of pregnancy and childbirth as well as gender-
based violence. It shall remove all barriers interfering with
women's access to health services and information and protect
women from the impact of cultural practices and norms that
deny them of their full rights to health. It shall include
interventions aimed at the prevention and treatment of diseases
affecting women, as well as policies to provide and enable
cess to a full range of high quality and affordable health care
servicesS.
A. Comprehensive Health Services Access to the
following
programs and services shall be ensured:
1. Maternal care to include pre-natal services, delivery
and post-natal services to address pregnancy and infant
health and nutrition;
2. Promotion of breastfeeding and proper nutrition for
lactating mothers;
3. Responsible, ethical, legal, safe, and effective
methods of family planning;
4. Family and State collaboration in youth sexuality
education and health services without prejudice to the
primary right and duty of parents to educate their
children;
5. Prevention and management of reproductive tract
infections, including Sexually Transmitted Infections
(STIs), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS);
6. Prevention and management of reproductive tract
cancers such as breast and cervical cancers, and other
8ynecological conditions and disorders;
7.
Prevention
of abortion
and
pregnancy-related complications;
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management
of