Means of implementation for Asia SDGs

health sector reform

Medical and surgical remedies in the last century has gradually mitigated the harm due to the complications inherent in pregnancy and delivery but many Asian countries are unable to stem the tide of this. Every day, thousands of women die from pregnancy and childbirth in Asia and the Pacific. 75% of these deaths are from complications directly associated with the process of pregnancy and childbirth, i.e. direct maternal death, such as from bleeding, hypertension-with-convulsion, infection, and unsafe abortion.

laws and policies

Monitoring government achievements and performance is a critical way of holding governments and development stakeholders accountable to international commitments. This is a strategy we have been implementing since our inception. One of the ways this is done is by monitoring the laws and policies of countries and their implementation. In many cases, although policies are in place, the implementation is non-existent or ineffective.

financing for development (FFD)/ funding for SRHR

Resource mobilization is a critical issue in the current discussions on the Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 development framework. Proposed goals should be adequately resourced in order to be achieved across all developing countries. Women’s health, with specific reference to SRHR has to be analysed in the context of current global economic landscape.

accountability

Poor reproductive health outcomes can also be a result of weak governance and lack of accountability in the health system. Health system governance has not received the adequate attention it deserves. It is imperative that there is a dire need to address the gap between health policy development and implementation.