Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Ethics, jurisprudence

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

 

Abortion law

• Africa
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Facts on Abortion in Africa [2016]
• Albania
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Albania
• Andorra
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Andorra
• Argentina
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • A replication of the Uruguayan model in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a public policy for reducing abortion-related maternal mortality [2016]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Health care providers’ opinions on abortion: a study for the implementation of the legal abortion public policy in the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina [2014]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Argentina
• Asia
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Facts on Abortion in Asia [2016]
• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • The abortion debate in Australia [2006]
    • Abortion and the law in Australia [2006]
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Towards comprehensive early abortion service delivery in high income countries: insights for improving universal access to abortion in Australia [2016]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Pregnant women with fetal abnormalities: the forgotten people in the abortion debate [2008]
    • Late-term abortion: what can be learned from Royal Women's Hospital v Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria? [2007]
    • Abortion: time to clarify Australia's confusing laws [2004]
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Framework for Terminations in New South Wales Public Health Organisations [2014]
  • Parliament of Australia
    • Abortion Law in Australia [1998]
  • Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents
    • Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 [2008]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Australia
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
    • Termination of pregnancy [2011]
• Austria
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Austria
• Bangladesh
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Menstrual Regulation and Unsafe Abortion in Bangladesh [2017]
    • Menstrual Regulation, Unsafe Abortion And Maternal Health in Bangladesh [2012]
  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
    • The Incidence of Menstrual Regulation Procedures And Abortion in Bangladesh, 2010 [2012]
• Belarus
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Belarus
• Belgium
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Belgium
• Bolivia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Bolivia
• Brazil
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Brazil
• Burkina Faso
  • Global Public Health
    • The politics of unsafe abortion in Burkina Faso: The interface of local norms and global public health practice [2014]
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology International
    • Social Determinants and Access to Induced Abortion in Burkina Faso: From Two Case Studies [2014]
• Canada
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • Medication Abortion in Canada: A Right-to-Health Perspective [2008]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Therapeutic abortion counseling and provision: Are Canadian family physicians opting out? [2016]
  • CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Medical abortion in Canada: behind the times [2014]
  • Government of Canada
    • Abortion: constitutional and legal developments (89-10E) [1998]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Canada
• Central America and the Caribbean
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Contribution of the Central American and Caribbean obstetrics and gynecology societies to the prevention of unsafe abortion in the region [2014]
• Chile
  • PLoS ONE
    • Women's Education Level, Maternal Health Facilities, Abortion Legislation and Maternal Deaths: A Natural Experiment in Chile from 1957 to 2007 [2012]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Chile
• China
  • Reproductive Health
    • Illegal births and legal abortions - the case of China [2005]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in China
• Colombia
  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
    • The Cost of Postabortion Care and Legal Abortion In Colombia [2013]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Colombia
• Cyprus
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Cyprus
• Czech Republic
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the Czech Republic
• Denmark
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Denmark
• Dominican Republic
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Ecuador
• El Salvador
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • Patient Privacy and Conflicting Legal and Ethical Obligations in El Salvador: Reporting of Unlawful Abortions [2006]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in El Salvador
• Estonia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Estonia
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Determinants of first and second trimester induced abortion - results from a cross-sectional study taken place 7 years after abortion law revisions in Ethiopia [2014]
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Induced Abortion and Postabortion Care in Ethiopia [2017]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Awareness of female students attending higher educational institutions toward legalization of safe abortion and associated factors, Harari Region, Eastern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study [2015]
• Europe
  • PLoS ONE
    • Divergent Trends in Abortion and Birth Control Practices in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine [2012]
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Abortion in Europe [2005]
• Finland
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Finland
• France
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in France
• Germany
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Germany
• Ghana
  • African Journal of Reproductive Health
    • Abortion care in Ghana: A critical review of the literature [2014]
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Stigmatized by association: challenges for abortion service providers in Ghana [2016]
  • Ghana Medical Journal
    • Overview of the Law and Availability of Abortion Services in Ghana [2006]
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Abortion in Ghana [2013]
  • Health Policy and Planning
    • The impact of Ghana’s R3M programme on the provision of safe abortions and postabortion care [2014]
• Greece
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Greece
• Guatemala
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Guatemala
• Guyana
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Guyana
• Hungary
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Hungary
• Iceland
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Iceland
• India
  • Global Health Action
    • The importance of considering the evidence in the MTP 2014 Amendment debate in India – unsubstantiated arguments should not impede improved access to safe abortion [2015]
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Abortion in India: A Literature Review [2014]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in India
• Indonesia
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Abortion in Indonesia [2008]
• International
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • International developments in abortion law from 1988 to 1998 [1999]
  • BMC Medical Ethics
    • Controversies and considerations regarding the termination of pregnancy for Foetal Anomalies in Islam [2014]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Provision of abortion by mid-level providers: international policy, practice and perspectives [2009]
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Facts on Induced Abortion Worldwide [2016]
  • International Family Planning Perspectives
    • Developments in Laws on Induced Abortion: 1998–2007 [2008]
  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
    • Legal Abortion Levels and Trends By Woman’s Age at Termination [2012]
    • Legal Abortion Worldwide in 2008: Levels and Recent Trends [2011]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Women’s Awareness and Knowledge of Abortion Laws: A Systematic Review [2016]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Reductions in Abortion-Related Mortality following Policy Reform: Evidence from Romania, South Africa and Bangladesh [2011]
  • United Nations
    • World Abortion Policies 2011 [2011]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion law
    • Abortion by country
• Iran
  • Journal of Medical Ethics
    • Therapeutic abortion in Islam: contemporary views of Muslim Shiite scholars and effect of recent Iranian legislation [2006]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Iran
• Ireland
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Ireland
• Israel
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Israel
• Italy
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Italy
• Japan
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Japan
• Kenya
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • The estimated incidence of induced abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study [2015]
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Kenya [2012]
  • Social Science & Medicine
    • ‘High profile health facilities can add to your trouble’: Women, stigma and un/safe abortion in Kenya [2015]
• Latin America
  • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
    • Human rights and the right to abortion in Latin America [2014]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Latin American women’s experiences with medical abortion in settings where abortion is legally restricted [2012]
• Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Facts on Abortion in Latin America And the Caribbean [2016]
• Malawi
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Abortion and Postabortion Care in Malawi [2017]
• Mexico
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • Decriminalization of abortion in Mexico City: The effects on women's reproductive rights [2013]
  • BMJ Open
    • Abortion legislation, maternal healthcare, fertility, female literacy, sanitation, violence against women and maternal deaths: a natural experiment in 32 Mexican states [2015]
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Facts on Induced Abortion in Mexico [2008]
  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
    • Incidence of Induced Abortion by Age and State, Mexico, 2009: New Estimates Using a Modified Methodology [2012]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Mexico
• Monaco
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Monaco
• Namibia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Namibia
• Nepal
  • BMC Women's Health
    • “I need to terminate this pregnancy even if it will take my life”: a qualitative study of the effect of being denied legal abortion on women’s lives in Nepal [2015]
  • Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities
    • Expanding Safe Abortion Access: Concerted Efforts Needed to Overcome Existing Barriers [2011]
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Nepal [2017]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Effects of Abortion Legalization in Nepal, 2001–2010 [2013]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Knowledge on legislation of abortion and experience of abortion among female youth in Nepal: A cross sectional study [2016]
    • Implementation of legal abortion in Nepal: a model for rapid scale-up of high-quality care [2012]
• Netherlands
  • Global Journal of Health Science
    • Termination of Pregnancy in Curaçao: Need for Improvement of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare [2012]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the Netherlands
• New Zealand
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in New Zealand
• Nicaragua
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Nicaragua
• Nigeria
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Abortion in Nigeria [2015]
    • Reducing Unsafe Abortion in Nigeria [2008]
  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
    • The Incidence of Abortion in Nigeria [2015]
• Norway
  • Ministry of Health and Care Services
    • The Abortion Act [2000]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Norway
• Pakistan
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Unsafe Abortion and Postabortion Care In Pakistan [2013]
    • Postabortion Care in Pakistan [2013]
    • Facts on Induced Abortion in Pakistan [2009]
• Panama
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Panama
• Papua New Guinea
  • PLoS ONE
    • Hospital Admission following Induced Abortion in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea – A Descriptive Study [2014]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Unsafe abortion requiring hospital admission in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea - a descriptive study of women’s and health care workers’ experiences [2015]
• Paraguay
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Paraguay
• Peru
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Peru
• Philippines
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in the Philippines: Context and Consequences [2013]
    • Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in the Philippines [2013]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the Philippines
• Poland
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Poland
• Portugal
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Portugal
• Romania
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Romania
• Russia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Russia
• Rwanda
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Rwanda [2013]
    • Abortion in Rwanda [2013]
• Saudi Arabia
  • Journal of Clinical Neonatology
    • Aborting a Malformed Fetus: A Debatable Issue in Saudi Arabia [2012]
• Senegal
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Abortion in Senegal [2015]
  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
    • Estimates of the Incidence of Induced Abortion And Consequences of Unsafe Abortion in Senegal [2015]
  • Social Science & Medicine
    • Rewriting abortion: deploying medical records in jurisdictional negotiation over a forbidden practice in Senegal [2014]
• Slovakia
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Slovakia
• South Africa
  • Medical History
    • ‘The Trial the World is Watching’: The 1972 Prosecution of Derk Crichton and James Watts, Abortion, and the Regulation of the Medical Profession in Apartheid South Africa [2014]
  • Reproductive Health
    • An exploratory study of what happens to women who are denied abortions in Cape Town, South Africa [2015]
    • Conscientious objection and its impact on abortion service provision in South Africa: a qualitative study [2014]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in South Africa
• South-East Asia
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Achievements of the FIGO Initiative for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences in South-Southeast Asia [2014]
  • WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
    • Mapping abortion policies, programmes and services in the South-East Asia Region [2013]
• Spain
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Spain
• Suriname
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Suriname
• Sweden
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Sweden
• Switzerland
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Switzerland
• Tanzania
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Unsafe Abortion in Tanzania: A Review of the Evidence [2013]
• Trinidad and Tobago
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
  • PLoS ONE
    • ‘This Is Real Misery’: Experiences of Women Denied Legal Abortion in Tunisia [2015]
• Turkey
  • British Journal of General Practice
    • Abortion in Turkey: women in rural areas and the law [2008]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Turkey
• Uganda
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • The Individual- and Household-Level Cost of Unsafe Abortion in Uganda [2017]
    • Abortion and Postabortion Care in Uganda [2017]
    • Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Uganda [2013]
  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
    • Documenting the Individual- and Household-Level Cost of Unsafe Abortion in Uganda [2013]
  • Reproductive Health
    • The discourses on induced abortion in Ugandan daily newspapers: a discourse analysis [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • British Medical Association
    • Abortion: BMA views on the law and ethics [2017]
  • Department of Health and Social Care
    • Guidance for doctors on compliance with the Abortion Act
    • Gender birth ratios statistics
    • Abortion: updated procedures for approval of independent providers
  • Journal of Medical Ethics
    • The regulatory cliff edge between contraception and abortion: the legal and moral significance of implantation [2015]
  • Legislation.gov.uk
    • Abortion Act 1967 [1967]
  • Medical History
    • “A Fifth Freedom” or “Hideous Atheistic Expediency”? The Medical Community and Abortion Law Reform in Scotland, c.1960–1975 [2006]
  • Medical Law Review
    • Risks, reasons and rights: the European convention on human rights and English abortion law [2015]
  • Royal College of Midwives
    • Abortion Statement [2016]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the United Kingdom
• Uruguay
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • The role of medical abortion in the implementation of the law on voluntary termination of pregnancy in Uruguay [2016]
    • From risk and harm reduction to decriminalizing abortion: The Uruguayan model for women’s rights [2016]
  • Reproductive Health Matters
    • Reform of abortion law in Uruguay: context, process and lessons learned [2016]
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Uruguay
• United States of America
  • AMA Journal of Ethics
    • Fetal Pain Legislation [2014]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • The Adolescent’s Right to Confidential Care When Considering Abortion [2017]
  • American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Decriminalization of Self-Induced Abortion [2017]
    • Increasing Access to Abortion [2014]
  • Center for Reproductive Rights
    • Abortion
  • Contraception
    • Change in abortion services after implementation of a restrictive law in Texas [2014]
  • Demography
    • The Effect of Anti-Abortion Legislation on Nineteenth Century Fertility [2014]
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • State Facts About Abortion [2017]
    • An Overview of Abortion Laws [2017]
    • United States Pregnancy
    • United States Abortion
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in the United States
• Venezuela
  • Wikipedia
    • Abortion in Venezuela
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • A global database of abortion laws, policies, health standards and guidelines [2017]
    • Safe abortion: Technical & policy guidance for health systems. Legal and policy considerations - Key messages [2015]
    • Global Abortion Policies Project
    • Global Abortion Policies Database
• Zambia
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • Unsafe Abortion in Zambia [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Induced abortion

Cloning, stem cells

• Australia
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • Stem Cell Treatments – A Quick Guide for Medical Practitioners [2013]
• Europe
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • Stem cells in reproductive medicine: ready for the patient? [2015]
• Germany
  • Nationaler Ethikrat
    • Stem cell research - new challenges for the ban on cloning and treatment of artificially created germ cells? [2014]
• India
  • Indian Council of Medical Research
    • National Guidelines for Stem Cell Research [2013]
• International
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Regulating the stem cell industry: needs and responsibilities [2017]
    • Biomedicine and international human rights law: in search of a global consensus [2002]
  • International Society for Stem Cell Research
    • Setting Global Standards for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation: The 2016 ISSCR Guidelines [2016]
    • Guidelines for stem cell research and clinical translation [2016]
• Italy
  • Stem Cell Research & Therapy
    • Stem cell therapy: from evidence-based medicine to emotion-based medicine? The long Italian way for a scientific regulation [2013]
• Malaysia
  • Medical Journal of Malaysia
    • Stem Cell Transplantation in Malaysia and Future Directions [2008]
• Pakistan
  • International Journal of Stem Cells
    • Stem Cell Research in Pakistan; Past, Present and Future [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Stem Cell Therapies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology [2013]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Neurology
    • Position statement regarding the use of embryonic and adult human stem cells in biomedical research -- American Academy of Neurology and American Neurological Association [2005]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) and Human Embryo Research [2012]
    • Human Embryo Research [2009]
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • Cloning
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Umbilical cord blood banking
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: reproductive techniques
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: obstetrics, gynecology

Ethics, jurisprudence: fetus, newborn

• Asia
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • Sex Imbalances at Birth [2012]
• Australia
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Perinatal care at the borderlines of viability: a consensus statement based on a NSW and ACT consensus workshop [2006]
  • Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
    • Perinatal care at the threshold of viability
  • Reproductive Health
    • Factors influencing the care provided for periviable babies in Australia: a narrative review [2015]
• Canada
  • BMC Research Notes
    • A transdisciplinary approach to the decision-making process in extreme prematurity [2014]
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Counselling and management for anticipated extremely preterm birth [2017]
    • Use of anencephalic newborns as organ donors [2016]
  • CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Sex ratios at birth after induced abortion [2016]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Investigation and management of non-immune fetal hydrops. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2013]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Management of the Mother / Fetus and Newborn Near the Threshold of Neonatal Viability (22 – 25 Completed Weeks) [2016]
• Europe
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • ESHRE Task Force on ethics and Law 20: sex selection for non-medical reasons [2013]
• International
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    • Operational guidelines on improving newborn health in refugee operations [2015]
• Iran
  • Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
    • Compilation of the neonatal palliative care clinical guideline in neonatal intensive care unit [2015]
• Nepal
  • Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities
    • Understanding Factors influencing Adverse sex ratios at birth and Exploring what works to achieve balance: The situation in Selected districts of Nepal [2015]
• Netherlands
  • Hippokratia
    • Involuntary euthanasia of severely ill newborns: is the Groningen Protocol really dangerous? [2014]
• Singapore
  • Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
    • Maternal and fetal best interests in day-to-day obstetrics [2011]
• Switzerland
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
    • Perinatal care at the limit of viability between 22 and 26 completed weeks of gestation in Switzerland. 2011 revision of the Swiss recommendations [2011]
• United Kingdom
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition
    • Babies born at the threshold of viability: changes in survival and workload over 20 years [2012]
  • British Association of Perinatal Medicine
    • The Management of Babies Born Extremely Preterm at less than 26 weeks of gestation: a Framework for Clinical Practice at the Time of Birth [2008]
  • Royal College of Nursing
    • Managing the disposal of pregnancy remains [2015]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Perinatal Management of Pregnant Women at the Threshold of Infant Viability [2014]
    • Registration of stillbirths and certification for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks of gestation [2005]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Noninitiation or Withdrawal of Intensive Care for High-Risk Newborns [2015]
    • Antenatal Counseling Regarding Resuscitation and Intensive Care Before 25 Weeks of Gestation [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Induced abortion
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: reproductive techniques
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: obstetrics, gynecology

Ethics, jurisprudence: HIV/AIDS

• Afghanistan
  • Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan
    • Building an Enabling Environment for Targeted HIV/AIDS Interventions: A Communication Strategy [2007]
    • Afghanistan National HIV Service Code of Ethics [2007]
• America
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Gender and HIV
• Australia
  • Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine
    • Sexual transmission of HIV and the law: an Australian medical consensus statement [2016]
    • Guide to Australian HIV Laws and Policies for Health Care Professionals [2012]
  • Department of Health Australia
    • National Guidelines for the Management of People with HIV Who Place Others at Risk [2008]
• Brazil
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Discrimination, stigma, and AIDS: a review of academic literature produced in Brazil (2005-2010) [2012]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • AIDS advocacy and intellectual property regulation in Brazil: information and influence [2014]
  • Social Science & Medicine
    • Strange Bedfellows: The Catholic Church and Brazilian National AIDS Program in the Response to HIV/AIDS in Brazil [2011]
• Burkina Faso
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • NGO-provided free HIV treatment and services in Burkina Faso: scarcity, therapeutic rationality and unfair process [2012]
• Canada
  • Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
    • Publications
  • Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology
    • Canadian consensus statement on HIV and its transmission in the context of criminal law [2014]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • The impact of criminalization of HIV non-disclosure on the healthcare engagement of women living with HIV in Canada: a comprehensive review of the evidence [2015]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Gender Inequities in Quality of Care among HIV-Positive Individuals Initiating Antiretroviral Treatment in British Columbia, Canada (2000–2010) [2014]
• Chad
  • Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
    • Access to antiretroviral treatment, issues of well-being and public health governance in Chad: what justifies the limited success of the universal access policy? [2013]
• China
  • PLoS ONE
    • Stigma against People Living with HIV/AIDS in China: Does the Route of Infection Matter? [2016]
• Cochrane
  • Cochrane Library
    • Interventions for improving employment outcomes for workers with HIV
• Eastern Mediterranean
  • WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
    • HIV basic knowledge and stigma reduction in health care settings: module 4. HIV care and psychosocial support [2015]
    • HIV basic knowledge and stigma reduction in health care settings: module 3. HIV testing and counselling and ethics [2015]
    • HIV basic knowledge and stigma reduction in health care settings: module 2. natural history and clinical aspects [2015]
    • HIV basic knowledge and stigma reduction in health care settings: module 1. HIV epidemiology, transmission and prevention [2015]
• Ethiopia
  • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
    • Promoting Gender Equity for HIV and Violence Prevention: Results From the PEPFAR Male Norms Initiative Evaluation in Ethiopia [2010]
• Europe
  • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
    • Evidence brief: Impact of stigma and discrimination on access to HIV services in Europe [2017]
    • Evidence brief: HIV and laws and policies in Europe [2017]
• Europe, Central Asia
  • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
    • Thematic report: HIV and migrants [2017]
• Ghana
  • Ghana AIDS Commission
    • National workplace HIV and AIDS policy [2012]
• India
  • Health Policy and Planning
    • Strategies for gender-equitable HIV services in rural India [2009]
• International
  • AIDS and Behavior
    • HIV Among Indigenous peoples: A Review of the Literature on HIV-Related Behaviour Since the Beginning of the Epidemic [2015]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • The ethics of feedback of HIV test results in population-based surveys of HIV infection [2013]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Lower Levels of Antiretroviral Therapy Enrollment Among Men with HIV Compared with Women — 12 Countries, 2002–2013 [2015]
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    • Gender, HIV and AIDS in Disaster Risk Reduction and Food Security Programmes [2012]
  • International Labour Organization
    • HIV/AIDS and the World of Work Branch
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Antiretroviral Therapy for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: A Call for Equity [2014]
  • UNAIDS: The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
    • Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention - Operational Guidelines [2013]
    • Ending overly broad criminalisation of HIV non-disclosure, exposure and transmission: Critical scientific, medical and legal considerations [2013]
    • Ethical considerations in biomedical HIV prevention trials [2012]
    • Eliminating stigma and discrimination
• Kenya
  • Health and Human Rights Journal
    • The HIV and AIDS Tribunal of Kenya: An Effective Mechanism for the Enforcement of HIV-related Human Rights? [2016]
• Latin America
  • PLoS ONE
    • Levels of Spending and Resource Allocation to HIV Programs and Services in Latin America and the Caribbean [2011]
• Lebanon
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • Ethical Considerations in HIV/AIDS Biobehavioral Surveys That Use Respondent-Driven Sampling: Illustrations From Lebanon [2009]
• Lesotho
  • AIDS Care
    • Socioeconomic determinants of stigmatization and HIV testing in Lesotho [2013]
• Low and middle-income countries
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Impact of community-based support services on antiretroviral treatment programme delivery and outcomes in resource-limited countries: a synthetic review [2012]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • HIV treatment and care in resource-constrained environments: challenges for the next decade [2012]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Significant association between perceived HIV related stigma and late presentation for HIV/AIDS care in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2017]
• Malawi
  • Global Health Action
    • Socio-economic inequity in HIV testing in Malawi [2016]
• Mozambique
  • SAHARA-J
    • Consensus on context-specific strategies for reducing the stigma of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Zambézia Province, Mozambique [2013]
• Nigeria
  • African Journal of Reproductive Health
    • HIV/AIDS - Related Stigma and Discrimination in Nigeria: Review of Research Studies and future directions for Prevention Strategies [2010]
  • AIDS Research and Treatment
    • HIV-Stigma in Nigeria: Review of Research Studies, Policies, and Programmes [2017]
  • PLoS ONE
    • HIV/AIDS Related Stigma and Discrimination against PLWHA in Nigerian Population [2015]
• Senegal
  • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
    • Potential Impact of Integrated Stigma Mitigation Interventions in Improving HIV/AIDS Service Delivery and Uptake for Key Populations in Senegal [2016]
• South Africa
  • BMC Medical Ethics
    • Informed consent for HIV cure research in South Africa: issues to consider [2015]
    • Enrolling adolescents in HIV vaccine trials: Reflections on legal complexities from South Africa [2007]
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • Equity in utilization of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected people in South Africa: a systematic review [2014]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • Finding solid ground: law enforcement, key populations and their health and rights in South Africa [2016]
  • South African Medical Research Council
    • Understanding Men's Health and Use of Violence: Interface of Rape and HIV In South Africa [2009]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • HIV Treatment Scale-Up and HIV-Related Stigma in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Longitudinal Cross-Country Analysis [2015]
  • BMC International Health and Human Rights
    • HIV testing and care in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda: ethics on the ground [2013]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Rethinking HIV exceptionalism: the ethics of opt-out HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa [2010]
• Thailand
  • PLoS ONE
    • Improving Ethical and Participatory Practice for Marginalized Populations in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials: Lessons from Thailand [2014]
• United States of America
  • American Journal of Public Health
    • Criminalization of HIV Transmission and Exposure: Research and Policy Agenda [2013]
  • BMC Medical Ethics
    • Perspectives on the ethical concerns and justifications of the 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV testing: HIV screening policy changes [2013]
  • CDC HIV/AIDS
    • HIV and the Law
  • Virulence
    • Tracking linkage to HIV care for former prisoners: a public health priority [2012]
• Vietnam
  • Global Public Health
    • Social science research of HIV in Vietnam: A critical review and future directions [2013]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Social, public health, human rights, ethical and legal implications of misdiagnosis of HIV status [2016]
    • WHO/UNAIDS consultation on the ethics of PrEP and early initiation of art for prevention [2013]
    • HIV prevention, treatment and care in prisons and other closed settings: A comprehensive package of interventions [2013]
    • Guiding principles on ethical issues in HIV surveillance [2013]
    • HIV/AIDS - stand up for human rights [2010]
    • Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes in the health sector: Tool to improve responsiveness to women’s needs [2009]
    • Guidance on ethics and equitable access to HIV treatment and care [2004]
    • Ensuring equitable access to antiretroviral treatment for women [2004]
    • Principles and practices: The implementation of ethical guidelines for research on HIV [2003]
    • Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS
    • Gender inequalities and HIV
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • HIV/AIDS

Ethics, jurisprudence: obstetrics, gynecology

• Africa
  • Globalization and Health
    • Community empowerment and involvement of female sex workers in targeted sexual and reproductive health interventions in Africa: a systematic review [2014]
• Australia
  • International Breastfeeding Journal
    • Breast milk donation after neonatal death in Australia: a report [2014]
  • Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
    • Female genital cosmetic surgery – A resource for general practitioners and other health professionals [2015]
• Canada
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Female genital cosmetic surgery. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2013]
• Croatia
  • Psychiatria Danubina
    • Reproductive rights of mentally retarded persons [2012]
• Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Global Health Action
    • Gender equity and sexual and reproductive health in Eastern and Southern Africa: a critical overview of the literature [2014]
• Egypt
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • Monitoring socioeconomic inequity in maternal health indicators in Egypt: 1995-2005 [2009]
• Europe
  • Reproductive Health
    • Discrimination against childbearing Romani women in maternity care in Europe: a mixed-methods systematic review [2017]
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Women's health in prisons : action guidance and checklists to review current policies and practices [2011]
    • How health systems can accelerate progress towards Millenium Development Goals 4 and 5 on child and maternal health by promoting gender equity : briefing on policy issues produced through the WHO/European Commission equity project [2010]
    • Checklist for assessing the gender responsiveness of sexual and reproductive health policies : pilot document for adaptation to national contexts [2010]
• India
  • Global Health Action
    • Inequity in India: the case of maternal and reproductive health [2013]
• International
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Sexual and reproductive health and rights in emergencies [2016]
    • Defining disrespect and abuse of women in childbirth: a research, policy and rights agenda [2014]
    • Using human rights for sexual and reproductive health: improving legal and regulatory frameworks [2010]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Ethical Issues in Obstetrics and Gynecology [2015]
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation
    • IMAP statement on conscientious objection: refusal of care and professional conduct of reproductive health services in the context of legal restrictions [2016]
  • PLoS ONE
    • How Are Gender Equality and Human Rights Interventions Included in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes and Policies: A Systematic Review of Existing Research Foci and Gaps [2016]
  • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
    • Dialogues for Life: Training Facilitators in Dialogue-Based Behavior Change Communication for Reproductive Health [2007]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Virginity testing: a systematic review [2017]
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    • Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations [2011]
    • Inter-agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings: 2010 Revision for Field Review [2010]
    • Reproductive Health Guidelines
• Low and middle-income countries
  • BMC Public Health
    • What interventions are effective on reducing inequalities in maternal and child health in low- and middle-income settings? A systematic review [2014]
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Family planning, antenatal and delivery care: cross-sectional survey evidence on levels of coverage and inequalities by public and private sector in 57 low- and middle-income countries [2016]
• Nicaragua, El Salvador
  • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
    • Incorporating human rights into reproductive health care provider education programs in Nicaragua and El Salvador [2013]
• Norway
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • The consistency of experts' evaluation of obstetric claims for compensation [2014]
• Portugal
  • Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
    • Medico-legal litigation in Obstetrics: a characterization analysis of a decade in Portugal [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Obtaining Valid Consent to Participate in Perinatal Research Where Consent is Time Critical [2016]
    • Obtaining Valid Consent [2015]
    • Joint RCOG/BritSPAG release: Issues surrounding women and girls undergoing female genital cosmetic surgery explored [2013]
    • Obtaining Valid Consent to Participate in Research While in Labour [2010]
    • Obtaining Valid Consent for Complex Gynaecological Surgery [2010]
    • Responsibility of Consultant On-call [2009]
• United States of America
  • American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Importance of Social Determinants of Health and Cultural Awareness in the Delivery of Reproductive Health Care [2018]
    • Employment Considerations During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period [2018]
    • Restrictions to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care [2016]
    • Refusal of Medically Recommended Treatment During Pregnancy [2016]
    • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obstetrics and Gynecology [2015]
    • Ethical Issues with Vaccination for the Obstetrician–Gynecologist [2013]
• Vietnam
  • BMC Public Health
    • Causes and determinants of inequity in maternal and child health in Vietnam [2012]
• Western Pacific
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Gender and Rights in Reproductive and Maternal Health: Manual for a Learning Workshop [2009]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Statement on the promotion, protection and fulfilment of sexual and reproductive health and rights [2017]
    • Prevention and elimination of disrespect and abuse during childbirth [2015]
    • Sexual and reproductive health during protracted crises and recovery [2011]
    • Sexual and reproductive health core competencies in primary care: attitudes, knowledge, ethics, human rights, leadership, management, teamwork, community work, education, counselling, clinical settings, service, provision [2011]
    • WHO's strategic vision in sexual and reproductive health and rights: business plan 2010-2015 [2010]
    • Policy approaches to engaging men and boys in achieving gender equality and health equity [2010]
    • Evaluation of the WHO training initiative: transforming health systems: gender and rights in reproductive health 1997-2007 [2010]
    • Strategy for integrating gender analysis and actions into the work of WHO [2009]
    • Women’s health and human rights: monitoring the implementation of CEDAW [2007]
    • Gender analysis in health - A review of selected tools [2002]
    • Advancing Safe Motherhood through Human Rights [2001]
    • Considerations for formulating reproductive health laws [2000]
    • Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
    • Gender and reproductive rights
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sterilization
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Induced abortion
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: reproductive techniques
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: fetus, newborn
    • Cloning, stem cells
    • Adolescence

Ethics, jurisprudence: reproductive techniques

• Australia
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
    • Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research (2017) [2017]
    • NHMRC Embryo Research Licensing Committee Information Kit [2008]
  • SA Health
    • Assisted reproductive treatment providers
• Brazil
  • JBRA Assisted Reproduction
    • Assisted Conception Services and Regulation within the Brazilian Context [2015]
• Canada
  • Human Reproduction
    • Assisted reproduction involving gestational surrogacy: an analysis of the medical, psychosocial and legal issues: experience from a large surrogacy program [2014]
• Europe
  • BioMed Research International
    • The Evolution of Legislation in the Field of Medically Assisted Reproduction and Embryo Stem Cell Research in European Union Members [2014]
  • European Society of Human Genetics
    • Current issues in medically assisted reproduction and genetics in Europe: research, clinical practice, ethics, legal issues and policy [2013]
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 21: genetic screening of gamete donors: ethical issues [2014]
    • Intrafamilial medically assisted reproduction [2011]
    • ESHRE's good practice guide for cross-border reproductive care for centers and practitioners [2011]
    • Lifestyle-related factors and access to medically assisted reproduction [2010]
    • ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 12: Oocyte donation for non-reproductive purposes [2007]
    • Statements by the Task Force Ethics and Law
• India
  • Indian Council of Medical Research
    • National Guidelines for Accreditation, Supervision & Regulation of ART Clinics in India [2005]
  • Indian Journal of Public Health
    • Surrogacy and women's right to health in India: Issues and perspective [2013]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Joint statement by FIGO and ESHRE on 'Surrogacy in India' [2013]
  • Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences
    • Postmortem sperm retrieval in context of developing countries of Indian subcontinent [2016]
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare India
    • The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Rules - 2010 [2010]
• Iran
  • Archives of Iranian Medicine
    • Bioethics in Iran: Legislation as the main problem [2002]
  • Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine
    • Using fertile couples as embryo donors: An ethical dilemma [2014]
  • Journal of Reproduction & Infertility
    • Embryo Donation in Iranian Legal System: A Critical Review [2015]
• Ireland
  • Health Research Policy and Systems
    • The evolution of health policy guidelines for assisted reproduction in the Republic of Ireland, 2004-2009 [2011]
• Israel, Austria
  • Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
    • Patterns of globalized reproduction: Egg cells regulation in Israel and Austria [2012]
• Italy
  • Journal of Public Health Research
    • Medically Assisted Procreation and Fast-Moving Developments in Science and Law: Ethical and Legal Issues in Heterologous Procreation in Italy [2015]
• New Zealand
  • Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology
    • Advice to the Minister of Health about informed consent and assisted reproductive technology [2016]
    • Informed Consent: Clinic policies, rules and processes [2015]
    • Risk Acceptability Framework used by ACART [2013]
    • Guidelines on Surrogacy Arrangements involving Assisted Reproductive Procedures [2013]
    • Guidelines on Donation of Eggs or Sperm between Certain Family Members [2013]
    • Advice on applications that fall under more than one of the guidelines issued by the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology [2013]
    • Guidelines on Extending the Storage Period of Gametes and Embryos [2012]
    • Ethical framework for ACART [2012]
    • Guidelines on the Creation and Use, for Reproductive Purposes, of an Embryo created from Donated Eggs in conjunction with Donated Sperm [2010]
    • Advice Issued About an Embryo Donation Case [2010]
    • Guidelines on Embryo Donation for Reproductive Purposes [2008]
    • Committee advice on Embryo Splitting [2008]
    • Guidelines for Research on Gametes and Non-viable Embryos [2005]
    • Guidelines on the Use, Storage and Disposal of Sperm from a Deceased Man [2000]
    • Publications and resources
  • Ministry of Health New Zealand
    • Informed Consent and Assisted Reproductive Technology: Proposed advice to the Minister of Health: Consultation document [2015]
• Nigeria
  • Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
    • Ethical issues in newer assisted reproductive technologies: A view from Nigeria [2015]
• Singapore
  • Bioethics Advisory Committee
    • Donation of Human Eggs for Research [2008]
    • Oocyte Procurement for Research [2007]
    • Oocyte Donation - Clinical and Scientific Aspects [2007]
  • Singapore Medical Journal
    • Application of legal principles and medical ethics: multifetal pregnancy and fetal reduction [2014]
• Turkey
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Opportunities for reproductive tourism: cost and quality advantages of Turkey in the provision of in-vitro Fertilization (IVF) services [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • Department of Health and Social Care
    • Having a child through surrogacy
  • Human Reproduction
    • What can we learn from a decade of promoting safe embryo transfer practices? A comparative analysis of policies and outcomes in the UK and Australia, 2001–2010 [2013]
  • Legislation.gov.uk
    • The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 [2015]
• United States of America
  • American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction [2017]
    • Family Building Through Gestational Surrogacy [2016]
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Kamakahi vs ASRM and the future of compensation for human eggs [2015]
    • Creating and Selling Embryos for “Donation”: Ethical Challenges [2014]
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • Embryo Donation
    • Egg Donation
  • Journal of Reproductive Medicine
    • Egg Donation Brokers [2014]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Current practices and controversies in assisted reproduction [2002]
• Articles in journals
  • Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research
    • Debating Elective Single Embryo Transfer after in vitro Fertilization: A Plea for a Context-Sensitive Approach [2015]
  • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
    • Deficiencies in reporting results of lesbians and gays after donor intrauterine insemination and assisted reproductive technology treatments: a review of the first emerging studies [2015]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Preimplantation diagnosis
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: obstetrics, gynecology
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: fetus, newborn
    • Cloning, stem cells
    • Assisted reproductive techniques

Umbilical cord blood banking

• Australia
  • NSW Ministry of Health
    • Cord Blood - Public and Private Cord Blood Banking [2015]
• Europe
  • Haematologica
    • Family-directed umbilical cord blood banking [2011]
• Italy
  • Blood Transfusion
    • Informed consent for cord blood donation. A theoretical and empirical study [2011]
• Malaysia
  • Medical Journal of Malaysia
    • Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant – Will it Change the Medical Scenario in Malaysia? [2009]
• Mexico
  • BMC Medical Ethics
    • Ethical issues relating to the banking of umbilical cord blood in Mexico [2009]
• Morocco
  • Journal of Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
    • Umbilical Cord Blood Banking for Transplantation in Morocco: Problems and opportunities [2014]
• Republic of Korea
  • Korean Journal of Pediatrics
    • Clinical utilization of cord blood over human health: experience of stem cell transplantation and cell therapy using cord blood in Korea [2014]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Umbilical Cord Blood Banking [2006]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Cord Blood Banking for Potential Future Transplantation [2017]
  • American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Umbilical Cord Blood Banking [2015]
  • American Family Physician
    • Umbilical Cord Blood: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Cloning, stem cells