Reproductive health is a means to sustainable development as well as a human right. Investments in reproductive health save and improve lives, slow the spread of HIV/AIDS and encourage gender equality. These in turn help to stabilize population growth and reduce poverty. Investments in reproductive health extend from the individual to the family, and from the family to the world.

Improving reproductive health is a broad strategy that includes programming in these key areas:

	Preventing HIV/AIDS
	Making Motherhood Safer
	Supporting Adolescents and Youth
	Promoting Gender Equality
	Assisting in Emergencies
	Securing Reproductive Health Supplies
	Preventing & Treating Fistula

This menu on the left address the main principles that cross-cut these more specific themes.

	Aceh Tsunami Survivors Need More Family Planning Supplies
	Sri Lankan Maternity Hospital Staff Copes With Crisis
	Survivors Give Birth Without Basic Necessities
	Luncheon Meeting to Launch the Reports of the UN Millennium Project
	UNFPA Welcomes Millennium Project's Emphasis on Critical Roles of Gender and Reproductive Health in Poverty Reduction; Urges Speedy Implementation of Recommendations
	UNFPA Ships Supplies to Ensure Safe Childbirth and Meet Women's Needs in Tsunami-Hit Countries

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