Document Type : Review Article
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PhD Student of Reproductive Health, Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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a) Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran b) Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
10.22038/jmrh.2023.71201.2088
Abstract
Background & Aim: Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHRs) are required to provide women's health. To achieve these rights, health system support and the governmental legislations are needed. So, it was aimed to review the role of Iran's health system to support SRHRs.
Methods: This narrative review was conducted based on the Scale for the Assessment of Narrative Review Articles (SANRA). All studies which assessed the role of Iran's health system to support SRHRs were retrieved via searching Medline, Scopus, Science Direct, Web of Science and national databases of SID, IranMedex, and Magiran with MeSH terms and their Persian equivalent keywords till January 2023. The legal documents were also searched through the websites of the Ministry of Health and the Parliament of Islamic Republic of Iran.
Results: Out of 559 retrieved studies, 12 studies, one report, four booklets, six legal articles and three acts were included in the review. The results showed that the applied approaches by health system as well as the bills compiled by the Islamic Council of Iran through which the Ministry of Health is required to achieve SRHRs, have caused Iran's Ministry of Health to support nearly all SRHRs, especially the right to life and survival. But, there are also some shortcomings.
Conclusion: Iran's Ministry of Health had a substantial role in supporting SRHRs. However, some SRHRs are not provided completely by executive organizations. So, it is recommended to draw policy-makers’ attention to SRHRs as well as considering more executive guarantees for some legislations related to SRHRs.
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