Voices of Mongolia.

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  • Author(s): Antarsh L
  • Source:
    AVSC news (Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception (U.S.)) [AVSC News] 1998 Summer; Vol. 36 (2), pp. 1, 6-7.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: The Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9114467 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print NLM ISO Abbreviation: AVSC News
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: New York, N.Y. : The Association, 1986-
    • Subject Terms:
      Adolescent* ; Attitude* ; Culture* ; Health Services Accessibility* ; Health Services Needs and Demand* ; Organizations* ; Reproductive Medicine* ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases* ; Transportation*; Age Factors ; Asia ; Behavior ; Demography ; Developing Countries ; Disease ; Economics ; Asia, Eastern ; Geography ; Health ; Infections ; Mongolia ; Organization and Administration ; Population ; Population Characteristics ; Psychology
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 137832. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00282131.
      Keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Attitude*; Behavior; Beliefs*; Cultural Background*; Culture; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Distance*; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Health; Infections; Mongolia; Needs*; Nongovernmental Organizations*; Obstacles*; Organization And Administration; Organizations; Population; Population Characteristics; Psychological Factors; Reproductive Health*; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Report*; Sexually Transmitted Diseases*; Transportation*; Youth*
      Note: TJ: AVSC NEWS
      Local Abstract: [PIP] Mongolia's rapid transformation in 1990 into a democratic, market economy republic, after 70 years of socialist rule, caused financial chaos from which the country is only recently recovering. Health care services deteriorated in the context of this economic crisis. The Mongolian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and AVSC jointly sent teams of experts into four parts of the country in March 1998 to assess the quality and availability of reproductive health services. Three Mongolian doctors and the author visited Uvs aimag (province) as part of the assessment, where they interviewed potential reproductive health care clients and their providers about what they need and want from the health care system. Long distances and transportation problems reaching available health care providers, myths and traditional attitudes about contraceptives which limit their use, inadequate access to reproductive health services and information among men and women, the absence of anesthesia for use during abortions, inadequate STD prevention and control, and poor or lacking publicly provided reproductive health care for adolescents are among the major problems found to be currently plaguing the delivery of reproductive health care in Mongolia. The findings of this assessment will be used by the UN Population Fund to design and fund a program to improve services in Mongolia. That program will be implemented by the government and carried out by AVSC.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20020926 Date Completed: 19990317 Latest Revision: 20221207
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      12294499