Within the framework of the
World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of
health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,
reproductive health, or
sexual health/
hygiene, addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system at all stages of life. Reproductive health implies that people are able to have a responsible, satisfying and
safer sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the
freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. One interpretation of this implies that men and women ought to be
informed of and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of
birth control; also access to appropriate
health care services of
sexual,
reproductive medicine and implementation of health education programs to stress the importance of
women to go safely through
pregnancy and
childbirth could provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant.