Social accountability and sexual and reproductive health-implications for research and practice

Petrus S Steyn¹, Victoria Boydell², Sana Contractor^{3

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Affiliations

¹ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development of Sexual and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP Research), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. steynp@who.int.
² Institute of Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.
³ Centre for International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, University of Bergen Norway, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ COPASAH, New Delhi, India.
⁵ The George Institute for Global Health New Delhi, New Delhi, India.
⁶ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development of Sexual and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP Research), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Center for International Health, Department of Global Public Health & Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

Editorial

Petrus S Steyn et al. Int J Equity Health. 2024.

. 2024 Jan 8;21(Suppl 1):205.

doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-02081-4.

Petrus S Steyn¹, Victoria Boydell², Sana Contractor^{3

4

5}, Joanna Paula Cordero⁶, Ana Lorena Ruano⁷

¹ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development of Sexual and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP Research), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. steynp@who.int.
² Institute of Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.
³ Centre for International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, University of Bergen Norway, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ COPASAH, New Delhi, India.
⁵ The George Institute for Global Health New Delhi, New Delhi, India.
⁶ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development of Sexual and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP Research), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Center for International Health, Department of Global Public Health & Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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