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035			_a(Sirsi) 9241561408
060			_aWP 630
110	2		_aWHO Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction.
245	0	0	_aResearch in human reproduction : _bbiennial report 1988-1989.
246	0		_aHRP biennial report : 1986-1987
260			_aGeneva : _bWorld Health Organization, _c1990.
300			_a191 p.
500			_aFrench version issued as document no. WHO/HRP/BRF88-89/91.
520	3		_aReports the main activities of the WHO Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction during the 1988-1989 biennium. Presented in a popular, non-technical style, the book serves as both an explanation of the many challenges facing research in human reproduction and an encouraging record of the way these challenges are being met through a coordinated international research effort. A brief overview of the Programmes objectives and methods of work is followed by five chapters explaining how these objectives are being pursued in a large number of research projects, including several major multinational trials launched during the biennium. Highlights include the publication of the first series of results from a large multicentre study on oral contraceptive use and cancer, the successful completion of the clinical development of two once-a-month injectables and the levonorgestrel-releasing vaginal ring, and significant progress in the development of a hormonal contraceptive for men and a birth-control vaccine for women. The report also records a number of research initiatives designed to determine whether conditions common in developing countries, such as iron-deficiency anaemia and infection with hepatitis B, may compromise the safety of contraceptives. A second group of chapters shows how the Programme is working to strengthen the research capabilities of developing countries, to assist in the transfer of new technologies, and to encourage the development of national self-reliance. The report concludes with brief information about the Programmes management, financing, staffing, and methods of collaboration with the international scientific community.
535			_aPrevious reports 1972-1985 in PC.HQ (HRP), 1986- in DC.HQ
546			_aeng fre.
561			_aWHO monograph
596			_a4
650	0	2	_aReproduction.
650	0	2	_aContraception.
650	0	2	_aInfertility.
650	0	2	_aResearch.
690			_aFamily Planning and Human Reproduction.
856			_uhttps://apps.who.int/iris/
008			930628s1990 1 0 eng
942			_2NLM _cMONOGRAPH
999			_c11232 _d11232