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European Network for the Prevention and Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices, in particular Female Genital Mutilation

The International Centre for Reproductive Health is one of the founding members of the European Network for the Prevention and Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices, in particular Female Genital Mutilation (EuroNet-FGM). EuroNet-FGM aims at eliminating harmful traditional practices by advocating for a better cooperation at European level, exchanging information and experiences and by supporting prevention activities and research at national and international level. EuroNet-FGM is a multi-agency structure for working across Europe.

Reproductive health indicators in the European Union (REPROSTAT)

The European Union (EU) Commission choose Reproductive Health (RH) as a Public Health priority project area for the year 2001, in the frame of the EUPHIN (European Union Public Health Information Network). REPROSTAT aims to provide health professionals, policy makers, researchers and health service user groups with RH indicators that they can use to monitor and evaluate RH and associated health care in the EU. This was a two years Project that started in September 2001 and finished in August 2003, and was part of the EU Health Monitoring Programme. REPROSTAT 2 (second phase), entitled ‘Assessing the usefulness of a comprehensive set of reproductive health indicators designed for the enlarged European Union, with particular emphasis on the reproductive health of adolescents and young adult’, started in July 2004. Among its objectives is to develop and pilot a youth reproductive health survey. REPROSTAT 2 is part of the Health Monitoring Program of the European Commission.