Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)
Including the Human Reproduction Special Programme (HRP)
About

Leading research in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)

The World Health Organization’s Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH) includes the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP). 

The Department and Special Programme provide leadership on matters critical to sexual and reproductive health through:

  • shaping the research agenda, and coordinating high-impact research;
  • setting norms and standards;
  • articulating an ethical and human-rights-based approach; and
  • supporting research capacity in low-income settings.

Journal articles 

Research results and knowledge synthesis are published in the scientific press. All articles are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY 3.0 IG0) and are freely available online. 

 

Current research projects

 

Project review panel

The panel provides scientific, technical, ethical and financial review of research projects under consideration by SRH. The type of research under consideration is not restricted to, but includes basic, biomedical, epidemiological, social science, operations, implementation, health systems and programme development research. 

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Research capacity strengthening

The HRP Alliance for Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS) is an initiative that brings together institutions conducting research in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in collaboration with WHO regional and country offices. The HRP Alliance fulfils a mandate of supporting research capacity strengthening in low- and lower-middle income countries.