Exploring Contraceptive Service Delivery on the Thailand-Burma Border

Authors

  • Hayley Nicole Pelletier Current - University of British Columbia Previous - University of Ottawa

Keywords:

‘Contraceptives OR Contraception’, ‘Women’, ‘Myanmar OR Burma’, ‘Thailand OR Burma and Barrier’.

Abstract

Abstract

Historical tensions have been a predominant problem along the Thailand-Burma border for decades. As a result, women residing in the surrounding areas have received inadequate reproductive health care. This structured literature review aimed to answer the question ‘what barriers do women living along the Thailand-Burma border face when trying to access contraception?”. The findings demonstrated that women are facing five main barriers to access proper contraceptive methods, these are: legal, geographical, security, educational, and socio-demographic. The researcher concluded that work needs to be done on a local and global scale to improve the situation for women in the Thailand-Burma border.  

 

 



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Published

2017-06-21

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017)

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