The following is a list of refugee reproductive health related publications authored by CDC's Division of Reproductive Health. These publications are only a few of the scientific and technical materials available. We recommend that you review abstracts of our reports and other publications by using the resources of the National Library of Medicine's PubMed service. PubMed is a searchable database that provides abstracts of biomedical articles and reports. You may also be able to obtain full text articles (some services may require subscriptions to view full text articles). If you are seeking less technical information, please use the National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus, which offers a wide range of information on diseases, disorders, treatments, drugs, and preventive services.

Bartlett LA. Mawji S. Whitehead S. Crouse C. Dalil S. Ionete D. Salama P. Afghan Maternal Mortality Study Team. Where giving birth is a forecast of death: maternal mortality in four districts of Afghanistan, 1999–2002. Lancet 2005;365(9462):864–870.

Hynes M., J. Ward, K. Robertson, C. Crouse. A Determination of the Prevalence of Gender Based Violence among Conflict-Affected Populations in East Timor. Disasters .2004;28(3):294–321.

Bartlett L, Purdin S, McGinn T. Forced migrants: turning rights into reproductive health. Lancet 2004;363:76–77.

L. I.  Bhatti, F. Serbanescu, P.W. Stupp, T.M. Durant, C. Crouse, G.S. Perry, S. Rahimova. Prevalence of Anemia Among Displaced and Nondisplaced Mothers and Children—Azerbaijan, 2001. MMWR 2004;53:610–614.

Hynes M. and B. Lopes-Cardozo. Sexual Violence against Women in Refugee Settings. Journal of Women’s Health and Gender-Based Medicine. 2000;9(8):819–23.

Collaborated in the writing and publication of Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: An Inter-agency Field Manual (Geneva: UNHCR, 1999).

Bartlett L., Jamieson D., Tila K., Sultana M., Wilson H., Duerr A. Maternal Mortality among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, 1999–2000. Lancet 2002;359.

Goodyear L., Hynes M. Integrating Reproductive Health into Emergency Response Assessments and Primary Health Care Programs. Journal of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 2002;16(4).

Hynes M., Sheik M., Wilson H., Spiegel P. Reproductive Health Indicators and Outcomes Among Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons in Postemergency Phase Camps. Journal of the American Medical Association 2002;288(5):595–603.

Jamieson D., Meikle S., Hillis S., Musako D., Mawji S., Duerr A. An Evaluation of Poor Pregnancy Outcomes Among Burundian Refugees in Tanzania. Journal of the American Medical Association 2000;283(3).

Kerimova J., Posner S., Brown Y., Hillis S., Meikle S., Duerr A. High Prevalence of Self-Reported Forced Sex among Internally Displaced Women in Azerbaijan. American Journal of Public Health 2003;93(7):1067–1070.

Posner S., Kerimova J., Schmidt J., Hillis S., Lewis J., Duerr A. Differences in Welfare and Access to Care Among Internally Displaced and Local Women: Seven Years After Relocation in Azerbaijan.  Journal of Refugee Studies 2002;15(3):296–303.

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