Objectives               

     To address within national health policies, plans and programmes, priority reproductive health problems with special emphasis on maternal and newborn health, family planning, prevention and management of abortion complications;

     To promote improvement of access to effective maternal and newborn care and fertility regulation services;

     To promote improvement of systems for monitoring maternal and newborn health services;

     To promote the implementation of evidence-based integrated cost-effective reproductive health interventions with a focus on maternal and newborn health within primary health care approach;

     To conduct operations research to generate best practices and evidence for addressing priority reproductive health problems.