Definition:

Ratio between (i) numerator: primary health care establishments that have implemented updated protocols on sexual and reproductive health care for men, with an intercultural and age-appropriate approach, and (ii) denominator: total number of primary health-care establishments. The indicator is expressed per 100 primary health care establishments.

Notes:

The very nature of primary care implies the existence of updated protocols for sexual health and reproductive health care for men. The incorporation of the intercultural approach into these protocols should be reviewed.

With regard to men, “UNFPA-supported initiatives emphasize men’s positive roles in sexual and reproductive health and rights. Various programmes target different groups of men —from husbands to fathers, from soldiers to religious leaders— to achieve different goals, from HIV prevention to greater male involvement in family life. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) engages boys and young men on gender issues and on sexual and reproductive health and rights, including thorough comprehensive sexuality education, to question stereotypes about masculinity and male risk-taking behaviour (especially sexual behaviour) and to promote their understanding of and support for women’s rights, especially reproductive rights, and gender equality.” For further details see https://www.engenderhealth.org/pubs/gender/gender-toolkit/toolkit.html.

The components on sexual and reproductive health services are likely to vary according to the standards of each country. The important thing is to assess the availability of contraceptives and sexual reproductive health-care services in the same facility.

Further information on the components of the provision of sexual and reproductive health services can be found in the glossary.

For more details on conceptual aspects see:

• Proposed indicators for the follow-up of the goals of the International Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean http://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/7159/S023185_es.pdf;jsessionid=A8F4DBD7895C48E9A4355F4259D8B904?sequence=1.
• National monitoring of achievements in terms of universal access to reproductive health http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44057/1/9789243596839_spa.pdf.