§ Jim DobbinTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development who conducted the recent study in Russia on the provision of reproductive health services funded by the Department for International Development; if there were independent assessors; what the results of the survey were; if she will place a full report in the Library; and what contraceptive and abortion facilities were made available to women who took part in the survey. [36246]
§ Clare ShortMy Department engaged John Snow International (LW' s Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health to undertake a review of literature on maternal health in Russia and the former Soviet Union from April 2000 to June 2001. The purpose of the project was to identify, review and summarise information that would form a basis for a future plan of action on maternal and reproductive health in the region. The reviewers made a number of recommendations on the development of Russian evidence-based guidelines on reproductive health. A copy of the project's final report will be placed in the Library of the House. The project did not assess reproductive health facilities in Russia or survey users of such facilities.