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Grenada
| Indicator |
Ca. 1994 |
Ca. 2004 |
| Total population |
95,945 |
101,300 |
| Average population growth rate |
NA |
2.0 |
| Total fertility rate |
3.3 |
2.5 |
| % births with skilled attendants |
99 |
99 |
| GNI per capita PPP US$ |
NA |
4,059 |
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| Mortality |
| Infant mortality per 1000 live births |
27.8 |
14.3 |
| Life expectancy males |
73 |
64 |
| Life expectancy females |
73 |
76 |
| Maternal mortality ratio NA NA |
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| Education |
| Primary enrollment (net) males |
NA |
8,350 |
| Primary enrollment (net) females |
NA |
7,424 |
| Secondary enrollment (net) males |
NA |
4,765 |
| Secondary enrollment (net) females |
NA |
5,935 |
| Reproductive health |
| Births per 1000 women aged 15-19 |
NA |
NA |
| Contraceptive prevalence – modern methods |
NA |
NA |
| HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-24) |
NA |
0.22 |
| HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-24) females |
NA |
NA |
Laws enacted
- Belem do Para Inter-American Convention on Violence against Women ratified, but no monitoring mechanisms in place
- Domestic Violence Act passed in 2001
- Draft National Gender Policy.
Policies Implemented
- National Health Plan makes provision for reproductive health, men, women and youth
- RH components already integrated prior to ICPD.
- National AIDS Programme launched in 1996; creation of an AIDS Unit within Ministry of Education (1996).
- Establishment of a ‘Men and Aids’ committee in 2001 to educate men on STDs, sexual health and advocate male responsibility; Grenada PPA provided training to boys in HIV/AIDS and STDs.
Partnerships established
Training of national police force; sexual abuse hotline and gender violence desk established; home for battered women established
Continuing challenges
- No legislative changes made, but National Health Plan makes provisions for women to be provided with appropriate RH care
- No government framework to deal with reproductive health matters.
- HFLE focuses on healthy living not specifically on RH.
- Access through the health centres; not specifically designed for adolescents.
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