The document discusses women's sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa. It outlines high maternal mortality rates, low modern contraceptive use, high HIV prevalence disproportionately affecting women, and high rates of unsafe abortion and gender-based violence in the region. It also notes data and methodological challenges in studying these issues and proposes responses like integrating reproductive health services, prioritizing adolescents and unsafe abortion, and increasing domestic resource mobilization.