ZAMBIA, July 7 -- TO improve access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, including family planning and safe abortions, Zambia is training health workers in values clarification and attitude transformation (VCAT).

Adolescents and young people often face barriers when seeking family planning services or safe abortions at health facilities.

These barriers can be rooted in stigma and discrimination, which foster disapproval and negative perceptions against people seeking or providing these services.

VCAT is a process that helps health workers understand their core values and how those influence their decisions and behaviours.

It involves examining ones own beliefs, attitudes and assumptions and using that understa...