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The Pop Reporter®

Volume 1, Number 10
11 June 2001

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FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY

'Global Gag Rule' Faces Legal Challenge

Satcher to Release Sexual Health 'Call-to-Action Report' By Month's End, Will Recommend 'Lifelong' Sex Ed

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Vaginal Ring as Effective as the Pill

Mutation Linked to Uterine Cancer Is Common

'Discovery Health' Special Reports on Manipulating Menstruation

Over-the-Counter Sale of the Morning-After Pills Given Go-Ahead in Belgium

Education on Emergency Contraception Leads Health Care Providers to Change Practices but Not Views, Study Says

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

Female Circumcision in Sudan: Future Prospects and Strategies for Eradication

HIV / AIDS

Nepal at the Precipice of a Major AIDS Crisis

UNAIDS Director Peter Piot Says HIV/AIDS Epidemic Still in the 'Early Stages'

HIV Present in Genital Tract Soon After Infection

AIDS Strikes Five Nations Hardest: UN Study

Americans Less Worried About AIDS, Survey Shows

A Gift From Pfizer
"The least developed countries, 49 at latest count, will have free access to a medicine that, tests have shown, is highly effective in treating a fungal infection related to AIDS."

Glaxo Offers AIDS Drugs to More Countries

Hyde Proposes Billion to Fight HIV/AIDS Globally

UNAIDS and UNIFEM Launch Initiative to Reduce HIV/AIDS Among Women and Girls

Thai Health Experts Call for "AIDS cure" Handout to be Banned

One in Five Pregnant Women in Mozambique have HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS III: Uganda Plans To Test Four More Vaccines

HIV/AIDS II: Colombia Has Fourth Highest Rate In Latin America

WFP Organises HIV/AIDS Awareness Training for Truck Drivers

MATERNAL HEALTH

WHO Statement: Effect of Breastfeeding on Mortality among HIV-Infected Women

Study Sheds Light on Mystery Behind Preeclampsia

Licorice-Eating Moms-To-Be May Give Birth Earlier

Oxygen Shortage at Birth Linked to Schizophrenia

June Issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology Addresses 'Prolonged Pregnancy,' Depression in Pregnant Minorities, Among Other Issues

Pregnancy Weight Gain and Postpartum Loss: Avoiding Obesity While Optimizing the Growth and Development of the Fetus

Characteristics of Mother, Child Linked to Postnatal HIV Transmission Risk

MEN'S HEALTH

In Sub-Saharan Africa, Circumcised Men Are Less Likely Than Uncircumcised Men to Become Infected with HIV

POPULATION

U.N. Says More People Live in Cities

HIV/AIDS May Cause Zero Population Growth In Zimbabwe

UN Population Fund and Rotary International Join Forces to Promote Development

QUALITY OF CARE

Monitoring Quality of Care in Family Planning Programs: A Comparison of Observations And Client Exit Interviews

YOUTH

Why Nigerian Adolescents Seek Abortion Rather than Contraception: Evidence from Focus-Group Discussions

Some Teens Clueless on Correct Condom Use

New UNICEF Report on Progress in Children's Rights

UN Calls For Youth Participation In National Policies

HV/AIDS 'Unraveling Decades of Gains' in Child Welfare, Annan States

Teens Take Different Approaches to 'Supercharged' World of Sex, Los Angeles Times Reports

PROFILES / SPECIAL REPORTS

President George W. Bush Sued by Center for Reproductive Law and Policy: Global Gag Rule Censors Free Speech of Americans
The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) is suing President George W. Bush for censoring the speech of Americans under the Global Gag Rule. CRLP v. Bush is the first lawsuit focusing on the limitations on free speech promoting abortion law reform under President Bush's Global Gag Rule.
Case summary of the challenge
The actual complaint filed
The attorneys challenging the rule
The State of the World's Cities Report 2001

From the Summary: A World of Cities
"With just under half of its population living in cities, the world is already urbanized. When measured in knowledge, attitude, aspiration, commercial sense, technology, travel and access to information, even most rural societies are, to one extent or another, woven into a global network of cities."

Clinical review: Antiretroviral Drugs
The clinical effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy has improved markedly over the last few years. Although the long term clinical efficacy of the current antiretroviral treatment regimens remains uncertain, the biological rationale for maintaining a clinical response has been established. Strategies to sustain suppression of viral replication in the long term will be necessary, and are discussed in this article.

South Africa Child AIDS Activist Mourned
Hundreds of mourners, many weeping uncontrollably, paid tribute Wednesday to Nkosi Johnson, who championed the rights of child AIDS victims before succumbing to the disease at age 12.

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