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Volume 1, Number 12
25 June 2001
FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY
US Judge Condemns Health Plan for not Covering Contraception
South Africa: Koornhof's Condom Plan is "Premature"
FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Web of Sexual Contacts Puts Many at Risk for STDs
After Dipping in Recent Years, International Funding for African Condom Distribution May Increase
PPFA in Chicago Offers Emergency Contraception Online
Brazil Orders Two Million Female Condoms for Project Expansion
Exercise Plus Pill May Affect Bone Mass in Women
Poll: Women Want Contraceptive Coverage
International Family Planning Perspectives Free on CD-ROM
HIV / AIDS
Disagreements Over Language in HIV/AIDS Draft Declaration for U.N. Special Session
Research Sheds Light on How Anti-HIV Drugs Work
Anti-HIV Drugs Protect Exposed Healthcare Workers
Indian Drugmaker Offers 'Cheapest AIDS Drug in the World'
Shingles Outbreak Can Accompany HIV Treatment
Vigorous Leadership and Adequate Resources Prerequisites to Fighting HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS Says
Role of Hunger in AIDS Battle Highlighted
UN Anti-Aids Effort Enlists Coca-Cola to Curb Spread of Epidemic in Africa
HIV Cases In Russia Doubled In Last Five Months
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Breast Cancer Risk Minimized by Breastfeeding
Birth Defects Drop After Folic Acid Added to Food
Job-Related Fatigue During First Pregnancy May Cause Early Membrane Rupture
POPULATION
Sri Lankan Government Urges Larger Families
Caribbean Threatened With 10% Population Drop By 2011
The Media, Public Opinion and Population Assistance: Establishing the Link
WOMEN'S HEALTH
More than Half of Sexually Active U.S. Women Likely to be Infected with HPV Over Three-Year Period
UNIFEM Calls For Action Against Gender Inequality
Pregnancy and Hormones May be to Blame for Women's Higher Susceptibility to Autoimmune Diseases
YOUTH
Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescents Neglected
South African AIDS Orphans Struggle to Survive
Among Teenagers Treated For Chlamydia, Two-Year Reinfection Rate Nears 20%
Russian Youth Face Looming AIDS Crisis
Brighter Futures Program Prevents Unplanned Pregnancies Among Houston's 'At-Risk' Teens
PROFILES / SPECIAL REPORTS
UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS
Kaisernetwork.org, a service of the Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation, is webcasting live the entire UN
Special Session on HIV/AIDS this week (June 25-27).
Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT): Findings from
Africa 
This summary briefing compiles program experiences
with VCT in Africa, including research on VCT and
partner violence, designing VCT programs that are
youth friendly, and the role that VCT plays in preventing
mother-to-child-transmission of HIV.
ABC of AIDS: HIV Counseling and the Psychosocial Management
of Patients with HIV or AIDS
This article in the series on the basics on AIDS covers
HIV counseling, before and after patients are tested.
A discussion of what HIV counseling is, the aims of
counseling, when counseling is necessary, and psychological
responses to an HIV positive result follows.
AIDS at 20
"The plague that's killed 22 million isn't done with
us yet. While we hunt for a vaccine, people continue
to die." So begins this special report by Newsweek
to mark the 20th anniversary of the reporting of the
first AIDS cases. The Web site features interactive
pages on the spread of the disease worldwide and in
every state in the U.S. Articles include AIDS in Africa,
news on prevention and treatment efforts, and trends
to watch.
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