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The Pop Reporter®

Volume 1, Number 20
20 August 2001

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FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY

USAID Considering Asian Condom Manufacturers for International Supply; U.S. Condom Workers Could Lose Jobs

Australian Fertility Specialists Agree to Grant HIV-Positive Women Access to IVF

Arrests of AIDS Outreach Workers in India Trigger Activist Protests

FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

TURKEY: Demand For Contraceptives Jumps After Earthquakes

Failure of Medical Abortion May Be More Common in Very Early Pregnancy

Hormonal Markers of Susceptibility to Sexually Transmitted Infections: Are we Taking them Seriously?

DES Daughters Face Increased Infertility Risk

Using Photographs to Strengthen Family Planning Research

HIV/AIDS

Asia's Sex Industry Thwarts Prevention Efforts, WHO Warns

Central America To Coordinate Appeal For Cheaper Drugs

Updated Adolescent and Adult Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines Released

Human AIDS Vaccine Trials Due in March 2002

Over-The-Counter Lubricants Fight HIV in Lab Test

UNHCR Tackles HIV/AIDS in Refugee Camps

Private Investment in AIDS Vaccine Development: Obstacles and Solutions

US: Stigma, Misinformation About HIV/AIDS Common

Roche Expects New HIV Drug T-20 to Be Available by 2003

HIV Healthcare Access Limited in Central America

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

HONDURAS: UN Official Says Government Involved In Child Killings

Use of McRoberts' Position Aides in Many Deliveries, Study Says

Pregnant Smokers Who Quit Up Infant Survival

Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes in Populations Living Near Landfill Sites

Hong Kong to Begin Screening All Pregnant Women for HIV Next Month

Girl Twin May Determine Pregnancy Length

Maternal and Paternal Age at Delivery, Birth Order, and Risk of Childhood Onset Type 1 Diabetes: Population Based Cohort Study

POPULATION

Population Pressure in Lagos State

Pressure Rising on World's Fresh Water Supply

Mauritania: Population Tops 2.5 Million

WOMEN'S HEALTH

Sexual Violence Counsellors in Tanzanian Refugee Camps Under Threat

Lifetime Activity Cuts Breast Cancer Risk

"I'm Proud I Killed Her But I Am Ashamed She is My Sister"

YOUTH

BRAZIL: UNESCO Urges Country To Do More For Youth

AIDS Education Programme Launched for Kenyan Secondary School Students

Small Steps That Go a Long Way: Night School Changing Girls' Lives in Rajasthan, India

Fourth Session of the World Youth Forum Ends in Dakar: Youth Commit to Tackling HIV/AIDS, Other Challenges

Zimbabwe: Youth Waking Up to HIV/AIDS

PROFILES/SPECIAL REPORTS

Does Herpes Accelerate HIV Infection?
A possible synergy between HSV-2 and HIV/AIDS was first identified by the CDC in 1988 and supported throughout the 1990s by studies in the United States and abroad. Early in the epidemic, persistent herpes was one of the first signs of HIV infection. Today it's the most common STD among people with HIV and symptom outbreaks are two to four times more frequent (in this population). In addition, a person with herpes is more likely than someone without it to acquire HIV from unprotected sex with an infected partner. There are accumulating data to suggest a significant biological interaction between (herpes and HIV) that results in more efficient sexual transmission of HIV and an increased rate of HIV replication.

Promoting Breast-feeding in an Era of AIDS
Exclusive breast-feeding - a diet that does not include any other solid or liquid foods - is the ideal method of feeding during the first months of life. It offers optimal nutrition and a high level of protection against respiratory and digestive diseases in children, and a reduced risk of a new pregnancy for mothers. Until recently, no consensus had been reached on the optimal duration of exclusive breast-feeding. Now, new research has provided encouraging conclusions.

Correction to ABC of AIDS: Development of the Epidemic (appearing as a special report in The PopReporter (TM) Issue No. 7, 21 May 2001)

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