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The Pop Reporter®

Volume 1, Number 25
24 September 2001

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FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

Swaziland: Five Year Sex Ban Imposed for Young Women

French Court Awards Compensation to Disabled Girl Bringing 'Wrongful Birth' Case Because Mother Not Told of Fetal Anomalies

Libya AIDS Trial Verdict Put Off

United States: Lawsuit Filed for HIV-Positive Teen

FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH

Current Perspectives on Oral Contraceptive Use

Reproductive Health-seeking by Married Adolescent Girls in Maharashtra, India

Sexual Behaviour and Contraceptive Use Among Unmarried, Young Women Migrant Workers in Five Cities in China

FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEWS

Nicaragua: UNFPA Signs Agreement To Promote Reproductive Rights

Pakistan: UNFPA To Fund $3.4 Million In Family Health Projects

Men Should Attend Antenatal Visits to Receive HIV Counseling, Lancet Letter Says

HIV / AIDS RESEARCH

Diaphragm, Microbicide Proposed As HIV Barrier

'Invisible Condom' May Prevent HIV and Herpes

HIV / AIDS NEWS

Drug Firms Say Easing Patent Restrictions Could Hurt Research

Nigeria: Government to Spend Billions for HIV/AIDS Anti-Retroviral Drugs

Kenya: We Cannot Afford AIDS Drugs

AIDS Now Thailand's Number One Cause of Death

Italy's Probe of HIV-Infected Transfusions Reopens

Kenya: Task Force Says HIV/AIDS a "National Disaster"

South Africa: Activists Urge Government to Declare AIDS National Emergency

Mbeki Plays Down AIDS and Orders a Rethink on Spending

AIDS Expected to Claim 10 Million Southern Africans By 2015

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

Cervical Length, As Determined by Internal Sonogram, Linked to Premature Delivery

Simple Measures Could Save "Millions" of Newborns

Hepatitis B Imunization in Postpartum Women

POPULATION

Commentary Urges U.N. To Correct "Misconception"

World's Ageing Population Could Lead to Permanent Recession

POPULATION RESEARCH

On the Impossibility of Inferring Cohort Fertility Measures from Period Fertility Measures

WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH

Infectious Diseases and Women's Health: Link to Social and Economic Development

Oral Contraceptive Use in Perimenopause

YOUTH NEWS

Teens Prefer Buying Condoms to Freebies

Early Gynecological Exams for Teens Can Improve Later Health, Many Doctors Say

Interparliamentary Union: Meeting Ends With Call To Protect Children

Uganda: Making a Difference for Children Affected by AIDS

YOUTH RESEARCH

Medicine in Developing Countries: HIV Infection in Children

Views of Chinese Parents on the Provision of Contraception Services to Unmarried Youth

Sexual Initiation and Childbearing Among Adolescent Girls in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

PROFILES/SPECIAL REPORTS

The State of the World's Children 2002
"The State of the World's Children 2002" is about the leadership that was needed to turn commitments made at the 1990 World Summit for Children into actions that improved the lives of children and families. It is also about the leadership that is necessary now and into the future in order to ensure the right of every child to live in peace, health and dignity. Presenting models of leadership from individuals and agencies, organizations and alliances, the report spotlights the 'Say Yes for Children' campaign (http://www.unicef.org/say_yes/) and the UN Special Session on Children.

CIA World Factbook 2001 Now Available
The World Factbook 2001 is now available on the Central Intelligence Agency Web site. New information includes a subcategory on HIV/AIDS, which provides HIV/AIDS prevalence rates, number of people living with HIV/AIDS and the number of deaths due to AIDS-related complications.

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