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The Pop Reporter®

Volume 1, Number 34
26 November 2001

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FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

UN Legal Committee Endorses Global Treaty To Ban Human Cloning

UK Legislation Planned to Outlaw Human Reproductive Cloning

Nun Told To Remove AIDS Posters by Archbishop

Call For U.S. Bishops To End Sterilization Ban at Catholic Controlled Hospitals

HIV Positive Health Worker Wins Injunction to Preserve Anonymity

Tanzania: Women Want Male Bar Attends Only to Curb HIV/Aids

FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH

The Performance of Social Marketing in Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable in AIDS Control Programmes

Unmet Need for Reproductive Health in India

The Impact of a Regional Family Planning Service Promotion Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence From Cameroon

The Persistence of a Service Delivery 'Culture': Findings from a Qualitative Study in Bangladesh

An Investigation of Condom Use by Frequency of Sex

Images of the Body and the Reproductive System among Men and Women Living in Shantytowns in Porto Alegre, Brazil

FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEWS

FDA Approves New Weekly Birth Control Patch

Rwanda: UNFPA Proposes $7 Million Reproductive Health Program

South Africa: Men Protest Rape of Baby Girls

HIV / AIDS RESEARCH

Plasma Membrane Rafts Play a Critical Role in HIV-1 Assembly and Release
Related News Article: Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Could Slow HIV Virus

HIV / AIDS NEWS

Global Fund Aimed at Fighting AIDS, Diseases Draws Ire

AIDS Prevention Work in Mozambique Stunted by Poverty, Taboo, 'Willful' Ignorance

'Naturally Occurring' Protein Fights Hidden HIV, Canadian Researchers Show

Ending Silence on China AIDS a Breakthrough

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH

JAMA Editorial: HIV and Infant Feeding: An Ongoing Challenge

Morbidity and Mortality in Breastfed and Formula-Fed Infants of HIV-1-Infected Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Related News Article: Researchers Endorse Formula For Infected Mothers

Unwanted Caesarean Sections Among Public and Private Patients in Brazil: Prospective Study

Maternal Zinc Supplements In Pregnancy Lower Risks Linked to Low Birth Weight

Safer Maternal Health in Rural Uttar Pradesh: Do Primary Health Services Contribute?

MEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH

Male Circumcision and Penis Enhancement in Southeast Asia: Matters of Pain and Pleasure

Including Expectant Fathers in Antenatal Education Programmes in Istanbul, Turkey

Male Circumcision as an HIV Control Strategy: Not a 'Natural Condom'

POPULATION NEWS

Population Trends and Challenges in the Middle East

Warm Welcome, Cool Welcome: Mapping Receptivity Toward Immigrants in the US

WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH

Long or Highly Irregular Menstrual Cycles as a Marker for Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Related News Article: Irregular Menstrual Periods Associated With Increased Risk of Diabetes

Many Women in Rural Gambia Have Reproductive Health Problems, but Few of Them Seek Treatment

Community-Based Survey on Female Genital Excision in Faranah District, Guinea

Alternative Study Designs for Research on Women's Gynaecological Morbidity in Developing Countries

WOMEN'S HEALTH NEWS

Scientists Testing Modified Smallpox Vaccine for Use in Preventing Cervical Cancer

Women's Health Advocates Ask U.S. Bishops to Lift Ban on Sterilizations at Catholic-Affiliated Hospitals

Prostitutes Hold Workshop in Mabushi

Many Chinese Women Report Physical, Sexual Abuse

YOUTH RESEARCH

Differences in Sexual Risk Behaviors Between College Students with Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Experience: Results from a National Survey
Related News Article: Less Than Half of Sexually Active U.S. College Students Use Condoms, Survey Says

YOUTH NEWS

HIV/AIDS: Chinese Childhood Infections Low, UNICEF Says

PROFILES / SPECIAL REPORTS

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America 2001 survey: "New Medicines in Development for AIDS"

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