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The Pop Reporter®

Volume 1, Number 39
31 December 2001

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FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH

The Voluntary HIV-1 Counseling and Testing Efficacy Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Three Developing Countries

Noncompliance Among a Group of Women Using a Novel Method of Contraception

Effect of an STD/HIV Behavioral Intervention on Women's Use of the Female Condom

Reproductive Health for Communities in Crisis: UNFPA Emergency Response

Links to Spanish and French versions

FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEWS

Opinion: Condoms Not Answer, But Are the Only Solution Today

Imam Denounces Family Planning: Calls for Islamic Embargo On the Practice

Book Review: This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill

HIV / AIDS RESEARCH

HIV May Disrupt Ovulation, Menstrual Cycle

Needle Exchange to Prevent HIV Saves Money: Study

HIV / AIDS NEWS

Kenya: Blood Transfusion HIV/AIDS Free, Says DMS

Study Urges Care, Condoms for India's Prostitutes

Uganda: HIV/AIDS Becomes Drug Resistant

Brazil's Successful Anti-AIDS Efforts Set to Expand

Zambia's Tembo Promises Cheaper AIDS Drugs

G8 Must Move to Reverse the Slide in HIV/Aid to Africa -- Amoako

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH

Virus in Placenta Linked to Problems in Newborns

Study Links Air Pollutants to Heart Birth Defects

HIV Drug Combo May Be Risky in Early Pregnancy

Study Links Miscarriage History and Epilepsy Risk

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NEWS

Fast Facts on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

MEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH

Effect of Paternal Age on Human Sperm Chromosomes
Related news article: Sperm Anomalies May Increase with Age

MEN'S HEALTH NEWS

Quality of Life After Prostate Surgery Studied

Kenya: Seven Boys Die After Village Circumcision

POPULATION RESEARCH

Population, Environment and Development - The Concise Report

Links to the report in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish

WOMEN'S HEALTH NEWS

Medscape Editorial: Innovative Approaches to Cervical Cancer Prevention

FGM: Girl Who Was Refused Cut Threatens Suicide

Female Genital Mutilation Linked to Maternal Mortality

YOUTH RESEARCH

Defining Early Adolescent Childbearing

PROFILES / SPECIAL REPORTS

Spanish language version: "Meeting the Needs of Young Clients: A Guide to Providing Reproductive Health Services to Adolescents"
This 120-page handbook was developed to help service providers and health workers strengthen the reproductive health care and services offered to young women and men. It focuses primarily on preventing unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS. It also contains information on counseling young people about reproductive health, counseling victims of sexual violence or coercion, creating youth-friendly programs and creating a referral network. Some of the tools it offers are role plays on abstinence and condom negotiation, in-depth charts on contraceptive methods for adolescents and a chart on key issues to discuss regarding STIs. Copies of the handbook are available at no cost to developing country health programs.

Power in Sexual Relationships: An Opening Dialogue Among Reproductive Health Professionals
(you need Adobe Acrobat reader to access this article)
This report summarizes proceedings of a meeting among the international reproductive health community about power and its impact on reproductive and sexual health. Current challenges, program and policy interventions, research gaps, and recommendations for action are presented in the report.

Microbicides
This website provides general information on microbicides, and many links to microbicide-related websites, including conference updates, federal legislation, study results, international efforts, and clinical trials of various microbicides in research and development.

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