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The Pop Reporter®

Volume 1, Number 8
29 May 2001

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Oral Contraceptive "Yasmin" Gets FDA Approval

Bangladesh: Nearly 54% Of Women Use Contraception

Vatican to prepare new book on sexuality and the family

Emergency Contraceptive via the Internet

HIV / AIDS

Powell Ends Tour with Pledge to Keep Africa High on US Agenda

Study: Breast-Feeding Ups Death Risk in HIV Mothers

WHO Defeats Proposals to Increase Access to Generic HIV/AIDS Drugs

Malawi's Army to Recruit Only HIV-Negative People

Funding 'Female-Controlled' HIV/STD Prevention Technology Research Key to Stemming HIV Among Women in Poor Countries

AIDS Vaccine Suspends Disease in Monkeys

African First Ladies Meet To Mobilize Resources

MATERNAL HEALTH

Pregnant Women in Developing Countries "May Safely Reduce Number of Prenatal Clinic Visits"

Uganda To Provide Free Drugs To Pregnant Women

Perineal massage in labor and prevention of perineal trauma: randomized controlled trial

Supreme Court: India must enforce ban on gender diagnostic test

POPULATION

21st Century Will Transform World Population

All-You-Can-Eat Economy Is Making The World Sick

Washington Post Reports on 'Skewed' Male-Female Ratio in China

Early Death Of Women Threatens African Populations

UNFPA Hampered by Lack of Accurate Population Data in Gambia

WOMEN'S HEALTH

WHO Assembly Adamant on Breastfeeding and Tobacco

YOUTH

Uganda: 40,000 Children Born with HIV Annually

Ghana: Community Urged to Focus More on Youth in AIDS Prevention

East Africa: Conference Examines Harmful Cultural Practices

UK government must double aid to tackle Africa's AIDS orphans crisis

UN Calls On Turkey To Investigate Domestic Violence

PROFILES / SPECIAL REPORTS

Population Reference Bureau Releases "2001 World Population Data Sheet"

Governing Our Cities - will people power work?
Five years on from the United Nations's City Summit in Istanbul, the global urban crisis has accelerated and many cities are still unable to provide even basic services to all their citizens. This report, published for the 2nd Summit in New York (June 6-8), assesses whether post-Istanbul urban strategies are succeeding.

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