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The Pop Reporter®

Volume 1, Number 13
2 July 2001

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FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY

Family Planning Services Under Threat in Nepal

House Appropriations Subcommittee Rejects Global Democracy Promotion Act as Amendment to International Funding Bill

UK: Ban on Human Reproductive Cloning Demanded

FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Condom Use Decreases Risk of Herpes Simplex 2 Infection in Women, Study Says

Birth Control Pill Creator's Thoughts on Past, Future of Contraception Discussed in Economist

Nonoxynol-9 Rapidly Exfoliates Rectal Epithelium

Women Afraid to Say No to Unsafe Sex

Consequences of the Shift from Domiciliary Distribution To Site-Based Family Planning Services in Bangladesh

Bridging the Gap: Integrating Family Planning With Abortion Services in Turkey

Study Exposes Flaws in Family Planning Projects

HIV / AIDS

HIV/AIDS: Countries Call For Global Action As Special Session Closes

Epidemic May Lead To 40% GNP Drop In Some States

African Groups Disappointed by UN AIDS Declaration

UNIFEM Calls on World Leaders to Make Women's Role Central In Fight Against AIDS

Cuba: Community Pharmacy Tackles HIV/AIDS

Comprehensive AIDS Treatment Initiative Announced During UN Session on AIDS

AIDS and the Elderly

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

For Breech Births, Cesarean Section Poses Fewer Risks Than Vaginal Delivery

Factors Contributing to Low Birthweight May Also Mean Higher Risk for Heart Disease, Study Says

Characteristics of Mother, Child Linked to Postnatal HIV Transmission Risk

MEN'S HEALTH

A Clinical Review: Managing Testicular Cancer

POPULATION

Los Angeles Times Examines Shrinking Population in Japan

India: Leaders Consider Ways To Combat Female Feticide

The Need to Reduce Uganda's Birth Rate--Editorial

WOMEN'S HEALTH

The Gender Dimension of HIV/AIDS, Peace and Economic Security

High Bone Density Increases Risk of Breast Cancer

Randomised Trial of Cranberry-Lingonberry Juice and Lactobacillus GG Drink for the Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Women

YOUTH

Pop Stars and Teenagers Break Taboos to Fight AIDS

Teen Pregnancies Soar At Osire

Group's Report on Aids Orphans in Kenya Not Balanced

Timing of First Intercourse Among Malian Adolescents: Implications for Contraceptive Use

Hartford Schools Chief Introduces Plan to Distribute Contraceptives in Student Health Clinics

Youth Caucus Demands a Response From UN General Assembly

New Fact Sheets for Youth Advocacy

PROFILES / SPECIAL REPORTS

'Listening to the Children: Child Workers in the Shadow of AIDS'
"If I catch AIDS, it will be because this is what God wants. It is better to die of disease than starvation." For this young prostitute in Mozambique, and for thousands of other children in Eastern and southern Africa, the daily struggle for survival outweighs the risk of HIV/AIDS. Her views reflect the tough choices that children are making in the face of the epidemic to find food for themselves and their families. She is one of the child workers - prostitutes, domestic servants, street vendors, agricultural workers and labourers - who speak out in a new UNICEF report titled 'Listening to the Children: Child Workers in the Shadow of AIDS'.

A link to the full-text report is provided at the bottom of the page. (Note: You need Adobe Acrobat reader in order to access the UNICEF report.)

Living With AIDS - Mabeye's Story
The United Nations says Senegal leads Africa in combating AIDS on the continent and is one of only three nations worldwide to successfully contain the pandemic. In the week that the UN is holding its first ever Special Session on HIV/AIDS at headquarters in New York, allAfrica.com's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, focuses on Senegal with a series of special reports on the country's battle against HIV/AIDS.

Testing Positive

The Advantages of Knowing One's HIV Status

Prostitution - Frontline of a Nation's Battle Against AIDS

Waking Up to HIV/AIDS

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