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The Pop Reporter®

Volume 1, Number 21
27 August 2001

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FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY

US State Department: New Policy on HIV in the Workplace

Medical Council Tackles Thailand's Abortion Law

France, Germany Submit Joint Request to United Nations to Ban Cloning Worldwide

ZIMBABWE: New Sex Law to Curb HIV-AIDS, Marital Rape

South African Government Sued for 'Refusing' to Provide HIV-Positive Pregnant Women With Access to Nevirapine

FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Contraceptive Dynamics in Guatemala: 1978-1998

Use of Copper Intrauterine Devices and the Risk of Tubal Infertility among Nulligravid Women

HIV/AIDS

ASIA: Condom Use Seems to be Reducing Number of New HIV/AIDS Cases

Rate of Decline in US AIDS Cases is Slowing

Brazil To Break Swiss Company's Drug Patent

GHANA: Government Plans to Manufacture HIV/AIDS Medicine

Asia's AIDS Efforts Need to Change Direction

Telephone Hotlines Provide HIV/AIDS Information in Africa

Up To 50,000 Chinese Infected Through Blood Donations

Infection In Schools Causes Crisis In Central African Republic

ANGOLA: Plans to Launch HIV/AIDS Testing Project

HIV / AIDS RESEARCH

Protection Against Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Vaginal Challenge Using Sabin Poliovirus Vectors

Risk of HIV Transmission Is Raised by High Viral Load, Presence of Genital Ulcers

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

NEPAL: 12 Women Die Daily In Childbirth, Report Says

In Kenya, the Risk of Poor Birth Outcomes Is Highest For a Woman's First Child

A First Pregnancy May Be Difficult to Achieve After Long-Term Use of an IUD

POPULATION

RUSSIA: Population Declining Faster Than Last Year

Population Explosion Affects Provision of Safe Water

SEX WORK

TANZANIA: Prostitutes Press for Legalization of Trade

WOMEN'S HEALTH

CAMBODIA: Illegal Sex Trade Valued at $511 Million

NEPAL: Government Holds Workshop on Trafficking; Will Name Rapporteur

British Doctors Alerted to Female Genital Mutilation

YOUTH

ERITREA: U.N. Peacekeepers Allegedly Involved in Child Prostitution

Child Trafficking: Panel Recommends Patrols in Mali, Cote d'Ivoire

International Paedophiles Flock to Asia Despite High-profile Arrests

PROFILES/SPECIAL REPORTS

WHO and UNAIDS Information Note: Effectiveness of Condoms in Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections Including HIV

Management of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Postpartum Period in the Presence of FGM. Report of a WHO Technical Consultation

Private Investment in AIDS Vaccine Development: Obstacles and Solutions

The Provider Perspective: Human After All
by James D. Shelton

For more than 20 years, the family planning and reproductive health field has promoted the understanding of the "user perspective." To have successful programs that serve clients well, we need a better understanding of the people being served. But what of providers? What is the human dimension of their overall lives, and how can we best enlist their help to improve access to services and the quality of programs?

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