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Volume 1, Number 27
8 October 2001
FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW AND POLICY
Fertility Clinic to Allow Sex Selection
Philippine Population Commission Seeks Passage of Reproductive Health Act
US: Oregon starts 'names reporting' policy for HIV
Irish Prime Minister Presents Bill that Would Allow Abortions When Women's' Lives Are at Risk
Canadian Supreme Court to Hear 'Wrongful Birth' Case
Kenya: Government Considers Compelling Doctors to Name Aids Patients
The Netherlands: Prostitutes Set to Form Own Trade Union
Kenya: Abortion May Be Legalised
FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
Developing
a Scale for Measuring the Barriers to Condom Use in
Nigeria 
A Novel X Chromosome-linked Genetic Cause of Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion
FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEWS
FDA Approves Organon's New Hormone-Based Vaginal Ring That Provides Birth Control for a Month
More Money for Health in New U.S. Budget Proposal
HIV / AIDS RESEARCH
Scientists Find Protein That Helps HIV Spread
AIDS Increases Risk of Non-AIDS-Related Cancers, Study Shows
HIV / AIDS NEWS
Some Asian Countries on Brink of AIDS Epidemics
Cultural Norms Harm Brazilian Women, Experts Say
FDA Committee Backs Approval of New HIV Drug
NGOs Help Kenyan Orphans Keep Families Together
South Africa: Shocking AIDS Report Leaked
Using Folk Media in HIV/AIDS Prevention in Rural Ghana
Rwanda: 80% of Women HIV Infected
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH
The Preterm Prediction Study: Toward a Multiple-marker Test for Spontaneous Preterm Birth
Single vs Weekly Courses of Antenatal Corticosteroids for Women at Risk of Preterm Delivery
Exposure to Multiple Risk Factors Linked to Delivery Of Underweight Infants
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NEWS
Managing Newborn Health in the Global Community
MEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH
A Question of Male Maturation: Boys to Men Too Soon?
Sex Hormones May Influence Alzheimer's in Men
MEN'S HEALTH NEWS
Over-the-Counter Home Diagnostic Test tor Male Infertility Approved by FDA
POPULATION NEWS
On International Day, Annan Notes Trends Affecting Elderly
WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH
Technology Triggers Debate About Uterine Fibroid Treatment
Effective
Screening Programs for Cervical Cancer in Low- And
Middle-Income Developing Countries
Efficacy of Progesterone and Progestogens in Management of Premenstrual Syndrome: Systematic Review
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Pregnancy Associated With Increased Odds of Vehicular Accidents
Menopause Not at Roots of Incontinence: Study
WOMEN'S HEALTH NEWS
European Women's Group Calls for Human Papillomavirus Testing
FDA to Fund Post-Approval Studies on the Effects of Certain Medications in Pregnant Women
Kenya: Women's Health Care Work Short-Changed
YOUTH RESEARCH
Teens' Peers Strongly Influence Choices About Sex
PROFILES / SPECIAL REPORTS
The
Internet Guide to Demography and Population Studies
This webpage contains links to numerous demography
and population resources. These include virtual libraries,
census and data servers, electronic journals, electronic
mailing lists, and historical demography resources.
Female
Condom Research Briefs
A collection of research briefs on the female condom.
Information includes the role of female condoms in
family planning programs, their effectiveness, re-use
issues, how female condom use affects male condom
use, as well as some case studies of female condom
introduction in South Africa and Kenya.
African
Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR)
This new journal will publish papers that make an
original contribution to understanding the social
dimensions of HIV/AIDS in African contexts. AJAR should
be of interest to researchers in sociology, demography,
epidemiology, psychology, anthropology, media, cultural
studies, nursing, health promotion, social work, and
economics.
Bhutan Women and Children Organisation
This new Web site contains information on the status
of Bhutanese women and children; the country Bhutan
and its people and government; human rights situation
activities, women's and children' rights; and links
to other Bhutanese sites.
Basic Delivery Kit Guide
This step-by-step manual was designed for program managers who wish to develop a basic delivery kit as part of their integrated maternal and child health programs, this resource provides comprehensive and practical information on the design, development, distribution, and promotion of single-use, disposable delivery kits. The Guide explores the role of delivery kits in increasing the awareness and use of clean delivery practices by untrained and trained birth attendants as well as women delivering alone. A limited number of copies are available free-of-charge, and multiple copies may be ordered from PATH at $15 each. To order copies of the Basic Delivery Kit Guide, send an e-mail to Adriane Pallat at apallat@path.org.
Bambisanani:
Community Orientation to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care,
and Support
This study was conducted by CADRE in collaboration
with the Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa
(Eastern Cape), and funded by USAID through the EQUITY
Project and Management Sciences for Health. The findings
cover the following areas of risk and prevention:
understanding of HIV/AIDS; perception of and response
to risk; sexual activity; number of partners; age
at sexual debut; age differences between partners
at sexual debut; age differences between youth sex
partners; factors affecting sexual decision making;
condom use; condom acquisition; and abstinence.
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