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The Pop Reporter®

Volume 2, Number 1
7 January 2002


FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

HIV Carrier Loses Job Fight: Dental Hygienist a 'Significant Risk,' Court Says

Turkish Women Get Equal Rights

Ottawa Dodges Morning-After Issue

California to Begin Dispensing Morning-after Pill


FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH

A Client-centered Approach to Family Planning: The Davao Project

Organizing a Public-sector Vasectomy Program in Brazil

Impact of Progestin and Estrogen Potency in Oral Contraceptives on Ovarian Cancer Risk
Related News Article: Pill Hormone 'Cuts Cancer Risk'

Changes in Contraceptive Use in Bulgaria, 1995-2000

Persistent Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Predictor of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Related news article: Persistence of Virus May be Key in Cervical Cancer


FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEWS

China: Newspaper Calls for Lifting of Ban on Condom Ads

Kenya: Catholics to Campaign Against Ban On Condoms

New Contraceptive to Block "Sperm and Germs"

Nigerian Government to Distribute 1 Billion Condoms to Fight HIV/AIDS

Chinese Public Health Officials Angered Over Clinical Trial of Male Contraceptive Injection, Fear Will Decrease Condom Use

Family Planning Music Receives Royal Blessing in Benin

Women's Bodies: The Next Afghan Battlefield


HIV / AIDS RESEARCH

Use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in a Cohort of HIV-Seropositive Women

Adoptive Transfer of Costimulated CD4+ T Cells Induces Expansion of Peripheral T Cells and Decreased CCR5 Expression in HIV Infection
Related News Article: New Way to Tackle HIV

Variants in Gene May Affect Response to HIV Drugs

Taking HIV Drugs Consistently Keeps Virus Low


HIV / AIDS NEWS

AIDS: Present and Future of the Epidemic in the Americas

HIV Spread Accelerating in Vietnam, Experts Warn

Child-Rape Epidemic in South Africa: Fueled by Widespread Belief That Sex With Virgin Cures AIDS

Uganda: HIV/AIDS Depleting Police Force, Says Inspector General

Low Levels of AIDS Awareness Among Sex Workers, Intravenous Drug Users Facilitates HIV Spread Into China's General Population

Spike in U.S. AIDS Cases Worries Experts

UN Demands More AIDS Money

The Gambia: Journalists Urged to Objectively Report On AIDS


MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH

Smoking During Pregnancy and Diabetes Mellitus in a British Longitudinal Birth Cohort
Related news article: Smoking Mothers More Likely to Have Diabetic Kids

FDA: Asthma Drug Safer in Pregnancy Than Thought

Waiting to Push May be Beneficial for Laboring Woman and Infant, Study Says

The Interval between Pregnancies and the Risk of Preeclampsia
Related News Article: Longer Birth Interval Ups Risk of Pre-Eclampsia


MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NEWS

Africa Suffering from After-Effects September 11: World Bank Estimates Between 10,000 and 20,000 Children in Africa will Die Due to the Economic Fall-Out From the Attacks

Rising Birthweights Could Have Adverse Effects for Pregnant Women, Infants Later in Life

Cuba Records Lowest Infant Mortality Rate


MEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH

Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity, Bone Matrix Turnover, and Tumor Cell Proliferation in Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis
Related News Article: Enzyme Prompts Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer


MEN'S HEALTH NEWS

Sperm Production Begins in Embryo, Chromosomal Abnormalities Increase With Man's Age, Studies Show


POPULATION RESEARCH

The Survivor Ratio Method for Estimating Numbers at High Ages PDF Format


POPULATION NEWS

Iran: Reduced Birthrate Offers Model for Other Countries, Institute Says

Population: Report Warns of Opposing Trends in Poor, Rich Nations

Nigeria: NPC Prepares Base Maps for Next Census

North Korea's Population Growth Fell Below 1% in 1998

Population: World Total To Reach 7.9 Billion By 2050, Expert Says


WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH

Why Women Delay Reporting Breast Cancer Symptoms

Quality of Life in Long-Term, Disease-Free Survivors of Breast Cancer: a Follow-up Study
Related News Article: How Breast Cancer Is Cured Affects Quality of Life


WOMEN'S HEALTH NEWS

Uganda: State Minister for Health Mukula Praises UNFPA on FGM

Kenya: Order on 'Cut' Ignored in Mt Elgon, Says Medical Officer


YOUTH RESEARCH

An Evaluation of the "Entre Nous Jeunes" Peer-educator Program for Adolescents in Cameroon

Premarital Sex, Schoolgirl Pregnancy, and School Quality in Rural Kenya


YOUTH NEWS

Youth Ignoring Risk of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

Uganda: 20 Face Knife On New Year


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