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Volume 2, Number 5
4 February 2002
FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW AND POLICY
Opposition
to Free Condom Distribution at 2002 Winter Olympics
New
Status for Fetuses Proposed by US Administration
Kenya:
International Conference Calls for Laws to Protect
Women
New
China Population Policy Not Based on One Child Only
An
Economic Analysis of Midwifery Training Programs in
South Kalimantan, Indonesia 
UK:
A Judicial Review of the Morning-After Pill
HIV/AIDS:
Groups Import Generic Drugs Into South Africa, Flouting
Patent Laws
Sperm Bank Baby First to Meet Father
FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
Daily
Low-Dose Mifepristone Has Contraceptive Potential
by Suppressing Ovulation and Menstruation: A Double-Blind
Randomized Control Trial of 2 and 5 mg per Day for
120 Days
Related news article: RU-486
May be Effective As an Oral Contraceptive
DES Granddaughters Don't Suffer Drug's
Ill Effects
Unrecognized
HIV Infection Among Patients Attending Sexually Transmitted
Disease Clinics
Parental Concentration of Dichlorodiphenyl
Dichloroethene and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Michigan
Fish Eaters and Sex Ratio in Offspring
Related News Article: Men Carrying
Pollutant Have More Boys
FAMILY PLANNING / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEWS
Guatemala:
Reproductive Care "Worrying And Deficient,"
UNFPA Official Says
Genital
Mutilation: Practice Adds to Spread of AIDS, Group
Says
Less
People Buy Bibles as Condom Sales Soar
IUDs Unpopular Among U.S. Ob-Gyns,
Survey Suggests
Report
Says Global Reproductive Health Commodities Requirement
Will Rise to $1.8 billion in 2015
Cyber Counselors Spread Safe-Sex
Message
HIV / AIDS RESEARCH
The
Sexual Health Model: Application of a Sexological
Approach to HIV Prevention
HIV / AIDS NEWS
China, Facing AIDS Threat, to Upgrade
Blood Banks
Zimbabwe to Produce Generic Drugs
to Fight AIDS
Seaweed-Derived
Microbicide Enters Phase III Testing in South Africa
and Botswana
AIDS Support Webs Catch Fewer Women
From
Babies to Adults, HIV Behaves Differently in Females
and Males
Vietnam
Plans to Produce Cheap AIDS Drugs
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH
Etiology
of Child Mortality in Goroka, Papua New Guinea: A
Prospective Two-year Study
Effects
of Iron Supplementation on Maternal Hematologic Status
in Pregnancy
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NEWS
Bangladesh:
More than 20,000 Pregnant Women Die Annually, Report
Says
Make
Global Health a Priority: Vaccinate the World's Children
Now
Polio:
Bangladesh, Philippines Launch Immunization Campaigns
Ob-Gyn Group: Women Should Get Epidurals
on Demand
Britain
Considers Issuing Safety Warning About Dangers of
Epilepsy Drug For Pregnant Women
New Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression
Revealed
MEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH
Childhood
Sexual Abuse and Risk Behaviors Among Men at High
Risk for HIV Infection
MEN'S HEALTH NEWS
New Prostate Cancer Vaccine Shows
Promise
Advocates
of PSA Testing Campaign to Silence Critics
Gene
Therapy Cures Male Infertility
Leading Prostate Cancer Test 'Clinically
Useless'
Are
Fathers' Rights a Factor in Male Suicide?
POPULATION NEWS
Uganda:
Planned Population Growth Africa's Best
Chinese City Reports Negative Population Growth
Japan a Half-Century from Now: Smaller Population, One-Third Over Age 65
WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH
Reported
Frequency of Domestic Violence: Cross Sectional Survey
of Women Attending General Practice
War-Related
Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone: A Population-Based
Assessment
Identifying
Domestic Violence: Cross Sectional Study in Primary
Care
Factors
Associated with HIV Infection are Not the Same for
All Women
WOMEN'S HEALTH NEWS
Breast
Cancer Gene Screen Gives Accurate Prognosis
Editorial:
Preventing Domestic Violence
Dangers
of Female Circumcision Underlined
US
Panel Finds Insufficient Evidence to Support Mammography
New Analysis Finds Mammograms Do
Save Lives
YOUTH RESEARCH
Condom
Use as a Function of Time in New and Established Adolescent
Sexual Relationships
Race,
Adolescent Contraceptive Choice, and Pregnancy at
Presentation to a Family Planning Clinic
Related news release: Higher
Rate of Unintended Pregnancy Among Black Adolescents
Related to Method of Contraception
AIDS-Related
Risk Among Adolescent Males Who Have Sex With Males,
Females, or Both: Evidence From a Statewide Survey
Related News Article: Bisexual Youths
More Likely to Have Risky Sex
YOUTH NEWS
Kenya:
UNFPA Says Youth Stigmatized by Reproductive Health
Workers
Kenya:
HIV/AIDS: 20% of Teenagers Infected
Jobs
Needed for a Billion-Plus Youth
Uganda:
Remain Virgins, Minister Tells Youth
Thai
Government Recalls Sex Education Textbook After Protests
BOOKS / BOOK REVIEWS
Mobile Populations and HIV Vulnerability
Guidelines
for the Epidemiological Surveillance on Violence and
Injuries: Online Book
A listing of many books related to HIV/AIDS, including a guide for health workers in areas with few medical resources, such as rural Africa or Thailand. http://www.aegis.com/ni/books
PROFILES / SPECIAL REPORTS
The first Bridge Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Participation is now online. The pack is aimed at practitioners, policy-makers and researchers, and contains an Overview Report and Summary, together with a Collection of Supporting Resources. The reports comprising the pack are available in either PDF (Portable Document Format) or Microsoft Word 2.
Scaling
Up the Response to Infectious Diseases: A Way Out
of Poverty
References Examining Assaults by Women on Their Spouses or Male Partners: An Annotated Bibliography
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