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Volume 6, Number 30
31 July 2006
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FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
Copper containing, framed intra-uterine devices for contraception
(Abstract; Global)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2006;(3)
Kulier R | Helmerhorst FM | O'Brien P | Usher-Patel M | d'Arcangues C
Related News Article: Higher-dose copper IUDs provide better pregnancy protection
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) that contain higher doses of copper are more effective in preventing pregnancy than IUDs with lower copper doses, according to a new systematic review of studies. In addition, increasing the copper content does not cause an increase in side effects prompting removal of the device, such as bleeding and pain, the review found.
Provider and health facility influences on contraceptive adoption in urban Pakistan 
(Research Article; Global | Asia)
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International Family Planning Perspectives. 2006 Jun;32(2):71–78.
Hamid S | Stephenson R
This analysis examined the client, provider, and health facility characteristics associated with the receipt of contraceptive services among women in urban Pakistan. The sample used represents a very select group of women: those who not only wanted to space or cease childbearing but who also had overcome the substantial social and economic barriers to obtaining services. Among the findings were that women who had a secondary or higher level of education and three or more children had elevated odds of receiving a method. Women had reduced odds of receiving contraceptives when visiting facilities where providers had higher levels of family planning experience.
Fertility awareness–based methods of family planning: predictors of correct use
(Research Article; Global)
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International Family Planning Perspectives. 2006 Jun;32(2):94–100.
Sinai I | Lundgren R | Arévalo M | Jenning V
Only 23% of women had unprotected intercourse on their fertile days in one or more of the cycles they contributed to the study. The method and study site appear to have the most significant effect on correct use. Earning an income was associated with increased odds of unprotected intercourse on fertile days; higher quality of housing was associated with decreased odds. The results confirm the importance of partner cooperation for correct method use.
Readiness, willingness and ability to use contraception in Bangladesh
(Research Article; Asia)
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Asia-Pacific Population Journal. 2006 Apr;21(1):45-64.
Mannan HR | Beaujot R
This study has established that most women now want to control their fertility and consider fertility control as normatively acceptable, as well as convenient, in terms of availability/accessibility and cost.
Correlates of inter-birth intervals: implications of optimal birth spacing strategies in Mozambique
(Research Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
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Washington, DC, Population Council, March 2006.
RamaRao S | Townsend J | Askew I
The goal of the Optimal Birth Spacing Initiative is to institute an optimal birth spacing recommendation of 3 to 5 years at the policy, programmatic, and behavioral levels. This paper was written to inform Advance Africa’s efforts in Mozambique and has three sections. The first is a short review of correlates of birth intervals; the second presents results from analysis of Mozambique-DHS 1997 data that identifies sub-populations that may be benefit from optimal birth spacing messages; and the third discusses the implications of the findings.
FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEWS
Doctors urge HPV vaccine for men and women
(News Article; Global)
31 Jul 2006
Reuters
A new vaccine aimed at halting the spread of a common sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical cancer should eventually be given to both sexes, doctors said.
New natural contraceptive pill being trialled
(News Article; Global | Oceania)
24 Jul 2006
Medical Research News
University of Adelaide researchers, are trialling a new natural contraceptive pill alternative. The trial is part of an international clinical trial involving 2,000 women worldwide. This contraceptive pill, for the first time ever, makes use of natural estrogen instead of the synthetic alternative (ethinylestradiol) used in existing combined oral contraceptives.
NDA launches condom testing device
(News Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
26 Jul 2006
The Monitor
The National Drug Authority in Uganda has launched a condom testing equipment to ensure quality of all imported condoms. This is being done to eliminate fake and damaged condoms before they are distributed to the public for usage.
FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW AND POLICY
Pakistan: over a thousand women freed under change in law
(News Article; Global | Asia)
10 Jul 2006
Integrated Regional Information Networks
President General Pervez Musharraf amended a controvesial Islamic law, which has been on the statute book since 1979. The change means women convicted of adultery or sex outside marriage can be released on bail rather than having to serve prison sentences.
No bright future: government failures, human rights abuses and squandered progress in the fight against AIDS in Zimbabwe
(Report; Global | Sub-Saharan Africa)
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New York, NY, USA, Human Rights Watch, July 2006.
Related News Article: Zimbabwe: abusive policies disrupt progress on HIV/AIDS
The Zimbabwean government's abusive practices, coupled with inadequate health and social welfare policies, are undermining the country's progress in the fight against AIDS, according to this report from Human Rights Watch.
Health workers performing FGM secretly, says report
(News Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
21 Jul 2006
The Standard
Despite the fact that female cicumcision, also known as female genital mutilation, is illegal and punishable by law, government health workers are secretly circumcising girls for a fee, according to this report.
Kenya toughens law on sexual predators
(News Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
24 Jul 2006
Feminist Daily News Wire
A new law in Kenya has created stricter punishments for rapists and sexual predators, but has failed to criminalize marital rape and female genital mutilation. The bill, which President Mwai Kibaki approved on July 14, was the first legal recognition of many sex crimes, including gang rape, sexual harassment, and child trafficking. The legislation also outlaws the deliberate transmission of the HIV virus.
Internet tool supports youth reproductive health and HIV/AIDS policy development and implementation
(Report; Global | Sub-Saharan Africa)
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Arlington, Va., USA, YouthNet, May 2006. (YouthNet Brief No.16)
Aldridge S | Woldeyohannes H
This YouthNet brief provides an overview of a new web site (www.youth-policy.com) and how it is being utilized by many different countries to create their own HIV oriented policies and web sites.
HIV/AIDS RESEARCH
Integrating reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programs
(Report; Global)
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Washington, DC, Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 2006.
Fleischman J
Reproductive health and HIV services have generally been funded separately and operated vertically, which means that clients see a different provider for each health service. Yet with over 80% of HIV infections sexually transmitted, addressing reproductive health and HIV together would better serve the needs of clients and health care providers in a more comprehensive, costeffective, and efficient manner. This report, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the centrality of integration, building on existing data, current programs, and research recently conducted in the field.
Assessing HIV/AIDS initiatives in China: persistent challenges and promising ways forward
(Report; Global | Asia)
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Washington, DC, Center for Strategic and International Studies, June 2006.
Gill B
Despite major increases in new resources, the establishment of new programs, and an unambiguous shift in the Chinese government’s stance toward dealing with HIV, significant gaps in capabilities and policies exist and formidable challenges lie ahead. This report from the CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS devotes particular attention to international implementers and their partners on the premise that their experience might bring time-tested and innovative strategies, technologies, and productive practices that would hold promise for the broader national response, especially as they are translated into real local capacity on the ground in China.
HIV antiretroviral therapy: can franchising expand coverage?
(Report; Global)
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London, England, DFID Health Resource Centre, June 2006.
England R
This paper, from the DFID Health Resource Centre, reviews the experiences of franchising and discusses the opportunities and implications for governments and donors of franchising for HIV and AIDS services. The author details how the private sector can offer huge potential to extend and maintain anti-retroviral therapy coverage. The challenge is to ensure that private providers achieve acceptable standards and coverage. The author outlines how franchising may offer a way of meeting this challenge and, thus, increasing the prospects for universal access to HIV and AIDS services.
HIV/AIDS in Vietnam
(Report; Asia)
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Washington, DC, Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 2006.
Morrison JS | Nieberg P
Vietnam has several favorable circumstances that improve its chances for success in its struggle to combat HIV/AIDS. Stemming its HIV epidemic will require the country’s leadership, its citizens, and its international partners to continue mobilizing quickly around a prevention-centered strategy that intensively and effectively addresses the core activities driving the epidemic-—injection drug use and female sex work-—while also reaching men who have sex with men and launching a large-scale prevention effort targeting youth in both rural and urban settings.
Mapping of community home-based care services in five regions of the Tanzania mainland
(Report; Sub-Saharan Africa)
Watertown, MA, USA, Pathfinder International, June 2006.
The study documents the concerns of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), community health workers, primary care providers, and other stakeholders to inform Pathfinder’s support to national efforts to scale-up community home-based care. The proposed project aims to replicate Pathfinder’s successful community home-based care model for PLWHA in other areas and improve access to home-based care for more Tanzanians.
HIV/AIDS NEWS
Special Online Collection: HIV/AIDS -- Latin America & Caribbean
(News Article; Global | Central America and the Caribbean | South America)
28 Jul 2006
Science
In a free special section, Science correspondent Jon Cohen looks at the shape of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, the overlapping forces that have driven the spread of HIV in the region, and the different ways the countries are fighting back.
China finally taking steps to fight its HIV problem
(Feature Article; Global | Asia)
30 Jul 2006
San Francisco Chronicle
A quarter-century into the global pandemic, the world's most populous nation has begun taking cautious steps to acknowledge the peril posed by HIV and to adopt some of the proven prevention and treatment programs of Western nations -- such as methadone maintenance therapy -- to control it.
Annan pushes AIDS drug makers to bring down prices
(News Article; Global)
25 Jul 2006
Reuters
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan encouraged executives from nine drug companies to lower prices of AIDS medicines and step up efforts to develop AIDS drugs and diagnostics for children. The aim is to encourage the pharmaceutical firms to broaden access to AIDS drugs and care and support services in low- and middle-income countries.
Kyrgyzstan: Global Fund acknowledges country's HIV/AIDS success
(News Article; Global | Asia)
14 Jul 2006
Integrated Regional Information Networks
A specialist from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, speaking in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, confirmed on that the mountainous former Soviet republic of 5.1 million is a leader among other Central Asian countries in its fight against HIV/AIDS.
A safe place for children in the Age of AIDS
(Feature Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
27 Jul 2006
Christian Science Monitor
Grassroots volunteers in southern Africa increasingly are acting as support networks for people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, according to this report by the Christian Science Monitor.
Kenya: married adolescent girls missing out on the HIV message
(Feature Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
27 Jul 2006
Integrated Regional Information Networks
Kenyan HIV/AIDS awareness programs for young people are bypassing those who are married, raising their risk of contracting the virus.
Africa: media getting the word out on HIV/AIDS
(Feature Article; Global | Sub-Saharan Africa)
26 Jul 2006
Integrated Regional Information Networks
Media coverage of health issues in sub-Saharan Africa has been inadequate in terms of both content and quantity, but more creative approaches are now being used to address these shortcomings.
Africa's health shortage
(Editorial; North Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa)
25 Jul 2006
The Boston Globe
Throughout much of Africa, the shortage of trained medical personnel is hurting the effort to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, not to mention other diseases, including malaria and tuberculosis, that are endemic in parts of the continent.
Zambia: recovering copperbelt faces new dangers
(Feature Article; Global | Sub-Saharan Africa)
19 Jul 2006
Integrated Regional Information Networks
After a decade of unemployment, Zambia's Copperbelt region is recovering thanks to surging world copper prices. The region, however, has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the country.
'Graying' of HIV takes mental toll, too
(News Article; Global | North America)
31 Jul 2006
USA Today
As the number of HIV-positive Americans over 50 grows, a study shows that this group is likely to have high rates of depression, and many of them have numerous age-related medical conditions that are complicated by their already compromised health.
Nation's first medical prison in Alor Star
(News Article; Asia)
20 Jul 2006
Bernama
The Alor Star Prison is to be turned into the first medical prison in Malaysia providing treatment and care for prisoners with critical illnesses like AIDS, cancer, and tuberculosis.
Women, girl children bear the brunt
(Feature Article; Asia)
30 Jul 2006
The Hindu
Women and girl children, apart from being more vulnerable to HIV infection, have to bear an additional burden when someone in the family is infected with the disease. It is the girl child who is more likely to be withdrawn from school to cope with household chores including caring for the ill, a study on the Gender Impact of HIV and AIDS in India has shown.
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH
Behaviour change in perinatal care practices among rural women exposed to a women's group intervention in Nepal
(Research Article; Global | Asia)
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2006 Jun 15;6(20)
Wade A | Osrin D | Shrestha BM | Sen A | Morrison J | Tumbahangphe KM | Manandhar DS | Costello AM
Researchers found that peer-education and empowerment of women through women's groups has positive effects on perinatal care practices for women in their second or subsequent pregnancies. Both group members and nongroup members in the locality benefited from this intervention.
Services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
(Review/Synthesis; Global)
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Arlington, Va, USA, YouthNet, May 2006. (YouthNet Briefs No. 12)
Reynolds HW | Kimani J
This brief summarizes major findings regarding youth and the content of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services, contraceptive experiences, and fertility desires, perceptions of HIV status and fertility, and factors influencing their use of PMTCT services.
A pilot study to determine if nurses trained in basic neonatal resuscitation would impact the outcome of neonates delivered in Kampala, Uganda
(Abstract; subscription needed for full text; Sub-Saharan Africa)
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. Online access June 16, 2006.
O‘Hare BA | Nakakeeto M | Southall DP
A five-member team of nurses, trained in basic neonatal resuscitation, attended 1,046 deliveries over a 31-day pilot period. They were available in the delivery ward 24 hours each day. Outcomes studied included the number of stillbirths recorded on the delivery ward, the number of neonates admitted to the special care baby unit (SCBU), the number of babies admitted to SCBU who died, and the mortality in the different weight categories. The resuscitation team reduced the incidence of and mortality from asphyxia and improved the outcome of babies greater than 2 kg. This pilot study provides evidence of the beneficial effect of basic neonatal resuscitation in this setting.
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NEWS
Breastfeeding drive could save NHS £1m a year
(News Article; Europe)
26 Jul 2006
The Daily Mail
Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) launched guidelines on postnatal care for women and babies, covering the first 8 weeks after birth. The guidelines aim to raise the number of women breastfeeding their babies for 6 months by at least 50%.
MEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH
Partnership dynamics and sexual health risks among male adolescents in the favelas of Recife, Brazil
(Research Article; South America)
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International Family Planning Perspectives. 2006 Jun;32(2):62–70.
Juarez F | Martin TC
This article analyzes the sexual and contraceptive behavior of male adolescents in Recife, Brazil, within the broader context of partnership trajectories to explore the links between adolescents’ partnership behavior and their vulnerability to health risks. The findings cast some doubts on the widespread image of adolescents as “risk-takers.”
POPULATION RESEARCH
Long-term iImmigration projection methods: current practice and how to improve it
(Report; Global)
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Washington, D.C., CSIS Global Aging Initiative, June 2006.
Howe N | Jackson R | Blakeslee J | Nakashima K
This report (uncorrected draft) attempts to assess the state of immigration projection practice at projection-making agencies worldwide; to explore theoretical insights and empirical research about immigration; and to discuss how these insights and research could be used to create a superior projection model. 128 pp.
POPULATION NEWS
Plans launched to mitigate African brain drain
(News Article; Global | North Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa)
19 Jul 2006
Science and Development Network
Two initiatives launched in July aim to mitigate the 'brain drain' caused when scientists and others emigrate from African countries to work elsewhere. Government ministers from 58 European and African countries met in Rabat, Morocco for the first Euro-African Conference on Migration and Development to address the issue.
Politics and machismo stunt Philippine birth control
(Feature Article; Global | Asia)
27 Jul 2006
Reuters
The number of Filipinos is expected to swell to 142 million by 2040, and the rapid arrival of new mouths to feed is straining the country's creaking infrastructure and choking efforts to cut poverty. A macho culture and myths about side-effects from condoms, used by only an estimated 1.9% of married couples, and vasectomies mean that contraception in the developing Southeast Asian country is seen as the woman's problem.
Civil society response to human trafficking in South Asia
(Feature Article; Asia)
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Forced Migration Review. 2006 May;25:16.
Yousaf F
Trafficking in South Asia is complex and multifaceted, both a development and a criminal justice problem.
Ethiopian women increasingly trafficked to Yemen
(Feature Article; Middle East | Sub-Saharan Africa)
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Forced Migration Review. 2006 May;25:37-38.
de Regt M
Many migrant Ethiopian women are traveling to Yemen on tourist visas in order to find work via relatives and friends. Those illegally recruited by agents and employed on a contract basis often find themselves trapped and/or exploited and should therefore be considered trafficked.
Battle of the sexes leaves men groping for equality
(News Article; Global | Asia)
24 Jul 2006
The Times
A new trend is sweeping Japan: women-only shops, restaurants, cinemas, and services. The "women only" trend flies in the face of a massive government effort to put Japanese men and women closer together. Facing tumbling birth rates and a potential demographic crisis, the government has tried to promote marriage matchmakers and encouraged companies to give staff time off for dating.
Brazilian trafficking: soap opera versus reality
(Feature Article; Global | South America)
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Forced Migration Review. 2006 May;25:34-35.
Campello L | Almeida R | Leite LH | Nederstigt F
The trafficking of women, especially for commercial sexual exploitation, both internally and to foreign destinations is a serious problem. The authors lay out important policy points to combat it.
WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH
Marriage and motherhood: an exploratory study of the social and reproductive health status of married young women in Gujarat and West Bengal, India
(Report; Global | Asia)
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New York, NY, USA, The Population Council, 2006.
Ram F | Sinha RK | Mohanty SK | Das A | Lakhani A | Haberland N | Santhya KG
Despite the high prevalence of early marriage in India, little is known about the lives of married young women, including the nature of the early years of marriage or the pressures that they face, and few interventions have focused on supporting this group. In response, the Population Council initiated the First–Time Parents project, aimed to develop and test an integrated package of health and social interventions that would improve married young women's reproductive and sexual health knowledge and practices and expand their ability to act in their own interests.
Protecting young women from HIV/AIDS: the case against child and adolescent marriage
(Research Article; Global)
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International Family Planning Perspectives. 2006 Jun;32(2):79–88.
Clark S | Bruce J | Dude A
Several behavioral and social factors may increase the vulnerability of married female adolescents to HIV infection. First, these young women engage in frequent unprotected sex: In most countries, more than 80% of adolescents who had had unprotected sex during the previous week were married. Second, women who marry young tend to have much older husbands and, in polygamous societies, are frequently junior wives, factors that may increase the probability that their husbands are infected and weaken their bargaining power within the marriage. Third, married adolescents have relatively little access to educational and media sources of information about HIV. Finally, the most common AIDS prevention strategies are not realistic options for many married adolescents.
Understandings of reproductive tract infections in a peri-urban pueblo joven in Lima, Peru
(Research Article; South America)
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BMC Women's Health. 2006 Jun 2;6(7)
Hernández LS | Winch PJ | Parker K | Gilman RH
Control programs for Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs) typically focus on increasing awareness of risks associated with different forms of sexual contact and pay little attention to how or why people may link RTIs to other features of their physical or social environments. This paper describes how women in a peri-urban pueblo joven located in the coastal desert surrounding Lima, Peru conceptualize the links between RTIs, sexual behaviour, personal hygiene, and the adverse environment in which they live.
WOMEN'S HEALTH NEWS
Britain tackles "crime of love" -- female circumcision
(Feature Article; Global | North Africa | Europe | Sub-Saharan Africa)
26 Jul 2006
Reuters
The centuries-old practice of female circumcision, prevalent mostly in Africa, is now also being brought by immigrants to Western countries, like Britain. Officials estimate there are around 279,500 women living in Britain who have undergone FGM, with another 22,000 girls under 16 in danger of joining them. London police have launched an awareness campaign to coincide with the start of the summer school holidays.
YOUTH HEALTH RESEARCH
HIV counseling and testing manual for youth provides valuable tool
(Report; Global | Sub-Saharan Africa)
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Arlington, Va., USA, YouthNet, May 2006. (YouthNet Briefs No. 17)
Finger W
Although youth constitute a large proportion of clients receiving HIV tests, many providers are not accustomed to working with youth or meeting their particular needs. This YouthNet brief discusses the main points of a new manual for counselors and providers to use when counseling and testing youth.
Contraceptive use among in and out-of school adolescents in rural southwest Uganda
(Abstract; subscription needed for full text; Sub-Saharan Africa)
East African Medical Journal. 2006;83(1):18-24.
Batwala VK | Nuwaha F | Mulogo EM | Bagenda F | Bajunirwe F | Mirembe JB
This study compares the level of contraceptive use among in- and out-of-school rural Ugandan adolescents. Contraceptive use among rural, sexually active adolescents is generally low, but prevalence is better among adolescents who are out of school. Researchers recommend reorientation of contraceptive services to make them more accessible by strengthening school health programs.
Early adolescents' cognitive susceptibility to initiating sexual intercourse
(Research Article; Global | North America)
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Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2006 Jun;38(2):97–105.
L’Engle KL | Jackson C | Brown JD
The cognitive susceptibility index presented in this study provides a new method for assessing early adolescents’ risk of initiating sexual intercourse. Analyses of the psychometric properties of this index provide evidence for its construct and predictive validity in a longitudinal sample of precoital 12–15-year-old black and white adolescents in the southeastern US. This measure is valuable for identifying precoital early adolescents who will initiate sexual intercourse by middle adolescence.
Creating partnerships to prevent early marriage in the Amhara region
(Review/Synthesis; Sub-Saharan Africa)
Watertown, MA, USA, Pathfinder International, July 2006.
Kane M
In the Amhara regional state of Ethiopia, 50% of girls are married before the age of 15. Early marriage is one of many harmful traditional practices that are particularly prevalent in rural areas, along with female genital cutting, abduction, and unattended births. Pathfinder works in collaboration with local partners to prevent early marriage through extensive advocacy efforts, paired with community and legal interventions through its community-based reproductive health programs.
Christian family life education program in Namibia
(Review/Synthesis; Global | Sub-Saharan Africa)
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Arlington, Va., USA, YouthNet, May 2006. (YouthNet Briefs No. 13)
Goercke B
This brief looks at how some churches in Namibia have adopted the new Christian Family Life Education (CFLE) curriculumin to educate youth about sexuality. Launched officially in July 2005, the CFLE curriculum provides resource materials in short modules for younger youth from a Christian perspective. The workshops involve numerous participatory activities and opportunities for
practicing new skills.
Si mchezo! magazine educates and entertains rural Tanzanian youth
(Review/Synthesis; Sub-Saharan Africa)
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Arlington, Va., USA, YouthNet, May 2006. (YouthNet Briefs No. 14)
Arnold R
This brief provides an overview of the magazine "Si Mchezo!" which targets rural, out-of-school youth in Tanzania – with information about sexuality, reproductive health, and other issues, including HIV/AIDS and risky behavior. The editorial development and production is currently supported by YouthNet/Tanzania, with funds from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the U.S. Agency for International Development/Tanzania.
Adolescents in Uganda
(Fact Sheet; Sub-Saharan Africa)
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New York, NY, USA, Guttmacher Institute, July 2006. (Facts in Brief)
This fact sheet offers preliminary data from a nationally representative, household-based survey of 5,112 youth aged 12–19. This survey was conducted as part of the project Protecting the Next Generation: Understanding HIV Risk Among
Youth.
YOUTH HEALTH NEWS
Congo children's battle for life
(Feature Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
28 Jul 2006
BBC
The future of children born in the Democratic Republic of Congo is bleak. One of the underlying causes of high mortality rates among children is chronic malnutrition. One in 10 children in DRC have insufficient food, and the mass displacement of people is making things worse.
Kenya: booming tourism boosts juvenile sex trade
(Feature Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
17 Jul 2006
Integrated Regional Information Networks
A rising number of under-age girls in tourist towns in Kenya have taken to commercial sex. Officials acknowledge that the problem of child prostitution is rampant and blame it on poverty, ignorance, peer pressure, and sometimes sheer greed. "For many girls in Malindi, as soon as they have breasts, they find European boyfriends. It has become a culture," claimed Philip Jagero, a volunteer children's officer with Kenya Legal Defence Fund, an NGO. He had investigated several cases of children's sexual exploitation by foreigners in Malindi and found it difficult to get the police involved because suspects are able to "bribe their way through".
Kenya: campaign to stop violence against children
(News Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
27 Jul 2006
Integrated Regional Information Networks
UN officials have decided that child abuse in Kenya has reached unacceptable levels, with sexual abuse being "especially shocking." The Kenyan government and UNICEF Kenya are launching a national campaign to end violence against children.
Stopping pregnancy from being the end of the educational road
(Feature Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
28 Jul 2006
Inter Press Service News Agency
Are the effects of teenage pregnancy on the education of girls being addressed with sufficient vigour in Kenya? With statistics indicating that pregnancy accounts for 31% of all school drop-out cases among girls, this is a question that begs asking.
Liberia: child rapists walk free for a few dollars
(News Article; Sub-Saharan Africa)
25 Jul 2006
Integrated Regional Information Networks
Alleged child rapists are paying their way out of jail while court officials and police officers demand bribes and kickbacks from the families of child rape victims who want to see their attackers arrested and prosecuted, according to a UN report.
Three-year-olds to be taught about gay relationships
(News Article; Global | Europe)
21 Jul 2006
The Daily Mail
Britain's National Union of Teachers, the country's largest teaching union, sparked outrage by demanding that nursery staff help to educate children about gay families in a bid to stamp out homophobia in schools.
SPECIAL REPORTS/PROFILES/RESOURCES
The international consortium for emergency contraception web site
(Tool; Global)
The International Consortium for Emergency Contraception
The International Consortium for Emergency Contraception (ICEC) relaunched its web site. The all-new site now features the latest EC news, theme pages (covering science, youth, crises, product access, and legal issues), case studies of EC introduction efforts around the world, a media section, electronic versions of ICEC’s policy statements and Medical and Service Delivery Guidelines in multiple languages, and more. Three searchable databases provide access to scientific articles, client and provider materials, and listings of EC products available globally.
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