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Fulfilling reproductive rights for women affected by HIV: A tool for monitoring achievement of Millennium Development Goals (PDF)

Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), Ipas, Pacific Institute for Women's Health (PIWH), August 2004. A practical tool that can be used to help address those areas of reproductive health: involvement of HIV-positive women in policymaking and program implementation, fertility control that meets HIV-positive women's needs, and research on antiretroviral therapy in relation to fertility.

http://www.genderhealth.org/pubs/MDGAug2004.pdf

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Gendered health systems biased against maternal survival: preliminary findings from Koppal, Karnataka, India

This paper outlines the context of pregnant women's lives and the plural health systems they encounter in Koppal, the most deprived district in the state of Karnataka, south India. Despite high levels of poverty and scarce resources supporting primary health care in the region, women with obstetric complications do access a range of health providers. Yet they still die. Although addressing the technical and managerial capacity constraints to ensuring equitable access to emergency obstetric care is essential, maternal well-being and survival cannot be effectively ensured without confronting the gender biases that also constrain health systems from supporting women's health and saving women's lives. (Asha George, Aditi Iyer and Gita Sen, Institute of Development Studies, September 2005)

http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/wp/wp253.pdf

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Generating political priority for public health causes in developing countries: Implications from a study on maternal mortality

A look at what factors shape political priority regarding health issues in the developing (Jeremy Shiffman, May 2007).

http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/maternal%20mortality.pdf

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Girls' Power Initiative (GPI) Nigeria

Girls Power Initiative (GPI) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, youth development organisation that equips girls between the ages of 10 and 18 years with human rights, comprehensive sexuality education (from a gender perspective); leadership, economic and other life skills to cope with growing-up, thus laying the basis for ensuring the enjoyment of healthy sexuality, womanhood and social justice for future generations of Nigerian women. GPI was conceived in 1993 but fully commenced operation in July 1994 with the main aim of providing a forum for adolescent girls to meet and share information, speak out and identify their needs, aspirations, as well as learn options from which they adopt solutions to their problems.

http://www.gpinigeria.org/

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Global Commitment to Safe Motherhood

Rupert Walder, RH Reality Check, Europe on October 22, 2007. If the Women Deliver conference in London in early October 2007 was an advocacy campaign, then it appears to have been successful. Ministers of Health and Finance attended the Conference and made a powerful declaration of support, and concrete suggestions for how to improve the status of maternal health on the international development agenda. Reproductive and maternal health organizations and agencies used the conference to invite other sectors to comment on their work - sometimes critically. Many questions were asked about why 20 years after its launch, the Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI) is not meeting its targets.

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2007/10/22/women-deliver

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Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding [pdf 125kb]

World Health Organization, Geneva, 2003. Calling on governments to promote and protect breastfeeding, UNICEF and WHO jointly launched the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. The document, developed over two years of global consultation, pinpoints the main problems affecting infant and young child feeding and identifies approaches to their solution.

http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/NUTRITION/global_strategy.htm

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Interact Worldwide

Interact Worldwide works for the improvement of the quality of life worldwide by advancing the right of all people to exercise free and informed reproductive health choice and to have access to confidential sexual and reproductive health services including family planning; particularly we promote the right of women and young people to have effective access to those services and the right of women of all ages to an education which enhances their economic and social standing.

http://www.populationconcern.org.uk

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Investing in People: National Progress in Implementing the ICPD Programme of Action 1994-2004 (pdf)

UNFPA, 2004. This Global Survey includes responses from 169 countries on the steps they have taken to implement the Cairo Programme of Action, including measures related to population and development, gender equality, women's empowerment, reproductive rights and health and HIV/AIDS. The report also presents actions these countries still need to take to achieve the ICPD goals.

http://www.unfpa.org/publications/index.cfm?ID=179

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Involving Men to Address Gender Inequities: Three Case Studies (pdf 548 kb)

(USAID DEC) USAID Interagency Gender Working Group, July 2003. Three innovative programs that have engaged men and youth in efforts to improve reproductive health outcomes for both men and women were identified. Salud y Género of Mexico has worked with men in Latin America to reduce genderbased violence and improve men's support for women's reproductive health. The Society for the Integrated Development of the Himalayas (SIDH) in India has focused on education as a means of achieving social justice in its work with young people of both sexes to improve gender equity and reproductive health outcomes. The Stepping Stones program, first developed in Uganda, is a communication, relationships, and life skills training package, which has worked with men and women, including youth, to increase awareness of gender issues to prevent transmission of HIV.

http://www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNADA507.pdf

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Keeping the promise: an agenda for action on women and AIDS (PDF)

UNAIDS Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, 2006. The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS was launched by UNAIDS in 2004 to respond to the increasing feminization of the HIV epidemic and a growing concern that existing AIDS strategies did not adequately address women's needs. A loose alliance of civil society groups, networks of women living with HIV and United Nations agencies, the Coalition works at global and national levels to advocate for improved AIDS programming for women and girls. It focuses on several key issues:preventing new HIV infections by improving access to reproductive health care; promoting equitable access to HIV care and treatment; ensuring universal access to education; securing women's property and inheritance rights; reducing violence against women; ensuring that women's care work is properly supported; advocating for increased research and funding for female-controlled HIV prevention methods; promoting women's leadership in the AIDS response. This publication looks at the agenda and strategies of the coalition.

http://test.earthscape.org/l2/ES17343/UNFPA_WomenAIDS.pdf

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Legal or Not, Abortion Rates Compare

A comprehensive global study of abortion has concluded that abortion rates are similar in countries where it is legal and those where it is not, suggesting that outlawing the procedure does little to deter women seeking it (NY Times, Elizabeth Rosenthal, 11 October 2007).

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/world/12abortion.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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Making Motherhood Safer in Egypt

This 8-page policy brief describes Egypt's efforts to reduce maternal deaths. Included in this policy brief is an overall history of maternal mortality in Egypt, a description of common models of service delivery in safe motherhood care, and a list of "Lessons Learned". (Karima Khalil and Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi, Population Reference Bureau, March 2005)

http://www.prb.org/pdf04/MakMotherSaferEgypt.pdf

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Many Afghans Lost to Hazards Of Childbirth

Afghanistan is considered one of the most dangerous places to be born or to deliver a child. While many argue that this is the indirect result of the US invasion, according to this article, it is due to terrain, traditions and inadequate care that has nevertheless improved since the influx of foreign aid following the invasion. (Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 6 June 2006)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/05/AR2006060501177.html

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Marie Stopes International Study Tours

Participation in an MSIA study tour provides delegates with direct experience of and exposure to reproductive health initiatives in a foreign country. The study tour provides a forum for fostering and exchanging learning opportunities; provides participants with valuable insights into key players in the reproductive health care field; and facilitates cultural exchange. Delegates are able to meet with respected health professionals, visit clinical and educational service providers and learn about alternative service delivery models. MSIA has strong working relationships with many organisations in the region and has the capacity to organise and host study tours in Australia; New Zealand; Southern Africa; India and South East Asia.

http://www.mariestopes.org.au

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Maternal Mortality in 2000: Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA

Reduction of maternal mortality is one of the major goals of several recent international conferences and has been included within the Millennium Development Goals. However, because measuring maternal mortality is difficult and complex, reliable estimates of the dimensions of the problem are not generally available and assessing progress towards the goal is difficult. In recent years, new ways of measuring maternal mortality have been developed, with the needs and constraints of developing countries in particular in mind. As a result, there is considerably more information available today than was the case even a few years ago. Nonetheless, problems of underreporting and misclassification are endemic to all methods and estimates that are based on household surveys are subject to wide margins of uncertainty because of sample size issues. For all these reasons. it is difficult to compare the data obtained from different sources and to assess the overall magnitude of the problem.

http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/maternal_mortality_2000/

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Maternal mortality: who, when, where, and why

The chances of a woman dying as a result of pregnancy or childbirth during her lifetime is about one in six in the poorest parts of the world compared with about one in 30 000 in Northern Europe. Such a discrepancy poses a huge challenge to meeting the fifth Millennium Development Goal to reduce maternal mortality by 75% between 1990 and 2015. This paper looks at the following questions: How big is the problem of maternal mortality? Are there any signs of progress? Why do women die? Where do maternal deaths take place? What are the inequalities in the risk of maternal death? What else do we need to know about maternal mortality? (Dr Carine Ronsmans and Prof Wendy J Graham, Lancet, 2006)

http://www.global-sisterhood-network.org/content/view/1311/59/

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Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health

One of the greatest human accomplishments has been the spectacular improvement in health since 1950. This site looks at success: 17 cases in which large-scale efforts to improve health in developing countries have succeeded - saving millions of lives and preserving the livelihoods and social fabric of entire communities. Eradicating smallpox worldwide. Preventing HIV and sexually transmitted infections in Thailand. Controlling tuberculosis in China. Eliminating polio in Latin America and the Caribbean. Saving mothers' lives in Sri Lanka. Controlling onchocerciasis in sub-Saharan Africa. Preventing diarrheal deaths in Egypt. Improving the health of the poor in Mexico. Controlling trachoma in Morocco. Reducing guinea worm in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling Chagas disease in the southern cone of South America. Reducing fertility in Bangladesh. Curbing tobacco use in Poland. Preventing iodine deficiency disease in China. Eliminating measles in southern Africa. Preventing dental caries in Jamaica. Preventing Hib disease in Chile and The Gambia. Learn about what made these efforts so successful. (Ruth Levine, Centre for Global Development, 2006)

http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/millionssaved/

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NIGER: Where childhood ends on the marriage bed

Nigerian girls and young women face a host of health issues and potential abuses as child marriages remain a widely accepted part of Nigerian society. Aid agencies are pushing the Nigerian government to change the country's laws to better protect young girls. (IRIN, December 2007)

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75932

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Peer Education, Gender and the Development of Critical Consciousness: Participatory HIV Prevention by South African Youth

Drawing on results of a larger empirical study of HIV transmission and prevention among young people in Summertown, South Africa, this study evaluates the outcome of a participatory peer education programme that promoted safe sexual behaviour among youth. (Catherine Campbell and Catherine MacPhail)

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/385/

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Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada (PPFC)

The only non-government organisation in Canada that provides services, information and counselling exclusively on sexual and reproductive health. For more than 30 years, PPFC has worked nationally and internationally to ensure that people have access to universal, reliable information and services in order to make informed decisions related to their sexual and reproductive health. PPFC are working toward a time when they celebrate our sexuality and the diversity of its expression. They envision a society where every individual has a positive sexual self-image that is both joyous and healthy.

http://www.ppfc.ca/

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POPLINE

POPLINE, the world's largest bibliographic reproductive health database, is available free of charge on the Internet. POPLINE provides citations with abstracts of the worldwide literature in the field of population, family planning, and health related issues

http://www.popline.org

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Population Action International

Population Action International (PAI) is an independent policy advocacy group working to strengthen public awareness and political and financial support worldwide for population programs grounded in individual rights. Founded in 1965, PAI is a private, non-profit group and accepts no government funds. At the heart of Population Action International's mission is its commitment to advance universal access to family planning and related health services, and to educational and economic opportunities, especially for girls and women. Together, these strategies promise to improve the lives of individual women and their families, while also slowing the world's population growth and helping preserve the environment.

http://www.populationaction.org/

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Population Explosion Threatens to Trap Africa in Cycle of Poverty

There are 27.7 million people in Uganda. But by 2025 the population will almost double to 56 million. Startling as they are, the projections are feasible, and a glance at some of the variables shows why. A typical Ugandan woman gives birth to seven children - an extraordinarily high fertility rate that has remained largely unchanged for more than 30 years. Half the population is under 15, and will soon move into childbearing age. Fewer than one in five married women has access to contraception. Taken together, the factors point to a population explosion that has demographers and family planning experts warning that efforts to cut poverty are doomed unless urgent measures are taken. (The Guardian, August 25, 2006)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1857730,00.html

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Population, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals

Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals. This publication highlights the importance of the ICPD Programme of Action, the "Cairo+5" discussions and subsequent experience and agreements as we mobilize to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

http://www.mdgender.net/resources/monograph_detail.php?MonographID=22

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Practical Guidelines for Intensifying HIV Prevention: Towards Universal Access

To strengthen national efforts countries are being encouraged to 'know your epidemic' by identifying the behaviours and social conditions that are most associated with HIV transmission, that undermine the ability of those most vulnerable to HIV infection to access and use HIV information and services. 'Knowing your epidemic' provides the basis for countries to 'know your response', by recognizing the organizations and communities that are, or could be, contributing to the response, and by critically assessing the extent to which the existing response is meeting the needs of those most vulnerable to HIV infection.

http://tinyurl.com/2afuw3

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