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HIV and AIDS
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A young Mexican couple. Globally, the number of women who have HIV or AIDS now equals the number of men. Women are twice as likely to become infected through unprotected heterosexual intercourse as their male partners. Photo: Melissa May. | |
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Female condoms are the only female-initiated product that offers protection against STIs, including HIV. Photo: Melissa May. | |
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Truckers buying condoms in Indonesia. Because of their mobility, truckers and migrant workers are key targets for HIV prevention efforts. Photo: Population Council. |
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
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Mayan girls are the most disadvantaged group in Guatemala. The Council’s Abriendo Oportunidades program, “creating opportunities,” is now national in scope. | |
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To reduce poverty and encourage development, governments need to have the facts about what resources will have the most impact. | |
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Girls who are able to attend school, like these girls in Amendabad, India, marry later and have fewer children. And while attending school, they become safer, enjoy enhanced social status, and have better opportunities for self-actualization. |
Reproductive Health
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A couple accesses information about pregnancy, delivery, and care for babies. using an interactive CD kiosk placed at a Mexico City hospital by the Council. |
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The Council aims to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity with a focus on achieving universal access to all reproductive health services. Photo: Maya Vaughan-Smith. |
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Through the Men in Maternity program, Council researchers sought to involve men in their partners’ reproductive health from pregnancy to birth and beyond. Photo: Melissa May. |
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What's New
Schooling and Conflict in Darfur: A Snapshot of Basic Education Services for Displaced Children. The Population Council, in collaboration with the Women’s Refugee Commission, conducted a survey of basic educational services and facilities in North and West Darfur in 2008. Read about their findings in this report, forthcoming in March. To order a copy, contact publications@popcouncil.org
BMJ has announced the nominees for its prestigious annual award for "Getting Research into Practice." The Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Practice (SHHEP) group—to which ABBA, a Population Council–led consortium, belongs—was nominated for successfully "advocating research findings to change the law in Ghana so that survivors of gender based and sexual violence are no longer forced to pay for their own medical tests to prove assault in court." Read more about this on page 6 of the linked PDF. (offsite link)
New statistics project more than five million fewer deaths from AIDS in 2030 than previously estimated. The Population Council's John Bongaarts and co-authors François Pelletier and Patrick Gerland address the cause and implications of the revised estimate in a recent article in The Lancet, "How many more AIDS deaths?" (more)
The Population Council applauds the US government’s renewed support and dedication to meeting the health and development goals laid out in the ICPD and other related UN agreements. (more)
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