Empowering Women or Pleasing Men? Analyzing Male Views on Female Condom Use in Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Cameroon

Posted on October 2, 2015 at 9:16 am

Marketing the Female Condom to Men as Well as Women May Increase Use International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Volume 41, ...

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An Assessment of Family Planning Decision Makers’ And Advocates’ Needs and Strategies in Three East African Countries

Posted on October 2, 2015 at 9:10 am

Government Decision Makers Are More Receptive to Family Planning Messages from Local Advocates International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Volume ...

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UN set to change the world with new development goals – The Lancet

Posted on September 24, 2015 at 6:06 am

This report from the Lancet gives a good summary of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including arguments pro and con. The report ...

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Community Health Workers’ Provision of Family Planning Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness

Posted on September 23, 2015 at 8:54 am

This systematic review evaluates the strength of the evidence that community health workers’ (CHW) provision of family planning (FP) services ...

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Indicators for a Transformative, High-Impact & People-Centred 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Leading Options for Global, Thematic, Regional and/or National Levels

Posted on August 18, 2015 at 6:33 am

Developed by High-Level Task Force for the ICPD. The indicators proposed in this document represent transformative and strategic options for Member ...

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Brief, Sexuality-related communication: Recommendations for a public health approach

Posted on May 29, 2015 at 6:44 am

Both research and consultations over the last decades have identified sexuality-related communication as an issue that requires urgent attention. While ...

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Underuse of modern methods of contraception: underlying causes and consequent undesired pregnancies in 35 low- and middle-income countries

Posted on February 17, 2015 at 6:50 am

Every year, when 123 million women experience pregnancy as a harbinger of happiness, many of the remaining 87 million face ...

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Young Women’s Access to and Use of Contraceptives: The Role of Providers’ Restrictions in Urban Senegal

Posted on January 27, 2015 at 3:41 am

CONTEXT: Contraceptive prevalence is very low in Senegal, particularly among young women. Greater knowledge is needed about the barriers young ...

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Smart Investments for Financing the Post-2015 Development Agenda – ICPD

Posted on January 20, 2015 at 9:14 am

The cost of funding the Post-2015 Development Agenda is estimated to be trillions of dollars a year.1 While this magnitude ...

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Social networks and female reproductive choices in the developing world: a systematized review

Posted on January 12, 2015 at 3:12 am

Continuing high global maternal mortality and morbidity rates in developing countries have resulted in an increasing push to improve reproductive health ...

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