What shapes research impact on policy? Understanding research uptake in sexual and reproductive health policy processes in resource poor contexts
Posted on May 15, 2015 at 6:42 am
Assessing the impact that research evidence has on policy is complex. It involves consideration of conceptual issues of what determines ...
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HIV and TB in prisons
Posted on May 11, 2015 at 5:46 am
Aids Foundation East-West (AFEW) has recently been privileged to make a contribution to Equilibri.net the online magazine of an Italian ...
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Marital status and abortion among young women in Rupandehi, Nepal
Posted on May 11, 2015 at 5:37 am
Background: Despite liberalization of the Nepal abortion law, young women continue to experience barriers to safe abortion services. We hypothesize ...
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Lack of Sexual Minorities’ Rights as a Barrier to HIV Prevention among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Asia: A Systematic Review
Posted on May 11, 2015 at 5:33 am
The authors of this study developed a tool, the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Human Rights Index, to assess ...
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How Much Does It Cost to Improve Access to Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision among High-Risk, Low-Income Communities in Uganda?
Posted on May 11, 2015 at 5:29 am
The mobile voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program in Uganda was established specifically to improve access to VMMC services in ...
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Successful Integration of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention Intervention Programming
Posted on May 11, 2015 at 5:25 am
Women who received standard HIV services plus community- and facility-based interventions to detect, prevent, and address intimate partner violence (IPV) ...
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The True Costs of Maternal Death: Individual Tragedy Impacts Family, Community and Nations
Posted on May 11, 2015 at 5:22 am
What happens when a mother dies? In the West, the most obvious answer is grief – the harrowing emotional and ...
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Improving Access to Maternal Health and Contraceptives: Pharmaceutical Companies’ Contribution to MDG 5
Posted on April 30, 2015 at 6:05 am
Every day, an estimated 800 women die during pregnancy and childbirth due to preventable causes – most of whom live ...
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The Quality of Care in Provision of Female Sterilization and IUD Services
Posted on April 28, 2015 at 6:01 am
In many communities around the world, women continue to lack access to quality family planning services that provide the information, ...
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WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates
Posted on April 28, 2015 at 5:17 am
Since 1985, the international healthcare community has considered the ideal rate for caesarean sections to be between 10-15%. Since then, ...
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