International Family Planning Perspectives articles from December 2006

International Family Planning Perspectives archives from December 2006

In this issue.
December 1, 2006... In Vietnam, concern is rising that young men who have unprotected intercourse with sex workers or other high-risk partners before marriage could acquire HIV and later transmit it to their wives. In surveys conducted with men and women in three...

Reproductive health added to millenium development goals.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... In October 2006, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly agreed to amend the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG), which aims to reduce maternal mortality by three-quarters by 2015, to include a new target-achieving universal access to...

Malaria treatment for pregnant women.(Medical condition overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Amodiaquine may be an effective and safe treatment for pregnant women with malaria in areas where the disease is resistant to other commonly prescribed medications. (1) As part of a study conducted in Nkoranza, Ghana, between March 2003 and...

Attitudes of Jamaicans toward people with HIV.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The level of sympathy Jamaican students feel for people living with HIV varies according to the students' characteristics and the subgroup of infected people. (1) Among 1,252 students interviewed at the University of the West Indies between...

Obeying the law, breaching confidence, or both?(abortion)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... In El Salvador, where abortion is illegal, health care providers often report women seeking postabortion care to the legal authorities because they believe they are obligated by law to do so. (1) Among a random sample of 110 Salvadorian...

Interventions to reduce child deaths in middle east.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Increased implementation of 26 low-cost maternal and child health interventions in eastern Mediterranean countries could substantially reduce child mortality in the region, according to an analysis of World Health Organization and UNICEF data....

Cost-effectiveness of HIV therapies in Cote d'Ivoire.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Antiretroviral therapy combined with an antibiotic is a cost-effective strategy for the treatment of HIV in resource-poor settings, according to a computer-simulation analysis based on patient data from Cote d'Ivoire. (1) Twenty-two strategies...

Modified technique allows safer, earlier abortions.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A modified dilation and evacuation procedure may be safer and more effective than methods currently used to provide second-trimester abortions in settings that lack access to electric vacuum aspiration, according to results from a demonstration...

Continuity and change in premarital sex in Vietnam.
December 1, 2006... CONTEXT: Premarital sexual activity is thought to be rising in Vietnam. However, there is little evidence documenting such an increase, and it is unknown whether levels of premarital sex differ between northern and southern Vietnam and whether...

Unwanted pregnancy and associated factors among Nigerian women.
December 1, 2006... CONTEXT: Many Nigerian women experience unwanted pregnancies. To prevent associated health problems, it is important to understand the factors related to unwanted pregnancy in Nigeria. METHODS: A community-based survey of 2,978 women aged...

Using strength of fertility motivations to identify family planning program strategies.
December 1, 2006... CONTEXT: Use of unmet need for family planning to identify prospective clients may misrepresent the actual family planning needs of a population, given that a large proportion of women have ambivalent fertility desires. METHODS: Survey...

Relationship between HIV risk perception and condom use: evidence from a population-based survey in Mozambique.
December 1, 2006... CONTEXT: The relationship between individuals' perception of their risk for acquiring HIV and their use of condoms is poorly understood. Understanding this relationship is crucial to the development of effective strategies to fight HIV and...

Domestic violence and symptoms of gynecologic morbidity among women in north India.
December 1, 2006... CONTEXT: Although there is increasing recognition of the global scope of domestic violence and the potential reproductive health consequences of violence, little is known about the relationship between physical and sexual domestic violence and...

Choice is empowering: getting strategic about preventing HIV infection in women.
December 1, 2006... Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, we have come a considerable distance in recognizing that successful HIV prevention work among women means the adoption of a woman-centered paradigm, one that is grounded in women's realities and...

In West Africa, single-dose antibiotic treats vaginal discharge as effectively as multiple-dose treatment.
December 1, 2006... Among West African women visiting primary care clinics for treatment of vaginal discharge, those given a new single-dose antibiotic treatment are as likely as their counterparts given a standard multiple-dose antibiotic treatment to report...

In developing countries, most early neonatal deaths are caused by prematurity.
December 1, 2006... In developing countries, stillbirths occur at a rate of about 13 per 1,000 births and early infant deaths at a rate of nine per 1,000 live births-even when women receive antenatal care and deliver in hospitals prepared to handle obstetrical and...

In India, men's sexual behavior puts their wives' reproductive health at risk.
December 1, 2006... More than one in four women aged 18-45 in Goa, India, had a reproductive tract infection at the time of a 2001-2003 study of the prevalence and determinants of such infections. (1) Although STIs were present in relatively few women (4%),...

Risk of death or HIV infection similar for two infant feeding regimens.(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Among babies born to HIV-infected mothers, those who are fed breast milk and given zidovudine for the first six months of life have a risk of dying or contracting HIV similar to infants who are fed formula and given zidovudine for the first...

In Honduras, knowledge of emergency contraception increases, but use does not.
December 1, 2006... Following public outreach activities promoting emergency contraception, awareness of the method among Honduran adults visiting family planning clinics in two cities quadrupled and concerns about it decreased, but willingness to use the method...