International Family Planning Perspectives articles from March 2007

International Family Planning Perspectives archives from March 2007

In this issue.
March 1, 2007

Weekly dose of mifepristone is an effective contraceptive.(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

Circumcision reduces HIV risk among men in Kenya.(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

Social group leaders can help others to avoid HIV.
March 1, 2007

Umbilical cord infection among Nepalese newborns.(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

Unsafe abortion in the developing world.(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

Sudanese women in need of reproductive health services.(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

UNICEF.(report on women)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

In December 2006, Muslim academics and scholars met at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, for a two-day conference entitled The Prohibition of Violation of the Female Body Through Circumcision.(IN BRIEF)
March 1, 2007

UNAIDS, in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), has released a new policy brief suggesting actions that would help prevent HIV and mitigate the effect of HIV on refugees and their host communities.(Brief article)
March 1, 2007

Family planning advice and postpartum contraceptive use among low-income women in Mexico.
March 1, 2007

Factors affecting vasectomy acceptability in Tanzania.
March 1, 2007

Family planning programs in 2004: new assessments in a changing environment.
March 1, 2007

Inconsistencies in the relationship between contraceptive use and fertility in Bangladesh.(ARTICLES)
March 1, 2007

The physical accessibility of health facilities strongly affects Haitian women's use of prenatal, delivery care.
March 1, 2007

In South Africa, young men with sexual risk factors are more likely to commit rape.
March 1, 2007

In low-resource settings, misoprostol can reduce risk of postpartum hemorrhage.
March 1, 2007

Levels of intimate partner violence vary greatly according to country and rural or urban setting.
March 1, 2007

Positive attitudes toward condom use do not mean safer sex among youth.
March 1, 2007

In the absence of syphilis, anemia causes the majority of stillbirths in Tanzania.
March 1, 2007

Combined hormone therapy after menopause does not raise cervical cancer risk.
March 1, 2007