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  What influences the private provision of contraceptives?

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002

  Policymakers are increasingly concerned about the ability of donors and government to keep pace with rising demand for contraception in developing countries. While the commercial private sector could potentially contribute more, its current share varies widely.
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  How much is enough?: estimating requirements for subsidized contraceptives : results from a ten-country analysis

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002

  As the number of women of reproductive age grows and as the proportion of those women using modern contraceptive methods increases, total global demand for contraceptive commodities is expected to grow by more than 40 percent by the year 2015.
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  Anthrax, Drug Transnationals, and TRIPs

  Foreign Policy in Focus, 2002

  Opinion piece from the Director of the Public Interest Research Centre in India which looks at TRIPS and the Doha declaration and draws inferences from the recent anthrax crisis in the US.Among the points the author makes are that:By sacrificing the public health concern of its own citizens to protect the private interests of drug TNCs, the U.S.
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  The 10/90 Report on Health Research 2001-2002

  Global Forum for Health Research, 2002

  Of the US$73 billion spent globally every year on health research only about 10% is actually allocated for research into 90% of the world’s health problems. This is what is known as the 10/90 gap.
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  Gender equity and socioeconomic inequality: a framework for the patterning of women's health

  Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, 2002

  This paper explores the interrelationship between gender equity and socioeconomic inequality and its effect on women's health at the macro- and micro- levels.An integrated framework draws theoretical perspectives from both approaches and from public health.
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  Network of nomads: negotiating access to health resources among pastoralist women in Chad

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002

  Health resources among pastoralist groups are strongly gendered and while certain health resources fall within the female domain (e.g.
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  The global impact of HIV/AIDS on youth

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002

  This fact sheet provides an overview of the impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic on young people, including data on prevalence and incidence, why adolescents are vulnerable to HIV, which young people are at particular risk, and the role of prevention.The document concludes that rates of infection amongst young people are set to increse and thus, prevention interventions directed at youth will
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  Reaching youth worldwide

  Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 2002

  The United Nations estimates that one-half of all new HIV/AIDS cases are among 15- to 24-year-olds. Youth also face problems such as unemployment, adolescent pregnancy, and drug and alcohol abuse.
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  Scaling up anti-retroviral therapy in resource limited settings: treatment guidelines for a public health approach (2003 revision)

  World Health Organization WHO File, 2003

  This document from the World Health Organization (WHO) provides guidance on scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource limited settings. It is intended primarily for use by Treatment Advisory Boards, national AIDS programme managers, and other senior level policymakers involved in the planning of national and international HIV care strategies in developing countries.
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  Management of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of female genital mutilation

  Women's Health and Development Programme, WHO, 2001

  This document is the report of a WHO technical consultation held in Geneva, between 15-17 October 1997.The objectives of the consultation were to:outline the major health complications of FGM associated with pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, and to define the essential package of care required to manage and/or prevent these complications in settings where resources are li

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