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[Robert Jacoby <rjacoby@jhuccp.org>]

"The PopReporter" - Johns Hopkins University Population Information Program
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Week of 9 April, 2001

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Morning-After Pills Effective Up to Five Days After Unprotected In-
tercourse
http://ippfnet.ippf.org/pub/IPPF_News/News_Details.asp?ID=949

Five-Year Study Finds Norplant Safe and Effective
http://ippfnet.ippf.org/pub/IPPF_News/News_Details.asp?ID=95

Extra Medications for Sex Partners one Approach in Public Health 
Struggle to Curb Chlamydia
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_01/hll20409.htm


HIV/AIDS

UN Chief Gets Drug Companies to Lower Prices of AIDS Drugs
http://www.earthtimes.org/apr/healthunchiefgetsdrugapr6_01.htm

Russia's Growing AIDS Problem
http://ippfnet.ippf.org/pub/IPPF_News/News_Details.asp?ID=903

Study Begins of Vaccine for HIV Strain Found in Africa
http://www.earthtimes.org/mar/healthstudybeginsmar8_01.htm

HIV and Partner Violence: Implications for Voluntary Counseling and 
Testing Programs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/horizons/vctviolence.pdf
(you need to have Adobe Acrobat to view this page)

First Indigenous HIV Detection Kit in India
http://ippfnet.ippf.org/pub/IPPF_News/News_Details.asp?ID=890

AIDS Victims Have Right to Marry
http://allafrica.com/stories/200104060130.html


POPULATION

Population and Development Commission Discusses Population, Environ-
ment and Development
http://ippfnet.ippf.org/pub/IPPF_News/News_Details.asp?ID=960

Six Billion and Counting
http://www.popcouncil.org/ppdb/six_billion.html


WOMEN'S HEALTH

Women's Reproductive Health Still Lagging in Many Countries
http://www.earthtimes.org/mar/genderissueswomensmar8_01.htm

Inequality for Women Increases Risk for Contracting HIV/AIDS
http://www.earthtimes.org/mar/genderissuesinequalitymar17_01.htm

Adolescent Girls in Nigeria Struggle to Learn Their Rights
http://www.earthtimes.org/mar/genderissuesadolescentgirlsmar11_01.htm


PROFILES/SPECIAL REPORTS

Kerstin Trone on 25 years with UN Population Fund
http://www.earthtimes.org/mar/profilekerstintroneonmar16_01.htm

An NGO leader on getting governments to take action
http://www.earthtimes.org/mar/profileanngoleadermar8_01.htm

Hot Prospects, Cold Facts: National Survey of South African Youth
http://www.kff.org/content/2001/20010314/


Sincerely,

Robert Jacoby
Editor, Internet Technologies
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
mailto:rjacoby@jhuccp.org

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