Expand EC Globally: What's Safe for U.S. Women is Safe for All
September 18, 2006
After years of inexcusable stalling on the part of the Bush administration, science trumped politics last month when the Food and Drug Administration approved emergency contraception (EC), allowing its sale over the counter to women eighteen and over. Now it's time for the U.S. to help women in the developing world gain access to the life saving benefits of emergency contraception. With risk of maternal death as high as 1 in 6 in countries such as Afghanistan, compared to 1 in 2,500 in the U.S., EC can save lives. PAI urges USAID to start purchasing and using the morning-after pill as part of their family planning arsenal.
As the U.S. Grows, So Grows the World: Environment Pays High Price
September 11, 2006
A recent report released by the Center for Environment and Population warns that population growth in the U.S. is a "major contributor" to environmental degradation globally-a linkage that PAI has long highlighted around the world. Despite some claims that a global “birth dearth” is more of a concern than population growth, the U.S. population is poised to reach 300 million in October. And population is growing even more rapidly in developing countries-in Ethiopia, for example, the population is projected to double by 2045. Greater access to family planning and reproductive health services allow women and men to determine the number and spacing of their children-and helps ease population pressures on fragile ecosystems.
The "Education Vaccination": a Proven HIV Prevention Method for Girls
September 5, 2006
Girls' education deserves more investment and a higher profile in HIV prevention. According to a recent report by ActionAid, girls with a secondary level education or higher are much less at risk for contracting HIV. They are more likely to wait longer before having sex and to use a condom when they do. In light of the recent feminization of AIDS in Africa-where, according to this report, females make up 74% of young people aged 15-24 living with HIV or AIDS-education and access to condoms and contraceptives are crucial to young women at risk of HIV and unintended pregnancy. PAI couldn't agree more: Educating girls is central to empowering women, improving family well-being, and achieving sustainable development the world over.
Guessing game: Many factors go into estimating world population
Media Source: Paramus Post
September 4, 2006
In its full glory, the map spans a wall and the world, some 9 million blue and orange grid cells representing, in toto, the projected distribution of people around the globe in the year 2025.
The Changing Face of Foreign Assistance - New Funding Paradigms Offer a Challenge and Opportunity for Family Planning
September 1, 2006
New foreign assistance strategies that aim to encourage ownership by recipients while still effectively reducing poverty are laudable. They offer the hope of increased financial support to overall global development-a bigger pie-but they also pose significant challenges to the family planning field: Will it be able to keep a slice of that pie?
International AIDS Conference Emphasizes Evidence-Based Prevention
August 21, 2006
At last week's XVI International AIDS Conference (IAC) in Toronto, participants emphasized more boldly than ever before evidence-based prevention and the need to empower women to protect themselves from this deadly disease. As a founding member of the Caucus for Evidence-Based Prevention, PAI urges the implementation of HIV prevention policies centered on sound, scientific evidence and to give all people-especially women-the tools and information they need to protect themselves.
Caucus Promotes Evidence-Based AIDS Prevention Strategies at International AIDS Conference
August 17, 2006
Sunday night's opening plenary launched the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, where thousands of people-including researchers, advocates, people living with AIDS, and policy makers-will spend the week discussing and debating HIV prevention, the treatment and care of those who have HIV/AIDS, and ways to eradicate this epidemic. Front and center is the Caucus for Evidence-Based Prevention, made up of over 50 influential non-government organizations, promoting HIV prevention efforts supported by scientific evidence, not ideology. As a founding member of the Caucus, along with amfAR and SIECUS, PAI calls for global support of evidence-based prevention as the best way to stem the growth of the HIV epidemic.
Measuring our ability to map future population growth
Media Source: San Diego Union Tribune
August 17, 2006
In its full glory, the map spans a wall and the world, some 9 million blue and orange grid cells representing, in toto, the projected distribution of people around the globe in the year 2025.
Cautious Optimism on Eve of Global AIDS Meet
Media Source: Inter-Press Service
August 9, 2006
The world's largest gathering of HIV/AIDS experts and activists will meet in Toronto starting on Sunday with renewed hopes of halting the spread of this devastating disease, which an estimated 40 million people are currently living with.
Foreign Aid Restructuring Threatens Family Planning Funding
July 31, 2006
In January of this year, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a major restructuring of the U.S. government's foreign assistance program under a new vision of “transformational democracy.” As details of the plan have emerged, it appears that the short-term national security and democracy promotion objectives favored by the State Department are trumping the traditional focus on development and poverty reduction. This shift could prove enormously detrimental to long-term development programs, including family planning and reproductive health. PAI urges Congress to address the potential dangers that lie in this restructuring now, before these programs-that help so many women and children in need-are irreversibly undermined.
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