Heed the Alarm: Scale up HIV Prevention
July 23, 2007
“For every person who began antiretroviral therapy in 2006, six people were newly infected,” according to a new report from the Global HIV Prevention Working Group. Without a major scale-up of HIV prevention programs, using existing prevention tools, 60 million more HIV infections are projected to occur by 2015. The best of the best have confirmed what many knew to be true: Only by significantly ramping up HIV prevention programs can we curb the scourge of HIV/AIDS. If the world does not listen, and new HIV infections continue to grow as they are, we'll have no one to blame but ourselves. The members of this group are the most knowledgeable experts on HIV prevention in the world and they have rung an alarm bell that world leaders must heed in order to put an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
It Takes Two to Tango: Men as Partners in Reproductive Health
July 17, 2007
Too often, it is women who make-and disproportionately bear the brunt of-reproductive health decisions on behalf of a couple. Women are the ones who risk dying from complications in pregnancy and childbirth. And if a mother dies, her daughters-not her sons-tend to be the ones who leave school to care for their families. Sadly, men more often hold the power in decision making, both at a personal and at a political level. PAI urges men to be the strongest allies in improving the health and well-being of women-whether as partners or politicians-by engaging in the fight to save the lives of their wives, sisters, daughters, mothers and other women in their community.
Making Country Ownership a Reality - An NGO Perspective
July 12, 2007
Country stakeholders – governments, parliamentarians and civil society – have always been challenged by a limited ability to influence decisions made at the international level. With international donors now seeking to move decision-making and ownership to the country level, we have a remarkable opportunity to establish a transparent, participatory and inclusive process. This is particularly critical to the SRHR community which, due to the often controversial nature of the work, requires institutionalized processes as well as strong, well-informed champions, to ensure that its concerns are adequately funded in development strategies.
PAI's Reproductive Health Supplies Partners
July 10, 2007
Shortages of critical reproductive health supplies (RH supplies) around the world are undermining progress towards achieving the Programme of Action established at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and the poverty reduction targets included in the Millennium Development Goals. Without supplies, no health or poverty reduction program can be successful.
Sex in the Cities - A Stronger Case Than Ever for Reproductive Health Services
July 9, 2007
With further Senate action on the appropriations bill exempting contraceptives from the Global Gag Rule not likely until September, this is the perfect moment to highlight the importance of increasing access to contraceptives, which is crucial to global development and the fight against poverty.
Abstinence Isn't Enough: Protecting Married Women from HIV
July 2, 2007
“When you are married, you do not have the right to say ‘no'” -- Skytt Nzambu
These are the words of Skytt Nzambu, a Kenyan woman who was infected with HIV by her unfaithful husband. Tragically, Skytt is only one of an increasing number of HIV infections that are occurring within married couples, according to information reported at last week's HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting in Rwanda.
Senate Appropriations Committee to Vote on Bill that Overturns Destructive Global Health Policies on Contraceptives and HIV/AIDS; President Has Threatened a Veto
June 28, 2007
Victory (is) in the House!
June 25, 2007
Population Action International celebrated an important victory for women and their families last week, as Congress passed a Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (H.R. 2764) that contained language correcting some of the most egregious aspects of U.S. international sexual and reproductive health policy.
Bogaletch Gebre: ending female genital mutilation in Ethiopia
Media Source: The Lancet
June 23, 2007
Amy Coen, President of Population Action International, who nominated Gebre for the Jonathan Mann Award, attended a 2006 community-initiated rally in southern Ethiopia to celebrate the end of female genital mutilation. "Close to 20000 people from some 20 villages poured into an open field, most of them walking for miles to participate in the festivities. Elders, usually the keepers of traditions, spoke out against the practice. It was a transforming experience to see what a small group of women can do to spare their daughters and sisters extreme misery. It renewed my faith and my hope for the future of us all."
Zealotry vs Lives
June 18, 2007
Family planning and reproductive health supporters are on the verge of a very important show-down in the House of Representatives on the issues of access to contraceptives and abstinence-only HIV/AIDS prevention restrictions
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