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Muslim clerics declare war on condoms
Muslim leaders in Kenya's North Eastern Province have resolved to campaign against the promotion of condoms as a means of preventing HIV.
"A lot of money is being wasted to poison our community ... a huge amount of money is spent on buying condoms, buying immorality," Sheikh Mohamud Ali, of Garissa district, told IRIN/PlusNews...
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13 May 2008 |
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Laura Lopez Gonzalez, PlusNews
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With Women Worldwide - A Compact to End HIV/AIDS (IWHC)
Sexual and reproductive rights are a pivotal neglected priority in HIV/AIDS policy, programming and resource allocation. Failure to protect the human rights of girls and women, including their right to health and their right
to live free of sexual coercion and violence, fuels the pandemic. Universal access to sexual and reproductive health service. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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Youth InfoNet 45
This issue of FHI's monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 16 program resources with Web links, and 11 journal article summaries on research from Brazil, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, United States, and Zambia.
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12 May 2008 |
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David Hock
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Campaign Launch of Women Won't Wait - Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Millennium Plaza Hotel, New York, New York. The "Women Won't Wait" press conference was the official launch of the campaign with Mary Robinson as the prominent speaker at the launch. Members of the eight-person panel introduced the "Women Won't Wait" campaign and its mission. The panelists' presentations highlighted the campaign's report, "Show Us . . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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Being HIV Positive (or Being Perceived as Being HIV Positive) Can Increase the Risk of Violence
* Violence by a Sexual Partner - Often women are the first in a partnership to learn they are HIV positive (because of ante-natal testing, for instance), which can result in blame and violence from their partners; * Violence by Family/In-Laws/Friends/Community - Because of stigma, discrimination, and fear, a known HIV-positive sero-status can incre. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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VAW/G Increases the Risk of HIV Infection/Re-Infection
VAW/G Increases the Risk of HIV Infection/Re-Infection
* Violent and/or Forced/Coerced Sex - Tears or lacerations in the vagina or anus increase the risk of HIV transmission. Violence, force, roughness, and vaginal/anal dryness can all increase the number of tears and lacerations in the vagina or anus.
* Lack of Power to Negotiate Safer. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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Strengthening Resistance: Confronting Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS (2006)
Strengthening Resistance focuses on the points of intersection in the social, political and public health crises of violence against women and HIV/AIDS. The report uses a human rights lens to focus on critical political challenges and on innovative strategies used by activists worldwide as they respond to the links between violence and HIV/AIDS. Fr. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Literature Review
Program on International Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, August 2006. This is a review of publications addressing aspects of the intersection between gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV. A large body of literature exists on the negative impacts of societies’ stringent ascription of
gender roles on vulnerability to HIV inf. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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Action for Global Health and Jeffrey Sachs issue rallying call to European Parliament
The regular "health slot" of the Development Committee of the European Parliament on 5 May was addressed by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Advisor to UN Secretary-General on the MDGS, and Dr Alvaro Bermejo from Action For Global Health, both speaking on the needs for greater European action to achieve the health MDGs.
The meeting commenced with a wide. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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New African Brain Drain threat looms
Scientists have warned of a looming exodus of health experts from Kenya and other African countries to meet demand in the West. "The UK needs 10,000 more doctors and 20,000 nurses, mostly from Africa because they are cheaper," reported a doctor interviewed by The East African Standard on 06 May.
Medical experts attending a conference at Kisumu's. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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International conference on Social Health Protection in developing countries: who will pay?
The International conference on Social Health Protection in Developing countries organised on 7 May 2008 at the initiative of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Kouchner, brought together 55 States (with 33 Ministers), 17 international and regional organisations and some NGOs. Action for Global Health was represented by its two French . . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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GAVI Health Systems Strengthening (HSS)
GAVI's HSS programme assists countries to overcome bottlenecks which often impact other child and maternal health care initiatives. GAVI's HSS mandate is intended to help countries overcome health system weaknesses that impede sustainable increases in immunization coverage. Though not endemic to all countries, the weaknesses include limited local m. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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Deliver Now for Women and Children
The Deliver Now for Women and Children campaign works to strengthen actions towards achieving MDGs 4 and 5. Launched in September 2007, Deliver Now aims to draw attention to the deaths of more than ten million women and children each year. By intensifying political commitment, increasing investment in health services and supporting community access. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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The Providing for Health (P4H) Initiative
The Providing for Health (P4H) Initiative is a result of a continuous process initiated at several G8 summits in which the G8 underlined the necessity to strengthen (national) health financing systems as the overall basis for accessible and pro-poor health systems. In the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) aid recipients were advised to . . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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The Catalytic Initiative to Save a Million Lives (CI)
The Catalytic Initiative aims to intensify efforts to achieve MDGs 4 and 5 by strengthening the focus of national plans and budgets and the capacity of country-led systems to deliver packages of proven, high-impact and cost-effective health and nutrition interventions for children and pregnant women. Community partnerships are supported to strength. . .
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12 May 2008 |
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Anuradha Bhattacharjee
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