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A study based on WHO surveys finds high risk of cervical cancer among women in developing countries due to lack of regular screening programmers and unequal access to healthcare. Poor and older women, most likely to develop the disease, are also least likely to be screened.
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ARTH, an NGO working in western India has achieved remarkable success in driving awareness on reproductive health among rural women. Apart from running field clinics and fully equipped health centres in the region, the organisation also trains women to deal with emergencies.
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The Global Health Council Influentials Study Tour highlighted the work of the 2007 Gates Award for Global Health winner during a visit to Thailand Feb. 18-23, 2008 as it focused on the work of the Population and Community Development Association (PDA). Since 1974, PDA has helped improve lives and strengthen communities in Thailand through its innovative approach to community development that has benefited more than 10 million people. Founded by Mechai Viravaidya, the organization provides family more...
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Latin America and the Caribbean is a region with enormous wealth disparities. even in countries with strong economic growth, the main characteristic is a concentration of wealth among small groups and the remaining distribution among a large number of increasingly impoverished people. In the last few decades, the increase in poverty has mainly affected women and girls and this feminization of poverty has translated into the feminization of HIV/AIDS. Women who are young and poor are increasingly more...
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On July 9, the G8 Summit, an annual meeting attended by eight world leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, concluded in Hokkaido Toyako. The meeting addressed key global issues including: global health, climate change, global food security, good governance and reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The G8 renewed their commitment to support development goals including: global health issues. They agreed to establish a repor more...
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Breastfeeding rates may be at a 20-year high in the U.S., but they're alarmingly low in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mercy Corps is helping mothers and clinics give at-risk infants a healthier start.
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This is the flagship report of the UNFPA. 'In 2008, the world reaches an invisible but momentous milestone: For the first time in history, more than half its human population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. Many of the new urbanites will be poor. Their future, the future of cities in developing countries, the future of humanity itself, all depend very much on decisions made now in preparation for this growth.
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