Published in Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)
In response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic that struck the African countries, researchers are advised to study Uganda, which has cut its HIV infection rate from 33% to 12%. In a short period of time, this East African country was able to produce such a dramatic drop by recognizing the gravity of the problem, adopting an open public policy, and waging a v...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
The AIDS pandemic is a human tragedy that is threatening development in the poorest countries. There is no cure or vaccine, but the tools to control the epidemic already exist. Nevertheless, there are few examples of national AIDS control programmes that have had an impact on the epidemic. We (an economist and a planner) attribute this to the reluc...
Published in Links : a newsletter on gender for Oxfam GB staff and partners
In the 1998 food crisis in Rumbek county, South Sudan, Dinka mothers began voluntarily to remove their malnourished children from Oxfam's therapeutic feeding programs. This article explains how the incident has led Oxfam to re-examine its ideas about food aid in the region and to take a fresh look at Dinka ideas of need. It was shown that Dinka ide...
Published in Contraceptive technology update
The Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment in Golden, Colorado, is the first in its state to offer low-cost no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) procedures. Training for the Colorado NSV program is part of a project coordinated by AVSC International in New York City. AVSV pioneered the introduction of NSV in the US in 1988 after its 1985 visit...
Published in Asia-Pacific population journal / United Nations
In 1998, the Health System Research Institute of Thailand conducted a comprehensive review of the health services available to elderly people. As part of this review, data were gathered based on the services provided in public facilities. Four methods of data gathering were used; namely, 1) interviews with policy-makers and implementers, 2) surveys...
Published in Glimpse (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Research findings of the Centre for Health and Population Research in Bangladesh have always been instrumental in strengthening national health programs in developing countries. In accordance with the fundamental mission of the Centre, the Health and Population Extension Division (HPED) has primarily conducted operations research and has disseminat...
Published in Sexual health exchange
On 21 April, 1999, the Namibian press reported that the government was going to declare AIDS a notifiable disease. This announcement sparked much debate about the role of confidentiality in a sound public health approach to the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. It also became apparent that in Namibia people's understanding of the principle of con...
Published in Harvard AIDS review
This paper concerns the administration of governmental and nongovernmental programs for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Africa. A 1986 government campaign in the prevention of HIV in Senegal has been initiated and has been guided consistently. The Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) which assembles youn...
Published in Joicfp News
The Integrated Project (IP) on Reproductive Health/Nutrition (RH/N) in Batangas Province in the Philippines was launched on December 2, 1999. This project is a new form of collaboration, joining government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and corporate forces to promote a RH/N project in six municipalities in Batangas. The Ajinomoto Company...
Published in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
This article assesses the abstinence-based programs developed by family life educators and the factors associated with positive results through a review of abstinence promotion programs of the federal government. In 1996, Section 510 was added to Title V of the Social Security Act allocating US$50 million annually from 1998-2000 to fund abstinence ...
