Published in Studies in family planning
This article presents summary statistics gathered from the 1998 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey. The National Statistics Office and the Department of Health within the framework of the Demographic Health Survey Program of Macro International conducted the survey. The nationally representative survey collected data from 12,407 hous...
Published in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
South East Asia is experiencing a severe shortage of safe blood. The region collects only 7 million units a year but needs a total of 15 million units. This problem is worsened by inappropriate use of blood without separation into its components, with 80-85% of blood being used as whole blood. In addition, the Supreme Court in India has banned the ...
Published in Contraception
A prospective study of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) use in women aged above 35 years was conducted in Bangkok, Thailand. The objectives of the study were to evaluate efficacy, continuation rate, and side effects of DMPA use in these women. A total of 60 women were enrolled in a one-year clinical trial. Their mean age was 38 years. Most ...
Published in Sexually transmitted diseases
Condom use among sex workers should be promoted in view of the low failure rates. Strategies to reduce condom breakage and slippage should be directed at sex workers with increased risk of condom failure.
Published in Sojourn (Singapore)
The current conflict over watershed management between the lowlanders and highlanders in Chomthong has unveiled various aspects of the politics of people versus nature conservation. What is important is that the conflict has exposed the shifting and inconsistent views of the Thai state towards the peripheral areas and its people. Thus, on the one h...
Published in Sojourn (Singapore)
There are tensions between Singapore's economic strategy of internationalization and the emphasis on family life. Frequent travelers, unaccompanied expatriates, and their families experience these tensions. The frequent or extended absences of frequent travelers and expatriates make it difficult for them to fulfill their family roles and obligation...
Published in International journal of STD & AIDS
The goal of this study was to determine whether a urine two-glass test or a leucocyte esterase (LE) test of first-void urine (FVU) improve the sensitivity or specificity of the World Health Organization (WHO) algorithm for the syndromic management of men with urethritis in southern Thailand. A secondary aim was to determine whether infection with T...
Published in Joicfp News
This paper presents the findings of the sociocultural research survey of JOICFP concerning the issue of male involvement in reproductive health (RH) and its incorporation into programs and activities. The survey was conducted from May 1998 to September 1999 in four countries; namely, Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal, and the Philippines. It aims to provide ...
Published in International journal of STD & AIDS
In the developing world condom use among sex workers and their clients plays a dominant role in the transmission of HIV/STD. In Surabaya, Indonesia, data from the 1993 STD prevalence survey in female sex workers (brothels, street, massage parlours, barber shops, call-girl houses, and nightclubs) reveal that only 5% (33/692) of the brothel workers a...
Published in Sojourn (Singapore)
For over 2 decades, until the economic crisis in mid-1997, Malaysia's rapid economic growth attracted an influx of foreign labor, mostly from Indonesia, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. In 1997 the number of registered workers was estimated at 1.2 million and undocumented ones at approximately 800,000. The influx created various problems, of which ...
