Religious leaders play a key role in shaping the health-seeking behavior of their communities—particularly with respect to family planning and reproductive health, topics where science, religion, culture and morality profoundly intersect. The Extending Service Delivery (ESD) Project is pleased to announce the launch of a new training tool that will help religious leaders to better understand reproductive health issues and to positively influence the choices made within their communities.
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Acute poverty is forcing girls as young as 14 into early marriage and sex work in parts of northern Uganda affected by the war, says a new report by local NGOs.
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Save the Children has worked in Central Asia to better serve the great needs of children and best use the vital resources of donors. Save the Children recently merged programs and activities with other members of the International Save the Children Alliance who also have programs in Central Asia. These programs focus on five priority initiatives: Child Protection, Education, Food Security, Health, and HIV/AIDS.
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The Millennium Project publishes a report periodically assessing the current state of the world and projecting developments in the future. The 2008 report is to be published in August 2008; the website provides information on the report and a ten page summary. The report and accompanying CD are expensive, but the summary can be downloaded free. by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu.
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This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 13 program resources with Web links, and 13 journal article summaries on research from China, El Salvador, Namibia, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.
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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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