"A 2004 global evaluation of reproductive health in refugee and internally displaced settings showed that while significant progress has been made since 1995 in raising awareness and advancing the reproductive health of displaced populations, substantial gaps remain. Specifically, improvement is needed in the areas of family planning, gender-based violence, sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS and the provision of quality services for emergency obstetric care. Furthermore, donor fu more...

Notions of equity are fundamental to, and drive much of the current thinking about global health. Health inequity, however, is usually measured using health inequality as a proxy - implicitly conflating equity and equality. Unfortunately measures of global health inequality do not take account of the health inequity associated with the additional, and unfair, encumbrances that poor health status confers on economically deprived populations. Using global health data from the World Health Organiza more...

The second edition of this guide is designed for reproductive health professionals involved in large-scale reproductive health programs that use MVA instruments. This guide should be used with other Ipas technical resources to implement service-delivery programs, train clinicians, develop service-delivery policies and guidelines, and monitor services. Rather than providing a one-size-fits-all methodology for every situation, this guide is designed to: aid development of sustainable MVA supplies more...

HIV Vaccine and Microbicides Resource Tracking Working Group: The report provides estimates of investment in HIV vaccine and microbicide research and development from 2000 to 2006. The report also includes estimates of investment in new prevention options - including male circumcision, suppression of the genital herpes virus HSV-2, cervical barriers and pre-exposure prophylaxis.

The report found that over the seven year period, public and philanthropic funding for HIV vaccine and microbicide more...

Strengthening the National HIV/AIDS/STD/TB Council (NAC) and supporting strategic HIV prevention, care and mitigation activities within the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Framework, Zambia (STARZ): A synthesis of institutional arrangements of National Aids Commissions in seven African countries; 2007 (Authors: C. Dickinson; J. Mundy; J. Whitelaw Jones).

This paper from HLSP presents a synthesis of institutional arrangements and issues currently facing National AIDS Commissions (NACs) in 2007. The p more...

The Wellcome Trust will provide funding to support the creation of consortia between higher education institutes and research institutes located within Africa (south-south links), and with institutions based in the UK, or in other countries with a developed market economy (north-south links) with the aim of enhancing institutional capacity to undertake research. This initiative aims to build a critical mass of sustainable capacity in Africa through strengthening research in African universities more...

This is the facet of the website of the UK's Department for International Development devoted to its support for research. It includes sections on: Monitoring and Evaluation, Research Strategy, Current Research, Research Guidance, Research Management, R4D Research Portal, and Research Funding.

Remarks by Richard Vokes, Country Director - Asian Development Bank, Colombo, Sri Lanka - 19 November 2007.
"First, let me say that it is a pleasure and privilege to be at this event to launch this third overview report reviewing progress towards the achievement of the MDGs in the Asia Pacific Region that has been prepared together with UNESCAP, UNDP and the ADB. These three reports have been supplemented by other more sector and issue specific reports such as those on Water, Gender and Inequ more...

Family planning is one of many strategies that can slow population growth and reduce demographic pressure, which can help countries lift themselves out of poverty. Reduced population sizes mean decreased burden on national expenditures for education, health, and other social services, as well as less strain on the environment and natural resources. Family planning also directly contributes to reduced infant and maternal mortality and morbidity. Satisfying the family planning needs of the poor— more...

Full Title: Making Family Planning Part of the PRSP Process: A Guide for Incorporating Family Planning Programs into Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers.

"Family planning is one of many strategies that can slow population growth and reduce demographic pressure, which can help countries lift themselves out of poverty. Reduced population sizes mean decreased burden on national expenditures for education, health, and other social services, as well as less strain on the environment and natural re more...