In a country where male circumcision – and its cultural connotations – have been the stuff of contention, a pilot project has been launched to roll out the HIV/AIDS prevention method that has historically been associated with better reproductive health. Watch as two young boys and their community take the plunge and go under the knife in a procedure that could become the future of AIDS prevention.

This booklet is the first in a series of publications on good practice in responding to the impact of HIV and AIDS on education. Aimed primarily at government, donor and NGO policymakers, planners and managers, the series presents ideas, research results, and policy and programmatic examples from both formal and non-formal learning environments.

Booklet 1 provides an overview of why HIV and AIDS are important issues for the education sector, identifies weaknesses in current policy and program more...

"Poverty reduction strategies form the basis of World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) assistance in the poorest developing countries. The detailed guidelines, or poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs), are prepared in the host country and influence the investments made in most sectors of development. While population programs have promoted family planning for decades as part of development efforts, family planning has received less attention and dedicated funding since the advent o more...

Authors: S. James; A. McCauley; P. Reddy, Publisher: Horizons Program/Population Council, 2005.

This paper from the Horizons Program evaluates the effectiveness of a HIV education programme aimed at secondary school students. It presents the findings of a study which measured the impact of a school-based HIV education programme in the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa. The study found that participating in the programme had a positive impact on the students' knowledge about HIV, on the 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...

Full title: Options and Challenges for Converging HIV and SRH Services in India: Findings from an Assessment in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh. "The report shares findings from an assessment of how access to critical services for populations at risk of HIV and unintended pregnancy can be strengthened by converging HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services under the National Rural Health Mission and the National AIDS Control Programme in India. The report provi more...

"Clinical officers perform much of major emergency surgery in Malawi, in the absence of medical officers. The aim of this study was to validate the advantages and disadvantages of delegation of major obstetric surgery to non-doctors...Outcome measures included neonatal condition, immediate and 24 hour maternal condition, post-operative fever, wound sepsis and mortality. Outcomes of surgery by COs were compared with those of surgery performed by MOs..."

By: Garvey Chilopora & Caetano Pereir 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...

This paper reviews studies on girl-child survival in China and corresponding intervention activities of the Chinese government. Discrimination against girls in China was long in existence, and the abnormally high sex ratio at birth (SRB) and excess female child mortality (EFCM) in recent years reflect women's low social status, as well as a deteriorating survival environment for girls. This paper analyzes the current situation, trends and regional variations in SRB and EFCM, and discusses proxi more...

This report outlines a training workshop for women's NGOs from conflict and postconflict situations. The workshop was organized by UNFPA and conducted in Tunisia, 6-10 November 2006. UNFPA organized this workshop on capacity-building to improve understanding of conflicts and the importance of involving women in reconstruction, in the context of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), United Nations Security Council resolution 1325, and the UNFPA fo more...