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After a period of substantial decline, the global abortion rate has stalled, according to new research from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO). This plateau coincides with a slowdown, documented by the United Nations, in contraceptive uptake. The researchers also found that nearly half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe, and almost all unsafe abortions occur in the developing world. The study, Induced Abortion: Incidence and Trends Worldwide from 1995 to 2008, by Gilda Sedgh et al., was published online today by The Lancet. |
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Resources / Reports
Stroke – the silent killer The effects of a stroke can be devastating and can result in early death or permanent disability. Furthermore, when someone does survive a stroke, it often puts an enormous burden on family members and/or carers. Moreover, stroke-related medical costs and disability put major strain on our healthcare system and the economy as a whole. So just how big is the problem?
The WHO releases a report on the state of Tobacco Control annually.This provides the latest data from all WHO countries for up to 2011. DBSA report on hospital CEOs The Democratic Alliance has released a report on the assessment of top management at public hospitals in South Africa, which was compiled by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). This report was commissioned by the National Department of Health (NDoH) to investigate the competence of hospital CEO’s and District Managers. The report, which was handed to the health minister in December, is already being criticised for failing to make any substantial contribution. Read the reports here. Access to HIV Prevention Services and Attitudes about Emerging Strategies: A Global Survey of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) and their Health Care Providers With rates of HIV infection among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) rising
globally, public health and advocacy organizations have called for a combination of HIV prevention and
treatment packages targeting MSM. This combination approach for HIV prevention integrates scale-up of
behavioral interventions, promising biomedical interventions, and community-level/structural
approaches. Gaining prominence in this dialogue has been the potential of novel biomedical HIV
prevention strategies including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and rectal microbicide gels. Opportunity in Crisis The past decade has held high hopes for reducing the rate of new HIV infections among young people. In 2000, world leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration, affirming their collective responsibility to ensure equitable development for all people, especially children and the most vulnerable, in the 21st century. The Declaration was translated into action by eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the sixth of which commits the global community to using every resource possible to halt and reverse the spread of HIV. Champions for Children In commemoration of Mother’s Day,
Save the Children is publishing its twelfth
annual State of the World’s Mothers report.
We have assembled our Champions for
Children – leading voices from academia,
politics, religion, business and the arts – to
celebrate the great progress the world
has made in recent decades to reduce
deaths among children under age 5. These
distinguished essayists explore the many
reasons why the United States, as a nation,
must continue to invest in lifesaving maternal
and child health programs. U.S. investment
in basic health care for the world’s mothers
and children will impact everything from
the future of national security, to economic
growth for American businesses in developing
countries, and even the environment.
Draft WHO HIV Strategy 2011-2015 In resolution WHA63.19 on a WHO HIV/AIDS strategy for 2011–2015 the Health Assembly
requested the Director-General to submit to the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, through the
Executive Board, a WHO HIV/AIDS strategy for 2011–2015. The strategy should be developed
through a broad consultative process, be aligned with broader strategic frameworks, and take into
consideration the changing international public health architecture.
Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality This document, now in its sixth edition, presents global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2008. An estimated 21.6 million unsafe abortions took place worldwide in 2008, almost all in developing countries. Numbers of unsafe abortions have increased from 19.7 million in 2003 although the overall unsafe abortion rate remains unchanged at about 14 unsafe abortions per 1000 women aged 15–44 years. This increase in number of unsafe abortions without a corresponding increase in the rate is mainly due to the growing population of women of reproductive age.
2010 Report on Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends, 2005–2009 The 2010 Report on Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends 2nd Edition analyzes and tracks investments in tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) from 2005 through 2009. This report updates the 1st edition released in November 2010 with new information from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and data from public private partnerships (PDPs) and research consortia for 2009. Next 10 |
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