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Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 07:07

China's 60 Years of Change: Managing population growth

30 September 2009
By Jiang Yujuan, Xinhua Economic News Service (China)

China's population has taken on healthy growth pattern since 1991, instead of the previous fast expansion. The nation has the largest population in the world. Its population reached 1.328 billion by the end of 2008, accounting for 20 percent of the total population in the world.

Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 07:05

Philippines: Ban on Abortion Prevails

30 September 2009
By Stephen de Tarczynski (IPS-Inter Press Service)

Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 07:04

Building the Next Generation of Global Leaders for Maternal Health

21 September 2009

The Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth and Ashoka will partner to create the first international fellowship program that links committed young professionals with seasoned social entrepreneurs to improve maternal health in developing countries. The Maternal Health Task Force and Ashoka will be featuring the Young Champions for Maternal Health Program as a commitment to action at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City, September 22-25.

Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 07:00

China: Population policy draws wide praise

28 September 2009
Xinhua Economic News Service

Demographers and scholars worldwide have spoken highly of China's family-planning policy over the past 30 years and more, saying it has helped lower the world population growth.

Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 06:59

Thailand's long battle with HIV and AIDS

28 September 2009
BBC News

'I DID this for others', said 33-year-old electrician Thanad Yomha. 'It's for the next generation'.

Thanad was one of more than 16,000 Thais from the provinces of Chonburi and Rayong who volunteered to take part in the trial, which was run jointly by the Thai government and US military.

Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 06:58

Thailand: HIV vaccine 'reduces infection'

BBC News
24 September 2009

An experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection, researchers say. The vaccine - a combination of two earlier experimental vaccines - was given to 16,000 people in Thailand, in the largest ever such vaccine trial. Researchers found that it reduced by nearly a third the risk of contracting HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS.

Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 06:56

World Contraception Day marked in China

27 September 2009
China.org.cn

What's the difference between having a child at 16 and having one at 30? Perhaps this question has never been asked so frequently as on this Saturday 26 September 2009.

Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 06:55

PNG: High maternal mortality, seeks NZ assistance

21 September 2009
New Zealand Press Association

Papua New Guinea obstetrician Gunzee Gawin wants New Zealand to fund and train health workers to help the Pacific nation curb its staggering maternal death rate. PNG has one of the highest maternal death rates in the world .

Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 05:54

East Timor: So many maternal deaths

So many maternal deaths, just across the water
By Carolyn Hardy, Chief Executive, UNICEF Australia

9 September 2009
Sydney Morning Herald

On a visit to East Timor I watched a young mother give birth after she had walked hours to medical care. Just a few hours later, she had no alternative but to take her baby and set out on the long walk home.

Details: Parent Category: News; Published on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 05:52

The unmet need for sexual & reproductive health and rights in Asia and the Pacific

Across countries in Asia and the Pacific, the unmet need for sexual and reproductive health services remains vast. Donors and governments need to improve health systems and respect sexual rights.

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