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Abortion
Issues affecting the availability, safety and legality of abortion.
Resources:
The Guttmacher Institute
Marie Stopes International
Moving Forward
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
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Adolescents & Youth
Issues affecting the sexual and reproductive health of the largest generation in history entering their reproductive lives, including early pregnancy and childbearing; STD and HIV prevention; sexual abuse and incest; unsafe abortion, etc.
Resources:
Advocates for Youth
Global Youth Action Network
Rutgers University
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AIDS & HIV Care; Policy; Prevention; Treatment
New developments on the progress of providing effective and sustainable care and treatment programmes for people living with AIDS, as well as models for effective prevention strategies. Also covered, the role of the commercial sex industry in prevention and transmission.
Resources:
The Joint UN Programme on AIDS
The Body
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
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Birth Control
Practices employed by couples that permit sexual intercourse with reduced likelihood of conception and birth. The term birth control is often used synonymously with such terms as contraception, fertility control, and family planning. But birth control includes abortion to prevent a birth, whereas family planning methods explicitly do not include abortion.
See also:
What are Family Planning and Reproductive Health Programs?
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Condoms, Female and Male
Developments and trends in male and female condom use, effectiveness, and availability. Socio-cultural, political and religious debates of condom use to prevent STIs, including HIV, and pregnancy are also covered.
Resources:
gURL
The Condom Depot
The Female Health Company
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All terms and definitions, except where noted, are excerpted with permission
from the Population Reference Bureau's International Population Handbook, by
Arthur Haupt and Thomas Kane, 4th Edition, 1998.
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