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Family Planning and Reproductive Health
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Safe Motherhood, including fistula & preeclampsia
Reporting on initiatives aimed at reducing maternal mortality through education; nutrition counselling; ante-, post, and neo-natal care; adequate delivery assistance; emergency care; and family planning counseling.

Resources:

Family Care International

Partnership for Maternal and Newborn Child Health

Pathfinder International

Women Deliver

Sex Education
Developments in the direction and content of sex education.

Resources:

Advocates for Youth

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the US (SIECUS)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- not HIV/AIDS
Infections of the reproductive tract (RTIs) and STIs/STDs infection levels. Behavioral patterns and attitudes towards risk. Identifying unmet needs, building awareness amongst those most at risk, and developing effective prevention strategies.

Resources:

The Guttmacher Institute

Journal of Sexually Trasmitted Diseases

International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections


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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.