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January 23, 2006
Stigma, Discrimination, and Human Rights
POLICY is pleased to announce the launch of a new webpage devoted to addressing HIV-related Stigma, Discrimination, and Human Rights.
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 July 12, 2005
Strong presence for POLICY at ICAAP
The POLICY Project had a strong presence at the Seventh International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), held in Kobe, Japan, July 1-6, 2005. The theme of the conference was "bridging science and community."
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 June 30, 2005
Developing Male Involvement Guidelines in Cambodia
Forty-two percent of all new HIV infections in Cambodia are due to husband to wife transmission. This staggering figure, in addition to a low contraceptive prevalence rate and a high maternal mortality rate, has compelled Cambodia to examine how men can be included in responses to these reproductive health (RH) issues. With technical assistance from the POLICY Project, the Reproductive Health Promotion Working Group (RHPWG), a network of Cambodian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) has been successful in engaging the government in recognizing the need for and drafting male involvement guidelines.
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June 15, 2005
POLICY @ ICAAP 2005
The POLICY Project will be well-represented at the Seventh International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP). The conference, whose theme is "Bridging Science and Community," will be held in Kobe, Japan, from July 1–6, 2005.
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 May 26, 2005
New Publication - Challenges and Lessons Learned in HIV/AIDS/STI Prevention for Men Who Have Sex with Men in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean
On behalf of the Asociación para la Salud Integral Y Cuidadanía en Américan Latina y el Caribe (ASICAL), The Synergy Project is pleased to announce the posting of Desafíos y Lecciones Aprendidas: Prevención de las ITS, el VIH y el SIDA entre hombres gay y otros hombres que tienen sexo con hombres en América Latina y el Caribe latino (Challenges and Lessons Learned in HIV/AIDS/STI Prevention for Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean).
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 May 25, 2005
Nepal Police Adopt HIV/AIDS Strategy and Training Curriculum
Technical assistance funded by USAID through the POLICY Project has resulted in a significant breakthrough in Nepal’s comprehensive response to HIV/AIDS. Recently, the Nepal Police developed and adopted a five-year HIV/AIDS strategy and workplan. In April 2005, Nepal’s Inspector General of Police, Mr. Shyam Bhakta Thapa, also launched a training curriculum for officers and peacekeepers of all ranks.
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May 23, 2005
POLICY Success Stories Highlighted
POLICY’s work with women, orphans, and faith-based groups has been recognized in USAID’s latest series on HIV/AIDS success stories.
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 May 2, 2005
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico praises the work of POLICY's Multisectoral Group of Yucatán
Ambassador Garza gave a certificate of recognition to the Multisectoral Citizens Group which POLICY started in 1998.
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 February 28, 2005
CONAES -- Mexico's HIV/AIDS Business Council -- is launched February 15th
The POLICY Project/Mexico is now in the second phase of a program designed to reduce stigma and discrimination related to HIV/AIDS in the workplace.
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 February 25, 2005
Commitment for Action: Assessing Leadership for Confronting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Political commitment and leadership are essential for creating an enabling environment that promotes the development and growth of appropriate, sustainable HIV/AIDS policies and programs.
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February 3, 2005
POLICY’s Stigma Work Featured in Synergy Project Big Issues In Brief
The POLICY Project has been leading the way in developing methods to better understand HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination.
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February 3, 2005
USAID/Peru highlights POLICY's success
USAID/Peru developed a set of nine principles that summarize the characteristics of successful development assistance needed to achieve economic growth, democracy and governance, and social transition. The nine principles include: ownership, capacity building, sustainability, selectivity, assessment, results, partnership, flexibility, and accountability. The work POLICY/Peru is undertaking in capacity building is highlighted as exemplary in a publication documenting USAID successes in these nine areas.
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January 5, 2005
POLICY Supports HIV-Positive Women’s Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Region
World AIDS Day 2004 focused on women and girls, who are increasingly vulnerable to HIV and are bearing the burden of HIV/AIDS due to fundamental inequalities existing throughout the world. The 2004 AIDS Epidemic Update by UNAIDS and WHO estimates that the number of women living with HIV/AIDS has risen in each region of the world over the past two years, with the steepest increase, 56 percent, in East Asia.
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 January 4, 2005
SNEHA Samaj: Giving HIV-positive Nepalese Women a Voice
Nepal’s first case of HIV was reported in 1988. Over the past 15 years, UNAIDS estimates that nearly 60,000 adults and children have become infected. Nepal is now classified as a country with a concentrated HIV/AIDS epidemic, with pervasive stigma and discrimination affecting the most at-risk groups. While several groups of HIV-positive individuals have recently been formed in the country, many Nepalese women do not feel comfortable within these organizations and, until recently, there were no groups that catered specifically to women affected and infected by HIV.
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December 8, 2004
Journalists in Peru Receive Prizes for Safe Motherhood Articles
Journalists in the Ucayali and Huanuco regions of Peru recently received prizes for articles addressing safe motherhood issues as part of a contest sponsored by Apropo and supported by USAID.
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December 1, 2004
US Embassy in Mexico lauds POLICY's stigma and discrimination work
A press release of the US Embassy in Mexico includes information on POLICY Project.
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December 1, 2004
National Business Council on HIV/AIDS Launched in Mexico
The POLICY Project helped create CONAES, a coalition of businesses formed to eradicate HIV/AIDS-related discrimination.
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November 30, 2004
New Tools for PLHA Involvement in Global Fund
POLICY, GNP+ and GTZ collaborated to develop two tools to increase PLHA involvement in the Global Fund CCMs: "Guidelines for Improving CCMs Through Greater PLHIV Involvement" and "Challenging, Changing, and Mobilizing: A Guide to PLHIV Involvement in Country Coordinating Mechanisms."
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October 28, 2004
POLICY Project releases report on stigma in the workplace in Mexico
The POLICY Project and the AIDS Responsibility Project (ARP) released a report in late September on a survey they conducted on U.S.-based companies in Mexico and their response to HIV/AIDS in the workplace. Twenty of the top U.S.-based companies in Mexico, which employ nearly 300,000 people, answered questionnaires and participated in interviews as part of a program on stigma reduction in the Mexican workplace.
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 October 4, 2004
Mo Kexteya: Reduction of Stigma and Discrimination Related to HIV/AIDS in Mexico
POLICY's stigma and discrimination reduction project, Mo Kexteya, focuses on four key areas essential to Mexico's response to HIV/AIDS:
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October 1, 2004
Call for Presentations and Participation: Repositioning Family Planning in Western Africa
WHO/AFRO, USAID, Advance Africa, AWARE-RH, the POLICY Project, and collaborators will provide a forum for key stakeholders from the Western African sub-region to strengthen advocacy and implementation skills and develop country-specific actions for Repositioning Family Planning. This conference is scheduled for February 15-18, 2005 at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel
in Accra, Ghana.
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September 10, 2004
POLICY network building activity featured in Honduran newspaper
Diario Tiempo, a major newspaper in Honduras, recently featured an article about the formation of a POLICY-sponsored network of journalists to combat HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination in Honduras.
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August 26, 2004
Mind the Gap: Responding to the International Funding Crisis in Family Planning
Jay Gribble, writing in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, reports that the Standard Days Method might be a solution to the family planning crisis.
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August 16, 2004
Philippa Lawson featured by Global Health Council
The Global Health Council website features an article POLICY's own Philppa Lawson. The article describes Philippa's personal battle with HIV and her 18 years as an advocate for HIV positive people.
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August 1, 2004
Stigma and Discrimination Article Featured in AIDSLink
Ken Morrison, a POLICY/Mexico Long-term Advisor, contributed an article to the Global Health Council's "AIDSLink," entitled "Machismo and the Virgin: Media and Stigma in Mexico." The article discusses a study that examines the media's role in relation to stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV/AIDS. The study was part of POLICY's core package on stigma and discrimation in Mexico.
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 July 29, 2004
Coverage of Health Services Report Featured in The Correspondent
Coverage of Selected Services for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support in Low and Middle Income Countries in 2003, a report produced by the POLICY Project in conjunction with USAID, UNAIDS, WHO, and UNICEF, was featured in an article in The Correspondent, the daily newspaper published during the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok.
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July 12, 2004
New Software helps companies create HIV/AIDS policy
Futures Group announces the availability of Workplace Policy Builder, a new software designed to help organizations create HIV/AIDS policy for the workplace.
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July 1, 2004
POLICY @ Bangkok 2004
POLICY has several events planned at the XV International AIDS Conference, to be held in Bangkok, July 11-16, to help raise awareness of the need to create an enabling environment that supports access for all in terms of HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care.
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 June 2, 2004
Youth-policy.com Launches
POLICY and YouthNet announce a new website for youth reproductive health policy.
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 May 6, 2004
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal Launches HIV/AIDS Legislative Audit Results
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal, Govinda Bahadur Shrestha launched "HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: A Legislative Audit" on April 1, 2004.
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 March 11, 2004
Tanzania's First Lady Launches the White Ribbon Alliance
POLICY and the Global Secretariat of the White Ribbon Alliance collaborated with Tanzania's First Lady, Ms. Mama Anna Mkapa, to launch Tanzania’s White Ribbon Alliance on March 10th. The Tanzania White Ribbon Alliance is striving to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality through advocacy, increased community participation in safe motherhood initiatives, and by awareness raising on avoidable causes of death and disability.
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 March 1, 2004
Sikanyekanye: POLICY Launches Project for Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Swaziland
The POLICY Project is pleased to announce the launch of the Sikanyekanye Project, a new initiative designed to remove operational policy barriers to the reproductive and sexual health rights of HIV-positive women in Swaziland. The initiative will be launched at a ceremony on March 5, 2004.
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February 6, 2004
POLICY Launches Major Workplace Initiative in Zambia
"Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief" funding brings together the POLICY project and two large companies in Zambia to launch a workplace initiative.
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January 22, 2004
Advancing OVC Policies into Practice
AIDSLink, a Global Health Council publication, published an article in Issue 83 (January 2004) entitled "Advancing OVC Policies into Practice." This article was contributed by Rose Smart, an HIV/AIDS Consultant for the POLICY Project, and is based on the POLICY Project publication "Policies for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: A Framework for Moving Ahead."
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January 14, 2004
The Devil is in the Details: Improving Implementation of Reproductive Health Programs in Guatemala and Ukraine by Addressing Operational Policy Barriers
Please join POLICY at the National Press Club on Thursday, January 22, 2004 from 1:00 pm – 3:00pm to explore operational policy barriers to reproductive health in Guatemala and Ukraine.
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January 9, 2004
POLICY Seminar on “Maximizing Equity and Resources through Targeting: The Case for FP/RH Programs”
Please join us at the National Press Club on January 22, 2004 to learn more about maximizing equity and resources through targeting.
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November 17, 2003
POLICY conducts HIV/AIDS training for Mexican journalists
POLICY's LAC Regional Advocacy Advisor, Ms. Sandra Aliaga, was interviewed after facilitating a POLICY-sponsored training workshop for Mexican journalists on the elimination of stigma and discrimination in regard to HIV/AIDS in the media.
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November 17, 2003
Mozambique releases new HIV sentinel surveillance findings
In Maputo, on November 6th, the Multisectoral Technical Group (MTG) held a public meeting to present the findings of the most recent HIV sentinel surveillance survey, disseminate updated provincial, regional, and national HIV prevalence estimates, and reach consensus on plans for updating the projections of demographic and health impacts of HIV/AIDS.
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November 10, 2003
POLICY Sponsors PLWHA Participants at the 11th International Conference of People Living with HIV/AIDS
The POLICY Project sponsored a delegation of 18 People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to attend the 11th International Conference of People living with HIV/AIDS held in Kampala, Uganda, October 26–30, 2003.
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October 27, 2003
Reducing Maternal Mortality: What Works and What Does it Cost?
Please join us for a presentation by John Stover, POLICY Project/Futures Group "Using the Safe Motherhood Model to Estimate Cost and Impact of Safe Motherhood Interventions on Maternal Mortality"
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
1:00 - 2:30pm
Ronald Reagan Building Rm 8.07 B/C
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August 1, 2003
International Human Rights Expert Collaborates with POLICY Project on Study of HIV/AIDS-related Laws in Cambodia
In July 2003, Dr. Helen Watchirs from the Australian National University and Chris Ward, Senior Technical Advisor on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights for POLICY/Cambodia, conducted an audit of the Cambodian legal system against the standards contained in the “International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights.”
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 July 30, 2003
Parliamentarians in West Africa Devise Strategies to Improve Reproductive Health
The “Forum on Promotion of Family Planning through Advocacy and Legislative Reform” held in Conakry, Guinea, in June 2003, marked a milestone in efforts to create an enabling policy environment for family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) programs in Francophone Africa.
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June 9, 2003
White Ribbon Alliance Global Secretariat now at POLICY
The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is an international coalition of individuals and organizations formed to promote increased public awareness of the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women - in developing and developed countries. The Alliance hopes to make or keep this issue as a priority of international organizations and governments.
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April 30, 2003
'Opportunity is Knocking' Countries at the Crossroads - Is Anyone Listening?
The dynamism of the HIV/AIDS epidemic possesses many consequences. Chief among these is its ability to present varying scenarios across different cultural, social and geographic settings. Many countries are currently at a pivotal crossroads -- the HIV/AIDS policy decisions made today will set both the tone and magnitude of the future epidemic.
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April 23, 2003
POLICY Launches a Human Rights and Reproductive Health Tool
The POLICY Project Human Rights and Reproductive Health Matrix is an interactive internet-based tool that lists international human rights treaties and consensus statements relevant to reproductive and maternal health, family planning, and HIV/AIDS.
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April 1, 2003
Current Issues in the Economics of HIV/AIDS
The International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN), together with the Kaiser Family Foundation, The POLICY Project, UNAIDS, USAID, The World Bank, and Forum One Communications, will hold its 11th Face-to-Face Conference in Washington, DC, April 24-25, 2003.
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 February 21, 2003
Learning Through Practice: Integrating HIV/AIDS into NGO Programmes: A Guide
POLICY Project and South Africa's Department of Health release new publication.
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 February 19, 2003
Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni promotes maternal health!
On January 29-30, 2003, the Population Secretariat of Uganda (POPSEC) and POLICY hosted a workshop and public seminar in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, using results of the Maternal and Neonatal Program Effort Index (MNPI) and POLICY’s Safe Motherhood Model.
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February 6, 2003
Building Advocacy Skills of Latin American Midwives
POLICY, the Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) Program and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) sponsored the third of three regional Midwifery Advocacy and Leadership Development workshops in Peru from February 10-15, 2003.
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February 6, 2003
POLICY/ASICAL Training Promotes Men’s Health in Latin America
The POLICY Project, in collaboration with the ASICAL network, recently sponsored a training workshop on Advocacy Strategies for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Services focusing on men’s health.
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 February 3, 2003
From Boksburg to Canterbury --- Steps to Putting HIV/AIDS on the Anglican Map
Sixteen months ago, the Church of the Province of Southern Africa embarked on a process to raise awareness among church leaders regarding the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on parishioners, and to guide the Church's response.
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 December 17, 2002
Managing HIV/AIDS in the Workplace: A Guide for Government Departments
The POLICY Project/South Africa plays a critical role in stregthening the Department of Public Service and Administration's role of mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS in the workplace.
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December 9, 2002
HIV/AIDS Advocacy and Resource Allocation: A New Approach
On December 9–13, the POLICY Project will conduct a two-track training session for over 40 high-ranking government officials and NGO representatives from Cambodia, India, Nepal, and Vietnam, as well as members of UNAIDS and USAID.
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December 3, 2002
HIV/AIDS: A Business Issue?
Dr. Steven Forsythe, Director of Planning and Finance for the POLICY Project participated in a roundtable discussion on December 3, 2002 at University of Maryland.
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October 21, 2002
POLICY report used on Capital Hill
Six members of the House on Wednesday sent a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell asking him to reconsider the decision to stop the U.S. Agency for International Development from supplying free contraceptives to the Philippines.
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September 13, 2002
Young Adult Reproductive Health in Edo State, Nigeria
In August, 2002, POLICY/Nigeria launched a one-year young adult reproductive health (YARH) pilot project in Edo State, Nigeria.
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September 5, 2002
Reproductive and Child Health Accounts: An Application to Rajasthan
This paper, co-authored by POLICY economist Suneeta Sharma, describes resource flows for reproductive and child health (RCH) in the health care system of Rajasthan, India, using the integrating framework of health accounts. It analyzes sources and uses of RCH funds by provider and expenditure category.
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September 5, 2002
Assessing the Cost and Willingness to Pay for Voluntary Counselling and Testing in Kenya
Dr. Steven Forsythe, POLICY's Director of Finance and Planning for HIV/AIDS recently conducted research on voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) in Kenya. Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) should be an important component in a country's HIV/AIDS prevention and care strategy. However, the hight cost of VCT raises concerns about the affordability of VCT in low-income countries.
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 September 4, 2002
Malian religious leaders speak out on HIV/AIDS
On August 20, 2002, religious leaders met in Bamako, Mali to discuss HIV/AIDS. At this POLICY-supported event, the President of Mali openly praised religious leaders for joining in efforts to combat AIDS.
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August 1, 2002
Church of the Southern Province HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan 2003-2006
Building on a participatory process that began more than a year ago with technical support from POLICY/South Africa, the Anglican Church of the Province of Southern Africa has adopted a provincial HIV/AIDS strategic plan for 2003-2006. Forged diocese-by-diocese, the plan represents the best of the Anglican Church's collective wisdom and is designed to ensure that local approaches are used to address local concerns.
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July 31, 2002
Highlights from the XIV International AIDS Conference
POLICY staff participated in a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) briefing. The briefing reviewed new developments in HIV/AIDS that came out of the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona.
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 July 29, 2002
New Series!
POLICY Issues in Planning and Finance
The POLICY Project is pleased to announce a new series on policy issues in planning and finance. This series of policy briefs presents findings and implications of POLICY Project-supported research. The series is intended to focus attention on the importance of developing a favorable policy environment that encourages appropriate and adequate FP/FH/AIDS financing.
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July 22, 2002
Asia/Near East Regional Midwives Advocacy and Leadership Workshop
The workshop is being conducted July 22-26, 2002 in Manila, Philippines, and is being co-sponsored by POLICY, the International Confederation of Midwives, and the Maternal and Neonatal Health Program.
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 New Series!
MNPI: Maternal and Neonatal Program Effort Index
The POLICY Project is pleased to announce a new series on maternal and neonatal health programs.
This series, which presents key findings from the Maternal and Neonatal Program Effort Index (MNPI), will provide country-specific data on programs in more than 30 developing countries.
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President Bush decides to withhold 34-million dollars from the UN Population Fund.
The decision has returned a spotlight to China's one-child policy, and what steps Beijing takes to enforce it. Karen Hardee, Futures Group Senior Researcher has conducted joint research with China Population Information and Research Center on the impact of family planning on Chinese women's life.
 Click here for comments given during an interview with The World.
The World is a co-production of The BBC World service, PRI and WGBH, Boston.
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RAPID Model Launched as Advocacy Tool
 The new RAPID Model was launched as an advocacy tool by the Federal Minister of State for Health, Amina Ndalolo, at a National Ministerial Press Briefing that was held to mark the World Population Day in Abuja, Nigeria.
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