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Sexual and Reproductive Rights and the U.S. Global Health Initiative
Posted on October 27, 2011
The U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) is a comprehensive policy approach that seeks to strengthen, streamline, and increase the efficiency of existing U.S. global health funding programs—to achieve greater impact with every dollar.
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What Does Family Planning Have to do With HIV? Everything.
Posted on September 21, 2011
Voluntary family planning is an indispensible component of HIV prevention and treatment.
Download this PDFFact Sheet: Global Democracy Promotion Act of 2011
Posted on July 26, 2011
The Global Democracy Promotion Act of 2011 provides that the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act cannot impose eligibility restrictions on international recipients of U.S. aid that would be illegal if imposed nationally. Would constitute a legislative repeal of the Mexico City Policy, also called the Global Gag Rule.
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Posted on April 1, 2011
The Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Act (H.R. 1319) establishes U.S. policy and authorizes assistance to support universal access to sexual and reproductive health care in developing countries, including contraception and safe abortion.
Download this PDFPolicy Recommendations: Married Women and HIV: Comprehensive Prevention
Posted on December 17, 2010
In the absence of community-based efforts to alter the social structures that promote infidelity, public health programs which aim to reduce married women’s risk by telling men to be faithful will not succeed.
Download this PDFResearch Summary: Marital Sex and the HIV Risk for Women Worldwide
Posted on December 17, 2010
Globally, women’s risk of contracting HIV is heightened if they are married, largely due to men’s extramarital sexual relationships. Despite this clear risk, current efforts to prevent the spread of HIV fall far short of protecting married women.
Marital Sex and HIV/AIDSFact Sheet: Female Condoms
Posted on July 1, 2010
The basics of the female condom, the most up-to-date statistics, its level of social acceptability, and the need for increased distribution of female condoms globally.
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Posted on May 4, 2010
The U.S. Global HEALTH Act of 2010 (H.R. 4933) establishes a strategy to coordinate health-related U.S. foreign assistance and to assist developing countries in strengthening their indigenous health workforces and improving delivery of health services.
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