PRB Discuss Online: Integrating Family Planning and HIV Programs
(2010) There is an urgent need for stronger links between family planning/reproductive health and HIV policies, programs, and services.
(2010) There is an urgent need for stronger links between family planning/reproductive health and HIV policies, programs, and services.
(2012) Of the 48 least developed countries in the world, 33 are located in sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, this region stands out with the highest birth rates in the world.
(2011) Around the globe, family planning has been integrated with maternal and child health services for some years, even decades. In countries where integration is a key element of the health system, birth rates have fallen as more women have been able to avoid unintended pregnancies.
(2009) Unique events, political climates, and social and economic conditions shape each new generation in every society.
(2011) Vouchers are frequently mentioned as a promising alternative finance mechanism to achieve a variety of goals in health systems and reproductive health services. Do vouchers work?
(2003) The lingering effects of a long civil war, climatic changes, and infectious diseases represent major threats to life in the southern African nation of Mozambique, where 17.5 million people live, the vast majority in rural poverty.