Survey shows contraception myths
06 Oct 2008
Women do not end up with the best form of contraception for them because of false beliefs and fears, a snapshot survey of Scottish women suggests.

U.S. Bans Contraceptive Supplies To British Family Planning Group Working In Africa
06 Oct 2008
The State Department and USAID have notified six African governments to stop providing U.S.-funded contraceptives donated to the British family planning organization Marie Stopes International.

Mass Stigma Scars Congo's Rape Survivors
06 Oct 2008
A psychologist in a Congo hospital says decades of war have produced a rape-friendly culture with a double standard. While perpetrators go unpunished the victims, including children, are ostracized.

FGAE provides family planning, reproductive health, VCT services to over 1.2mln people
03 Oct 2008
More than 1.2 million people have become beneficiaries of family planning, reproductive health, voluntary HIV/AIDS counseling and testing (VCT) services.

South Africa to draw a line under years of denial about HIV/AIDS
03 Oct 2008
South Africa's new health minister pledged yesterday to "get things right" over AIDS, after years of denial by former president Thabo Mbeki and blunders by her predecessor.

Yemen: protecting women, children from violence
03 Oct 2008
Sanaa - a Netherlands-funded project is aiming to provide better protection for women and children exposed to violence and sexual abuse.

Ukraine Parliament Introduces Bill To Increase HIV Prevention, Treatment Efforts
03 Oct 2008
Ukraine's Parliament recently approved a bill that would establish a national program to increase HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts in the country.

UK: pharmacy chain allows men to get erectile dysfunction drugs without visiting their GP
03 Oct 2008
A new service which allows men to get erectile dysfunction drugs legitimately without having to visit their GP for a prescription has been launched.

UK: Teen pregnancy epidemic 'a myth'
01 Oct 2008
An Ipsos MORI poll found that almost a quarter of 15-24 years olds believe four out of 10 under-16's fall pregnant each year in the UK: the real figure is less than 1 per cent.

New Health Minister Appointed in South Africa
01 Oct 2008
Member of Parliament Barbara Hogan has been appointed South Africa's new health minister by the country's interim President Kgalema Motlanthe.

Turkey: embracing the female condom
01 Oct 2008
Four universities and health professionals in Turkey are raising the profile of the female condom among young people.

Why are mothers still dying in childbirth?
29 Sep 2008
More than 500,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth every year in the developing world due to lack of proper care.

Anti-poverty summit raises 16 billion dollars: UN chief
29 Sep 2008
A UN summit called to rev up the war on global poverty raised a total of roughly 16 billion dollars, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said here.

Sarahs unite for health campaign
29 Sep 2008
Gordon Brown's wife Sarah has met US vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin at a dinner to promote better support for childbirth in developing countries.

'We owe it to all women and children', Sarah Brown, patron of the White Ribbon Alliance
29 Sep 2008
It is a great honour to be talking to you today at this Commitment to Progress for Mothers, Newborns and Children event.

Africa: Children take on the fight against sexual exploitation
29 Sep 2008
Children should not be seen as victims of sexual exploitation, but rather the front-line fighters against it.

Using Sarah Palin for fund raising, Planned Parenthood gets $760K in donations
29 Sep 2008
Thanks to abortion foe Sarah Palin, Planned Parenthood is $763,350 richer.

HIV and AIDS: 'We're at a chronic stage'
26 Sep 2008
The first, most acute stage of the AIDS epidemic may be over, but with 7,500 new infections every day the battle is still far from won.

Nipple Shield That Deactivates HIV Prevents Virus Transmission During Breastfeeding
26 Sep 2008
A nipple shield that disinfects milk as it leaves the breast has shown to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission.

Timor-Leste: NGO takes on women's rights
26 Sep 2008
When Pina saw how Timorese women were treated as second-class citizens, she decided to do something about it.