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New Study Finds that Dramatic Reductions in Maternal and Newborn Deaths Are Within Reach
NEW YORK – Maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70 per cent and newborn deaths cut nearly in half if the world doubled investment in family planning and pregnancy-related care, shows a new report…
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New Report Shows Substantial Progress in Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
NEW YORK– National efforts to combat AIDS, particularly by preventing mother-to-child transmission, are showing positive results, but many HIV and AIDS affected children still struggle to have their basic needs met,…
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New HIV Infections Down by 17 Per Cent Since 2001
GENEVA / SHANGHAI — According to new data in the 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17 per cent over the past eight years.
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New Studies Show How Partnering With Men Can Stop Violence Against Women
UNITED NATIONS — It should have been one of the happiest nights of their lives. A young soldier and his new wife were alone for the first time on their wedding night. Much to the husband’s surprise, there was no blood…
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Influential Men: Accentuating the Positive Roles that Men Can Play
NEW YORK – Men hold the key to ending violence against women and reducing gender inequalities. A new photography exhibit, entitled ‘Influential Men’, highlights their power through striking images of positive male role…
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Looking at Climate Change through the Eyes of the Young: Youth Report Tells Their Stories
NEW YORK — Many young people are already living in cultures that are changing rapidly in response to a degraded environment.
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Facing the Floods: Women Cope With Climate Change in Viet Nam
QUANG TRI PROVINCE, Viet Nam — Life has never been easy for Nguyen Thi Lanh, 51, and Nguyen Duc Phi, 52. After enduring years of war, they married in 1977 and a year later had their first baby.
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Melting Glaciers Alter a Way of Life: Adapting to Harsh New Realities in Bolivia
AMACHUMA CHICO, Bolivia — On the steep slopes leading down from the Huayna Potosi and Chacaltaya mountains lies a string of tiny communities where families eke out a meager living by keeping llamas, sheep and chickens…
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Country on the Move: Rwanda’s Family Planning Efforts Begin to Pay Off
MUHURA, Rwanda — When school lets out in the little village of Muhura, waves of children in bright blue or tan uniforms stream out along the dirt roadside in waves, running toward the soccer field, playing tag or…
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