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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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Five Ways of Looking at Maternal Health: The Mothers of Ethiopia

NEW YORK — In Ethiopia, 22,000 women and girls die each year as a result of complications during pregnancy or childbirth, and more than 500,000 suffer from pregnancy-related disabilities.

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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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Creating a New Consensus on Population

NEW YORK — The definitive story behind the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and how it has changed the world over the course of the last 15 years is detailed in the newly released book…

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