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More Focused Priorities Critical for Sustainable Development Goals, Says Genevieve Maricle
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Leaders from around the world gathered in New York last month to discuss the replacements for the Millennium Development Goals, which expire next year. The topics included human rights, economic development, justice, disarmament, and terrorism, just to name a few. And that’s a problem, says Genevieve Maricle, policy adviser to the U.S. Ambassador at the U.S. Mission to the UN, in this week’s podcast.
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Elizabeth Berard on Reaching Adolescent Boys Living With HIV/AIDS
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Adolescent boys are 75 percent more likely to die from HIV/AIDS than girls. Why? That’s unclear. Lack of data and failure to engage boys in discussions about sexual and reproductive health and HIV care has left many suffering, says Elizabeth Berard, a health science specialist with the U.S. Agency for International Development, in this week’s podcast.
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Underage: Addressing Reproductive Health and HIV Needs in Married Adolescent Girls
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In July, thousands of people attended the 20th International AIDS Conference and the 2014 Girls Summit to work towards an AIDS-free generation and ending child and forced marriage. But such attention is rare; by and large, these girls are invisible to development efforts. [Video Below]
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Antenatal Care as an Instrument of Change: Innovative Models for Low-Resource Settings
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A roadside billboard in Malawi reads: “No woman should die while giving life.” But in many countries, death or grave injury during childbirth is an all too frequent occurrence. [Video Below]
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Solidarity and Stigma: The Challenge of Improving Maternal Health for Women Living With HIV
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Despite the fact that with proper interventions, the likelihood of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is less than five percent, expectant mothers with HIV or AIDS often face intense stigma and marginalization from health care providers around the world. As a result, in some areas, the mortality rate for mothers with HIV is seven to eight times greater than the rate for non-infected women, said Dr. Isabella Danel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. [Video Below]
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For Maternal Health, What Role Will Universal Health Coverage Play in a Post-MDG World?
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The global maternal health agenda has been largely defined by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the last decade and half, but what will happen after they expire in 2015? What kind of framework is needed to continue the momentum towards eliminating preventable maternal deaths and morbidities? [Video Below]
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Tamil Kendall: Fighting Discrimination for the Rights of HIV-Positive Women in Latin America
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HIV-positive persons in all segments of society face intense marginalization, but the effect is immensely compounded for women and expecting mothers. In Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, where at least 57,000 women are living with HIV, the stigmatization is so great that many are denied basic reproductive rights, says Harvard University’s Tamil Kendall in this week’s podcast, from the Maternal Health Initiative.
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“Essential to Prosperity and Opportunity”: Heather Boonstra on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
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“If girls and young women are often thought of as the forgotten drivers of development, their sexual and reproductive health is almost entirely absent,” says the Guttmacher Institute’s Heather Boonstra in this week’s podcast.
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