public health

Pregnant Women Need Health Care, Not Jail Time

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by ACLU

June 14, 2011 - 8:28am (Print)

We must put an end to policies that undermine basic constitutional principles in order to lock up the pregnant women and mothers who need health care most.

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Family Health: Key to Addressing Stillbirths

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by Becky Ferguson and Gary Darmstadt

April 24, 2011 - 8:59pm (Print)

Stillbirth is a global issue that impacts millions of women and families around the world each year. Sadly, it is also a burden that falls heaviest on the poorest families.

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Preventing Obstetric Fistula: A Public Health Priority

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by Gillian Slinger

March 4, 2011 - 7:21am (Print)

In addressing obstetric fistula, there is a tendency to emphasize the treatment side. But while fistula treatment is important, fistula prevention actually deals with the causes.

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What Happens to Washington State Women if Title X Falls?

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by Amie Newman

February 14, 2011 - 11:16pm (Print)

If the GOP push to eliminate Title X is successful, along with their attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, low income Americans in need of family planning services in states like Washington State will have nowhere to go.

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Criminalization of Sex Work in Cambodia Undermines HIV Prevention Efforts

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

October 15, 2010 - 7:47am (Print)

Cambodia was until recently praised by the international public health community for efforts to fight the spread of HIV. But a 2008 anti-trafficking law criminalized sex work and sent sex workers into hiding, undermining human rights and broader public health efforts.

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(ACTION) Condoms Aren't a Crime! Sign a petition, Save a Life?

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by Amie Newman

May 6, 2010 - 11:09am (Print)

Why are condoms, one of the most effective HIV/AIDS prevention tools, being used as evidence of criminal action in New York, San Francisco and Washington DC? If you're outraged, sign your name.

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Rape Culture No More: What the Medical Community can do to Eliminate Violence Against Women

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reader diary by mollyrose

March 23, 2010 - 12:02pm (Print)

Several complex and interconnected social and cultural factors have kept women particularly vulnerable to violence directed against them, all of them manifestations of unequal power relations between men and women.  The acceptance of violence as a means by which to solve conflict as well as fear of and control over female independence and female sexuality are just some of the contributing factors that allow violence against women to persist. How are the public health and medical communities implicated in all of this?  What can they do to address violence against women not just as a legal issue, but as a fundamental human rights health issue that requires medical attention, clinical care, and sustainable public health interventions?

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Breastfeeding Is a Feminist Issue

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by Amie Newman

August 7, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month. It's time to look at the ways in which feminism and breastfeeding are related and how health care reform can address this public health imperative.

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Here We Go Again: Early Morning Amendments Threaten HIV Prevention, Research, Reproductive Health

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

July 24, 2009 - 2:15am (Print)

Amendments to the House FY 2010 Labor-H Appropriations bill will attempt to prohibit syringe exchange, rescind funding for HIV research and defund reproductive health programs. What they are and how you can take action.

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Increase in Syphilis Cases in Michigan Worries Local Health Departments

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by Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow

May 13, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Facing a significant increase in reported cases of syphilis infections, the Michigan's Ingham County Health Department says it’s the midst of an outbreak of the sexually transmitted bacterial infection.
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