Issue in Focus: The AIDS Epidemic
Twenty years ago, the AIDS era quietly and mysteriously began. Since that time, around 25 million people have died, and the virus continues to spread, becoming what UNAIDS calls “the most devastating disease humankind has ever faced.” Last year alone the pandemic claimed 3 million lives. It is evident that now, more than ever, greater international cooperation is needed to put an end to this deadly disease.
Issue in Focus: There is Hope How Several Countries Are Successfully Combating HIV/AIDS
Uganda, Thailand, Senegal, Poland and Cambodia have achieved some success in preventing HIV/AIDS through education and outreach, voluntary counseling and testing, strong political and religious leadership, and condom promotion and distribution as well as working with high-risk populations.
PAI Launches New People in the Balance Interactive Database
New Natural Resources and Population Data Available on the Web
Just in time for Earth Day, Population Action International has updated its People in the Balance: Population and Natural Resources at the Turn of the Millennium interactive database.
Population Action International Responds to Hurricane Katrina
The staff of Population Action International (PAI) extends its deepest sympathies to all affected by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. As an international advocacy organization, PAI can attest to the acute needs of displaced families when natural disasters strike worldwide. Access to reproductive health care and related services is especially important during this critical time when U.S. women and their families are most vulnerable. We ask that you consider donating to local organizations working within the community to ensure that the vital needs of those affected by the hurricane are met.
Resolution of UNFPA Funding Issue Imminent
As the world's top HIV/AIDS scientists, activists, government officials, and nongovernmental organizations convene in Barcelona, Spain this week for the XIV International AIDS Conference, rumblings from the U.S. Administration suggest it may soon end its support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which plays a key role in the U.N.'s HIV/AIDS prevention activities as related to reproductive health.
The Battle to Restore Funding to UNFPA Continues in the United States
At a press conference on July 8 to mark the 10th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and to urge the Bush Administration to keep U.S. promises to women and families abroad, Amy Coen, president of Population Action International, told the crowd that restoration of U.S. funding to the UN Population Fund is vital to achieving the goals of the ICPD Programme of Action.
World Population Day: July 11, 2002
More than 6.2 billion of us share this planet as we observe World Population Day.
The last century witnessed a staggering boom in world population, from 1.6 billion people in 1900 to just over 6 billion in 1999 - but this rapid growth has begun to slow, due, in part, to increased access to family planning. More and more women are taking advantage of reproductive health care.
