Publications
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
The Shape of Things to Come - Why Age Structure Matters to a Safer, More Equitable World.
The Shape of Things to Come provides valuable new insights into the programs and investments that can make countries "healthier"-more stable and peaceful, more democratic, and better able to provide for the needs of their citizens. It places all countries into one of four major age structures with attendant characteristics, benefits and risks associated with governance, security and economic development. ...
What Works for Women and Girls: Evidence for HIV/AIDS Interventions
With women now making up half of those living with HIV worldwide, there is increasing interest among governments and donors in addressing the needs of women and girls in the global AIDS pandemic and supporting women as agents of change. Now, new research undertaken by PAI and colleagues, in collaboration with the Open Society Institute (OSI) and UNDP, provides a roadmap for ...
Report
“New” Donors: A New Resource for Family Planning and Reproductive Health Financing?
Malea Hoepf Young While the past decades have seen a foreign aid field dominated by the world’s wealthy countries who are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its Development Assistance Committee (DAC), a new form … Continue reading
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Newsletter
2011 Family Planning Budget Request Largest Ever
Although the federal budget was released on February 1st, final decisions on the funding for family planning and reproductive health were just made public today by the State Department with the release of the congressional budget justification document for foreign assistance. … Continue reading
Policy Brief
7 Billion and Counting
The world’s population will reach 7 billion people on Oct. 31, 2011, and according to United Nations projections, we are on pace to add 3 billion or more by the end of this century. Already, millions of women in developing … Continue reading
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A Measure of Commitment: Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Risk Index for Sub-Saharan Africa
Centre for the Study of Adolescence Population Action International In 2008 the number of African women who died from pregnancy and child birth was much higher than the number of casualties from all the major conflicts in Africa combined. Maternal … Continue reading
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Policy Brief
A Measure of Survival
Pregnancy and childbirth are deadly to more than half a million women worldwide every year—a fact that is unacceptable, but not unavoidable. Despite twenty years of campaigning to improve their sexual and reproductive health, the risk of dying in pregnancy … Continue reading
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A Measure of Survival – Calculating Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Risk
Pregnancy and childbirth are deadly to more than half a million women worldwide every year—a fact that is unacceptable, but not unavoidable. These women are typically poor, uneducated and living in rural areas or urban slums. Despite 20 years of … Continue reading
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A Measure of the Future: Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Risk Index for the Pacific
Based on the original PAI report Measure of Survival: A Measure of Survival – Calculating Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Risk The last two decades have seen a significant improvement in the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of Pacific Island women. … Continue reading
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Advocacy Guide
A Practical Guide to Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS into Grant Proposals to the Global Fund
Karen Hardee, Jill Gay and Elisha Dunn-Georgiou Integrating RH and HIV can greatly contribute to mitigating the AIDS pandemic by reducing unintended pregnancy; preventing perinatal transmission; expanding to more target groups; reducing gender based violence; meeting the needs of people … Continue reading
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Report
A World of Difference – Sexual and Reproductive Health & Risks
At the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, 179 nations agreed on a plan to transform—and fund—reproductive health programs around the world. The ICPD examined the social context of population growth and size, moving away from simple birth … Continue reading
Advocacy Guide
Abstaining from Reality
Filmed in Kenya and Uganda, this 9-minute documentary provides a snapshot of the Bush administration’s abstinence-only approach to HIV prevention as part of its global HIV/AIDS assistance. Abstaining from Reality examines how these ideologically-driven programs are actually endangering the lives of the … Continue reading