Reports

by Suzanna Dennis, March 2009 Importance of Family Planning and Reproductive Health  Achieving universal access to reproductive health, including family planning services and supplies, is essential to ensuring the health and well-being of women and their families. Poor reproductive health … Continue reading »

Kimberly Rovin, MPH, Malea Hoepf Young, MPH, and Karen Hardee, PhD In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report recognized climate change as a global issue with the potential for catastrophic environmental effects. The report stated … Continue reading »

Karen Hardee and Elizabeth Leahy Since 2001, the geopolitical significance of Pakistan has become increasingly clear to the world, as has the country’s instability. Throughout this decade, Pakistan has suffered from growing strife, including, in the last year, the assassination … Continue reading »

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 »

Karen Hardee, Jay Gribble, Stephanie Weber, Tim Manchester, Martha Wood During the 2003 State of the Union Address, U.S. President George W. Bush announced his vision for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a five-year Emergency Plan designed … Continue reading »

The AIDS epidemic has now spanned nearly three decades. In 2007, 2.5 million people became newly infected with HIV, bringing the total number of people living with HIV or AIDS to 33 million. Recent evidence shows that national HIV prevalence … Continue reading »

Craig Lasher TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 »

Mercedes Mas de Xaxás and Carolyn Gibb Vogel Country stakeholders – governments, parliamentarians and civil society – have always been challenged by a limited ability to influence decisions made at the international level. With international donors now seeking to move … Continue reading »

Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Why Population Assistance Matters Chapter 2: The Policy Environment for Population Assistance Chapter 3: Trends in Population Assistance Chapter 4: Geographic and Program Priorities Chapter 5: Population Assistance Channels Conclusion: Building on Progress, Fulfilling … Continue reading »