February 2008 — While cervical cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide and the most common among women in developing countries, it is among the most preventable and treatable of all cancers. Global guidance on comprehensive programs for cervical cancer control as well as for introduction of immunization for human papillomavirus (HPV) has been issued by…
Family Health Research is a newsletter designed to promote the use of evidence-based practices in reproductive health programs. Each issue examines a key topic in reproductive health care — offering the latest updates on innovative research and the programs that help to put that research into practice.
May 2009 — Fifty leading HIV-prevention experts gathered on May 13–14, 2009 to advance the development and validation of HIV incidence assays — tests that are used to identify the number of recent HIV infections in a population within a given time period. Virologists, immunologists, assay developers, industry representatives, public health scientists and epidemiologists from around the…
2010 — This chart provides a side-by-side comparison of the most prominent hormonal contraceptive implants on the market.
August 2010 — Severely undernourished people living with HIV are four times more likely to die of complications than those who are not severely undernourished. For this reason, preventing undernutrition is a key objective in HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programs. FHI 360’s Kenya Nutrition and HIV Program (NHP), the flagship Kenyan nutrition program funded the U.S.…
August 2010 – Severely undernourished people living with HIV are four times more likely to die of complications than those who are not severely undernourished. For this reason, preventing undernutrition is a key objective in HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programs. FHI 360’s Kenya Nutrition and HIV Program (NHP), the flagship Kenyan nutrition program funded the U.S.…
Works in PROGRESS provides an update on program activities. PROGRESS Research Projects in Uganda: An Overview PROGRESS Approach: Institutionalizing Evidence-Based Practices March 13, 2012. This presentation was given during an end-of-project meeting conducted by the PROGRESS project. PROGRESS (Program Research for Strengthening Services) is a five-year project awarded to FHI 360 by the U.S. Agency for…
MCC News features clients’ stories, providers’ perspectives, lessons learned, research updates and news about Kenya’s efforts to improve access to male circumcision for HIV prevention. The Male Circumcision Consortium (MCC) produced this electronic newsletter from December 2008 to August 2014 for its fellow partners in the voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program of the Government…