Sexually Transmitted Infections
Breaking the Cycle of Transmission
Number of pages: 28
Publication date: 01 January 2004
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
Some 340 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections, excluding HIV, occur each year. This technical publication outlines the main issues involved in diagnosis and treatment of these infections, which cause serious health problems and also increase vulnerability to HIV. The publication also describes associated challenges for programming and implications for reproductive health policy.
Gender Snapshot
UNFPA Programming at Work
Number of pages: 32
Publication date: 01 January 2009
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
This booklet provides a snapshot of UNFPA's programming efforts to advance gender equality and empower women. It reports on activities undertaken in six priority areas, based on contributions from the global, regional and country levels over the course of two years (2007-2008).
At The Crossroads:
Accelerating Youth Access to HIV/AIDS Interventions
Number of pages: 9
Publication date: 01 January 2004
Author: UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Young People
Publisher: UNFPA
Our Voice, Our Future
Young People Report on Progress Made on the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
Number of pages: 26
Publication date: 01 January 2005
Author: UNFPA
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Accelerating Change
Funding proposal
Number of pages: 37
Publication date: 01 January 2012
Author: UNFPA, UNICEF
Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF
Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women and Adolescent Girls Living with HIV
Research Report on Qualitative Findings from Brazil, Ethiopia and the Ukraine
Number of pages: 62
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Author: EngenderHealth, UNFPA
This research report explores the sexual and reproductive health intentions and needs of HIV positive women and adolescent girls in Brazil, Ethiopia and the Ukraine and probes issues relating to family planning, sexually transmitted infections, breast and cervical cancer, maternity care services and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission as well as issues of access and quality of care.
Essential Medicines for Reproductive Health:
Guiding Principles for Their Inclusion on National Medicines Lists
Number of pages: 110
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Author: Jolene Beitz, Jane Hutchings, Dawn Bass and Michele Burns
Publisher: UNFPA, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), World Health Organization
In addition to providing a list of essential reproductive health supplies, this guidebook outlines the steps necessary for including reproductive health medicines on country-level lists of essential medicines. It also highlights the consequences of poor reproductive health and the importance of devoting resources to its betterment and reviews the concept of essential medicines lists and their significance.