Improving Family Planning in the DRC

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), access to family planning services remains difficult, especially for adolescents and young adults. Consequently, unwanted pregnancies and clandestine abortions constitute a major public health problem…

Health Resources for the Earthquake in Haiti

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The huge 7.2 earthquake on August 14 has devastated the southwest of Haiti. More than 1,400 people have died and at least 84,000 homes and buildings were destroyed or damaged. Coming on top of the assassination of Haiti's president and the denial…

Cooling climate anxiety during the hottest summer yet — heat, floods, fire and fear

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The brutal consequences of climate change are especially apparent this summer. On the West Coast, we are sweating through an extreme heat wave and bracing for a prolonged, frightening fire season. Fresh in our memory is the orange sky of doom…

One Peace Corps Volunteer’s Mission for Health

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One Peace Corps Volunteer in Cambodia, Helen Pu, has supported Hesperian in a special way — by field testing a book in progress! Helen is one of the many women and men worldwide who are striving to make Health for All a reality in their communities,…

Ending HIV in children is way off target

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Earlier this month, The Telegraph reported that the world has missed several targets for tackling AIDS in 2020 — putting in jeopardy the goal of ending new AIDS infections by 2030. According to the latest UNAids report, in 2020 there were…

Celebrating the Contributions of Community Health Workers in Family Planning

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The COVID-19 pandemic has limited access to family planning and other essential health care. Country-wide lockdowns and breakdowns of healthcare systems have restricted contraceptive care to the extent that the United Nations Population Fund…