Conflict and development: challenges in responding to sexual and reproductive health needs in Timor-Leste.
Abstract: In April and May 2006, internal conflict in Timor-Leste led to the displacement of approximately 150,000 people, around 15% of the population. The violence was most intense in Dili, the capital, where many residents were displaced into camps in the city or to the districts. Research utilising in-depth...

Palestinian women's sexual and reproductive health rights in a longstanding humanitarian crisis.
Abstract: This paper results from a study conducted in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in September 2002 to test the usefulness of a guide for a comprehensive approach to sexual and reproductive health rights and needs of refugee women. In-depth interviews with key informants from 19 organisations and two focus...

Young Adolescents' Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.
International Women's Health Coalition, 2007 Four new regional fact sheets have been published, following an earlier report Overlooked and Informed which provides a global overview of the sexual and reproductive knowledge and behaviours of 10-14 year-olds. The new instalments look at the lives of young adolescents in...

A basic package of health services for post-conflict countries: implications for sexual and reproductive health services.
Abstract: Health systems in countries emerging from conflict are often characterised by damaged infrastructure, limited human resources, weak stewardship and a proliferation of non-governmental organisations. This con result in the disrupted and fragmented delivery of health services. One increasingly popular response to improve health service delivery in post-conflict countries...

Funding proposals for integration of HIV and sexual and reproductive health care.
The Global AIDS Alliance, Interact Worldwide, the International HIM/AIDS Alliance, the International Planned Parenthood Federation and their Africa Regional Office, Friends of the Global Fund Africa, and Population Action International hosted the launch meeting for the "Mobilizing for RH/HIV Integration" initiative 26-29 February 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This...

HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: how has funding fuelled the divide?
For a pandemic that thrives in poverty and enhances poverty, nothing could be more awash in money than HIV/ AIDS. Even though the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has not yet met its goal of raising US$10 billion, there is still US$7 billion more than there was...

Meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of people living with HIV.
What it means to be a man, woman or young person living with HIV can be very different now than 25 years ago when AIDS was first identified, in large part because of the availability of antiretroviral treatment. For those with access to treatment services, a diagnosis of HIV...

Opportunities for action: addressing Latina sexual and reproductive health.
Latinas account for approximately one in every seven U.S. women of reproductive age. (1) Although several national organizations and numerous local groups are dedicated to improving Latino health, significant gaps exist in the breadth and depth of information available on Latina sexual and reproductive health. Analyses from national and...

Kaufman, Joan; Messersmith, Lisa. 2005. "Integrating the Fields of Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS.".
Kaufman, Joan; Messersmith, Lisa. 2005. "Integrating the Fields of Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS." 52p. [unpublished]. Available online at: http://paa2006. princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=60226 In this 52-page paper, Kaufman and Messersmith thoroughly review the major activities undertaken to link the HIV/AIDS and SRH fields and highlight the values each...

Aidsnet. 2005. Synergising HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights--A Manual for NGOs.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Aidsnet. 2005. Synergising HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights--A Manual for NGOs. Denmark: Aidsnet. 118p. Available online at: http://www. aidsnet.dk/Default.aspx?ID=1493 The manual, Synergising HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, is geared towards NGO practitioners who wish to enrich their...