From healthmaps@attbi.com Wed Jul 17 11:35:48 2002 Received: from mailscan6.cac.washington.edu (mailscan6.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g6HIZlNn064708 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:35:47 -0700 Received: FROM mxu2.u.washington.edu BY mailscan6.cac.washington.edu ; Wed Jul 17 11:35:46 2002 -0700 Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01.attbi.com [204.127.202.61]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.06) with ESMTP id g6HIZjJX016679 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:35:45 -0700 Received: from harriet ([12.229.18.75]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020717183544.QRMU29588.sccrmhc01.attbi.com@harriet> for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:35:44 +0000 From: "HealthMaps" To: "WAPHGIS" Subject: FW: AFRO-NETS> Reproductive Health Gateway Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:35:45 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_005E_01C22D86.16D8A6C0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C22D86.16D8A6C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I pulled this off another listserve, and it is not oriented to GIS, but many of you are involved in these issues, maybe you already know about them... If you know about GIS activity focused on reproductive health, please share with us. Richard E Hoskins PhD MPH Spatial Epidemiology Unit WA State Dept of Health 1102 Quince Street Olympia, WA 98504-7812 richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov Reproductive Health Gateway --------------------------- Reproductive Health Gateway (http://www.rhgateway.org) is an informa- tion portal for reproductive health professionals that spiders & in- dexes over 65 international web sites with content on reproductive health - providing quick access to over 65,000 html pages, PDF docu- ments and other files in English, French, Spanish and other lan- guages. If you don't find what you need on RHGateway, a feature allows you to repeat your search with a single click in databases which are not spidered by RHGateway like PubMed, POPLINE, the Combined Health In- formation Database and the Development Experience Clearinghouse. RHGateway also includes a calendar of events, links to glossaries, directories, photo resources, publications etc. - all related to re- productive health. To keep up with what's new in reproductive health, subscribe to RHGNews, a monthly e-mail announcement of new features and resources added to Reproductive Health Gateway. To subscribe, mailto:rhgnews-subscribe@rhgateway.org For additional commands, mailto:rhgnews-help@rhgateway.org -- New sites recently added include: - Advance Africa: http://www.advanceafrica.org - ICRW: http://www.icrw.org - John Snow International UK: http://www.jsiuk.com - PAHO: http://www.paho.org - Partners in Population and Development: http://www.south-south.org - Development Gateway: http://www.developmentgateway.org REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESOURCES RECENTLY FEATURED ON RHGATEWAY International Family Planning Perspectives Vol. 28 #2 - June 2002 online http://www.agi-usa.org/journals/toc/ifpp2802toc.html Should family planning and STI prevention and treatment services be integrated? International Experts Debate the Pros and Cons. -- Understanding the Relationships Between Reproductive Health and Gen- der Equitable Development http://www.icrw.org/strategicareas/reprohealth/reprohealth.htm This new on-line discussion provides an opportunity to explore with others the specific, concrete ways that reproductive health and women's economic status are interrelated, and how they are affected by gender roles and expectations. -- Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/rhr_02_7/index.en.html New online. Full text available. -- Contraceptive Sterilization: Global Issues and Trend http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/offc/steril/factbook/index.html Voluntary sterilization remains the most prevalent form of contracep- tion worldwide, according to this new book from EngenderHealth. Well over 20 percent of couples in 22 countries now use sterilization to preclude future childbearing. In thirteen of these countries, ster- ilization prevalence ranges from one third to almost one half of all couples in their reproductive years. -- Synergy Project HIV/AIDS E-Newsletter http://www.synergyaids.com/newsletter.php This E-Newsletter provides regular updates on USAID cooperating agency activities, USAID Office of HIV-AIDS initiatives, and global donor/ government/private sector initiatives to prevent and mitigate HIV/AIDS. Or send an e-mail to subscribe@sunergyaids.com . -- Abortion Policies: A Global Review http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/abortion.htm The study is an updated, country-by-country examination of national policies concerning induced abortion and the context within which abortion takes place. Comparable information is presented for all Member and non-member States of the United Nations. -- New Manual from WHO http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/ Transforming Health Systems: Gender and Rights in Reproductive Health, designed to be run as a stand-alone, two or three week course, contains six teaching modules: three foundation modules on gender, the social determinants of health, and rights, and three ap- plication modules on available evidence, on policy, and on the health systems. Case studies and practical material deal with reproductive health issues, covering a broad spectrum from sexual début and mater- nal mortality to HIV/AIDS and sexual violence. The 492-page training curriculum is also available in a CD-ROM version and will be trans- lated into Mandarin and Spanish. -- Standard Days Method Proven 95% Effective in Clinical Trial http://www.irh.org/pdf/contraception.pdf The Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, an- nounces the publication of results of the efficacy trial for the Standard Days Method of family planning in the May issue of Contra- ception. The Standard Days Method is over 95% effective when used correctly. -- On-line discussion - "Information and communication technologies (ICT) and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advance- ment and empowerment of women" http://esaconf.un.org:80/~ictwomen You are invited to participate in this on-line discussion which will run from 17 June to 19 July 2002. Visit the website to register. -- Programme Brief on Gender and HIV/AIDS, 2002 http://www.unfpa.org/aids/docs/progbrief04.pdf This short programme brief explores some of the major implications specific to HIV/AIDS. It also reviews those actions with the greatest relation to UNFPA's support to country responses to the epidemic. -- Gender and Relationships: A Pactical Action Kit for Young People http://www.unicef.org/programme/lifeskills/reference/teach.html This kit is designed to help young people facilitating youth pro- grammes and adults working with young people to integrate gender is- sues into sexual and reproductive health programmes. -- June issue of Adapting to Change Learning Program Electronic Newslet- ter online http://info.worldbank.org/etools/reprohealth/reprohealthdb/NewsletterArchive ..asp Includes up-to-date information about the Adapting to Change Program and its training activities worldwide. -- Internet for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting http://nmap.ac.uk/vts/nurse/ This free online tutorial provides information skills for nurses, midwives, and health visitors, allowing them to make practical use of the Internet in their work. -- Reproductive Freedom News - June issue http://www.crlp.org/rfn.html Includes articles on Pakistan's rape laws and other reproductive health news. -- JHPIEGO TrainerNews(r), Volume V, Issue 4 (Part I) http://www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/6read/6issues/6jtn/jtn02.htm Contains articles on transfer of learning and alternative learning methods. -- PAI Debuts New Interactive Database on Natural Resources and Popula- tion http://www.populationaction.org/resources/publications/peopleinthebalance/pb _data.php PAI invites you to explore this new database, which includes a click- able map to retrieve data by country, and also allows you to search by specific natural resource indicators, including population, arable land, renewable fresh water, carbon dioxide emissions, and forest cover. -- Global Contraceptive Use http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2002/dev2392.doc.htm About two thirds of all couples around the world - or some 650 mil- lion people - use some form of contraception, according to these new statistics released by the United Nations. -- Lessons learned of the EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia (RHI) http://www.asia-initiative.org/news_lessons.html This publication summarizes a selection of best practices, success stories and experiences, resulting from over three years of implemen- tation of the "Asia Initiative". Altogether 19 lessons learned, with respect to "Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health"; "Quality of Care" and "Community Based Services" are documented. -- Freedom to Love Safely: The IPPF Photographic Competition 2002 http://ippfnet.ippf.org/pub/ippf_competition/index.htm IPPF is looking for photographs with a contemporary interpretation of sexual and reproductive health and rights issues, and the reality of cultural, social, economical and religious constraints within which many of the world's poorest still live. ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C22D86.16D8A6C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I pulled this off another listserve, and it is not = oriented to=20 GIS, but many of you are involved in these issues, maybe you already = know about=20 them...

If you know about GIS activity focused on reproductive = health,=20 please share with us.

Richard E Hoskins PhD MPH
Spatial = Epidemiology=20 Unit
WA State Dept of Health
1102 Quince Street
Olympia, WA=20 98504-7812
richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov


Reproductive Health=20 Gateway
---------------------------

Reproductive Health = Gateway (http://www.rhgateway.org) is=20 an informa-
tion portal for reproductive health professionals that = spiders=20 & in-
dexes over 65 international web sites with content on=20 reproductive
health - providing quick access to over 65,000 html = pages, PDF=20 docu-
ments and other files in English, French, Spanish and other=20 lan-
guages.

If you don't find what you need on RHGateway, a = feature=20 allows you to
repeat your search with a single click in databases = which are=20 not
spidered by RHGateway like PubMed, POPLINE, the Combined Health=20 In-
formation Database and the Development Experience=20 Clearinghouse.

RHGateway also includes a calendar of events, = links to=20 glossaries,
directories, photo resources, publications etc. - all = related to=20 re-
productive health.

To keep up with what's new in = reproductive=20 health, subscribe to
RHGNews, a monthly e-mail announcement of new = features=20 and resources
added to Reproductive Health Gateway.

To = subscribe, mailto:rhgnews-subscribe@= rhgateway.org
For=20 additional commands, mailto:rhgnews-help@rhgateway.= org

--
New=20 sites recently added include:
 - Advance Africa: http://www.advanceafrica.org
 - ICRW: http://www.icrw.org
 - John=20 Snow International UK: http://www.jsiuk.com
 - PAHO: http://www.paho.org
 -=20 Partners in Population and Development: http://www.south-south.org
 - Development = Gateway: http://www.developmentgateway.org

REPRODUCTIVE= HEALTH=20 RESOURCES RECENTLY FEATURED ON RHGATEWAY

International Family = Planning=20 Perspectives Vol. 28 #2 - June 2002
online
http://www.agi-usa.org/journals/toc/ifpp2802toc.html<= BR>
Should=20 family planning and STI prevention and treatment services = be
integrated?=20 International Experts Debate the Pros and = Cons.

--
Understanding the=20 Relationships Between Reproductive Health and Gen-
der Equitable=20 Development
http://www.icrw.org/strategicareas/reprohealth/reprohealt= h.htm

This=20 new on-line discussion provides an opportunity to explore with
others = the=20 specific, concrete ways that reproductive health and
women's economic = status=20 are interrelated, and how they are affected
by gender roles and=20 expectations.

--
Selected practice recommendations for = contraceptive=20 use
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/rhr_0= 2_7/index.en.html

New=20 online. Full text available.

--
Contraceptive Sterilization: = Global=20 Issues and Trend
http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/offc/steril/factbook/in= dex.html

Voluntary=20 sterilization remains the most prevalent form of contracep-
tion = worldwide,=20 according to this new book from EngenderHealth. Well
over 20 percent = of=20 couples in 22 countries now use sterilization to
preclude future=20 childbearing. In thirteen of these countries, ster-
ilization = prevalence=20 ranges from one third to almost one half of all
couples in their = reproductive=20 years.

--
Synergy Project HIV/AIDS E-Newsletter
http://www.synergyaids.com/newsletter.php

This= =20 E-Newsletter provides regular updates on USAID cooperating
agency = activities,=20 USAID Office of HIV-AIDS initiatives, and global
donor/ = government/private=20 sector initiatives to prevent and mitigate
HIV/AIDS. Or send an = e-mail to=20 subscribe@sunergyaids.com .

--
Abortion Policies: A Global=20 Review
http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/ab= ortion.htm

The=20 study is an updated, country-by-country examination of = national
policies=20 concerning induced abortion and the context within which
abortion = takes=20 place. Comparable information is presented for all
Member and = non-member=20 States of the United Nations.

--
New Manual from WHO
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/

Transf= orming=20 Health Systems: Gender and Rights in Reproductive
Health, designed to = be run=20 as a stand-alone, two or three week
course, contains six teaching = modules:=20 three foundation modules on
gender, the social determinants of = health, and=20 rights, and three ap-
plication modules on available evidence, on = policy, and=20 on the health
systems. Case studies and practical material deal with=20 reproductive
health issues, covering a broad spectrum from sexual = d=E9but and=20 mater-
nal mortality to HIV/AIDS and sexual violence. The 492-page=20 training
curriculum is also available in a CD-ROM version and will be = trans-
lated into Mandarin and Spanish.

--
Standard Days = Method=20 Proven 95% Effective in Clinical Trial
http://www.irh.org/pdf/contraception.pdf

The = Institute=20 for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, an-
nounces the = publication=20 of results of the efficacy trial for the
Standard Days Method of = family=20 planning in the May issue of Contra-
ception. The Standard Days = Method is=20 over 95% effective when used
correctly.

--
On-line = discussion -=20 "Information and communication technologies
(ICT) and their impact on = and use=20 as an instrument for the advance-
ment and empowerment of = women"
http://esaconf.un.org:80/~ictwomen

You are = invited to=20 participate in this on-line discussion which will
run from 17 June to = 19 July=20 2002. Visit the website to register.

--
Programme Brief on = Gender and=20 HIV/AIDS, 2002
http://www.unfpa.org/aids/docs/progbrief04.pdf
This=20 short programme brief explores some of the major = implications
specific to=20 HIV/AIDS. It also reviews those actions with the greatest
relation to = UNFPA's=20 support to country responses to the epidemic.

--
Gender and=20 Relationships: A Pactical Action Kit for Young People
http://www.unicef.org/programme/lifeskills/reference/teac= h.html

This=20 kit is designed to help young people facilitating youth pro-
grammes = and=20 adults working with young people to integrate gender is-
sues into = sexual and=20 reproductive health programmes.

--
June issue of Adapting to = Change=20 Learning Program Electronic Newslet-
ter online
http://info.worldbank.org/etools/reprohealth/reprohealthd= b/NewsletterArchive.asp

Includes=20 up-to-date information about the Adapting to Change Program
and its = training=20 activities worldwide.

--
Internet for Nursing, Midwifery, and = Health=20 Visiting
http://nmap.ac.uk/vts/nurse/

This free online = tutorial=20 provides information skills for nurses,
midwives, and health = visitors,=20 allowing them to make practical use of
the Internet in their=20 work.

--
Reproductive Freedom News - June issue
http://www.crlp.org/rfn.html

Includes = articles on=20 Pakistan's rape laws and other reproductive
health = news.

--
JHPIEGO=20 TrainerNews(r), Volume V, Issue 4 (Part I)
http://www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/6read/6issues/6jtn/j= tn02.htm

Contains=20 articles on transfer of learning and alternative=20 learning
methods.

--
PAI Debuts New Interactive Database on = Natural=20 Resources and Popula-
tion
http://www.populationaction.org/resources/publications/pe= opleinthebalance/pb_data.php

PAI=20 invites you to explore this new database, which includes a = click-
able map to=20 retrieve data by country, and also allows you to search
by specific = natural=20 resource indicators, including population, arable
land, renewable = fresh=20 water, carbon dioxide emissions, and = forest
cover.

--
Global=20 Contraceptive Use
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2002/dev2392.doc.htm

About=20 two thirds of all couples around the world - or some 650 mil-
lion = people -=20 use some form of contraception, according to these new
statistics = released by=20 the United Nations.

--
Lessons learned of the EC/UNFPA = Initiative for=20 Reproductive Health in
Asia (RHI)
http://www.asia-initiative.org/news_lessons.html
<= BR>This=20 publication summarizes a selection of best practices, success
stories = and=20 experiences, resulting from over three years of implemen-
tation of = the "Asia=20 Initiative". Altogether 19 lessons learned, with
respect to = "Adolescent=20 Reproductive and Sexual Health"; "Quality of
Care" and "Community = Based=20 Services" are documented.

--
Freedom to Love Safely: The IPPF=20 Photographic Competition 2002
http://ippfnet.ippf.org/pub/ippf_competition/index.htm

IPPF=20 is looking for photographs with a contemporary interpretation = of
sexual and=20 reproductive health and rights issues, and the reality of
cultural, = social,=20 economical and religious constraints within which
many of the world's = poorest=20 still live.

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