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The Price of Conflict in Honduras
With 60 homicides per 100,000 people, Honduras has one of the highest documented murder rates in the world. Exceptional incidence of violent crimes in the Northern Triangle – which includes Honduras,...
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Addressing Adolescent Pregnancy & Maternal Mortality in Nicaragua
Photo Credit: James Leocadi / Flickr Last month I traveled with a CSIS colleague to Nicaragua, a small Central American nation with a population of around 6.15 million. The purpose of our trip was to...
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What can the Private Sector do for Public Health in Senegal?
“You can’t walk with one leg only,” said Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Minister of Health of Senegal, when referring to the private sector as an integral part of her country’s health system. She made the...
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Embracing Religion to Expand Family Planning Services
Whether driving along the dizzying streets of Dakar or the dusty dirt roads of Kaolack, one sight remains constant in Senegal: Women, young and old, dressed in long, tailored, flowing cotton dresses...
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Fulfilling DREAMS in South Africa
Pilot projects are getting under way to lessen the impact of HIV among young women and adolescent girls by helping them become Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored, and Safe under...
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Report: Accelerating the Momentum
This report examines the U.S. partnership with Senegal to advance women’s and family health, and finds that the United States can play an important role in furthering Senegal’s capacity to sustain its...
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Report: Transitioning from Gavi Support
This report examines options for U.S. Engagement in Central America. Since 2000, the United States government has been a strong partner of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, providing more than US$730...
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Why Africa’s HIV crisis continues to devastate young women
Mary, who is 24 but looks barely 18, has already experienced more than enough betrayal for any lifetime. Shyly but deliberately, she told of feeling sick at 16 and being diagnosed with HIV. After her...
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U.S. Government Funding for Women’s and Family Health
Click on the below titles to explore a series of analyses by the Kaiser Family Foundation. U.S. Government Funding for Women and Family Health The U.S. government has a long history of supporting...
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2016 Survey of Americans on the U.S. Role in Global Health
Click on the below link to explore a series of analyses by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The 2016 Survey of Americans on the U.S. Role in Global Health is the latest in a series of surveys designed,...
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Improving Newborn health in Ghana
On a recent trip to Ghana with representatives of the CSIS Task Force on Women’s and Family Health, I had a chance to visit La General Hospital in the capital city, Accra, which is in the southern...
View ArticleChanging the Course of History in US Priority Countries
The post Changing the Course of History in US Priority Countries appeared first on Vision 2017.
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Missed Opportunities on Nutrition in Zambia
In April, I was privileged to travel to Zambia with the CSIS Task Force on Women’s and Family Health. The trip’s focus was the role, benefits, and challenges of public-private partnerships (PPPs),...
View ArticleTask Force member Asma Lateef Interviewed on NPR
Task Force member Asma Lateef is interviewed along with Roger Thurow, author of “The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children—And The World,” on the Diane Rehm Show. Their conversation...
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Accra’s Kayayei
Since the 1980s, adolescent girls and young women have migrated from Ghana’s three northern regions to Accra and other large cities to search for better economic opportunities and escape interethnic...
View ArticleVIDEO: It’s Time to Listen
The CSIS Global Health Policy Center produced this video during a visit to Zambia in April 2016. It profiles four young Zambian women who describe the stark realities for adolescent girls and young...
View ArticleImproving Newborn health in Ghana
On a recent trip to Ghana with representatives of the CSIS Task Force on Women’s and Family Health, I had a chance to visit La General Hospital in the capital city, Accra, which is in the southern...
View ArticleTask Force member Asma Lateef Interviewed on NPR
Task Force member Asma Lateef is interviewed along with Roger Thurow, author of “The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children—And The World,” on the Diane Rehm Show. Their conversation...
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Accra’s Kayayei
Since the 1980s, adolescent girls and young women have migrated from Ghana’s three northern regions to Accra and other large cities to search for better economic opportunities and escape interethnic...
View ArticleVIDEO: It’s Time to Listen
The CSIS Global Health Policy Center produced this video during a visit to Zambia in April 2016. It profiles four young Zambian women who describe the stark realities for adolescent girls and young...
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