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LIBERIA: Acute malnutrition a social problem
Monrovia :: Liberia | 4 days ago
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In the Liberian capital Monrovia acute malnutrition is due not only to poverty and inadequate health and sanitation services but also to factors such as high teenage pregnancy and the war’s damage to the social fabric, say nutritionists, who call the...
Tags: Liberian, ACF Pipeline, acute malnutrition, IRIN, acute malnourished, feeding centre, Monrovia, teenage pregnancy, social problem, told irin, Liberia, Mesurado River, Saint Paul River, Action Against Hunger, Adolescence, Pregnancy, James Monroe
Contraception now part of sex ed curriculum in Collier County schools
Naples :: FL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Contraception and its uses will now be taught in sexual education classes in Collier County schools, among other revisions to the district’s health education policy that were agreed upon Thursday night. The Collier County School Board approved the changes...
Tags: Collier County School Board, schools board, board member, Steve Donovan, health education, Mr. Calabrese, county schools, community member, Collier County School District, Richard Calabrese, Naples, Sex education, Sexual abstinence, Teenage pregnancy, Birth control, Human sexual behavior, Fertility, Human sexuality, Adolescence, Education
Teen pregnancy alarm sounded in Manatee
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Manatee County’s Children’s Services Advisory Board has targeted teen pregnancy prevention as a major priority and is asking its program providers to craft a plan of attack. On Wednesday, the board approved a request for information that will be sent...
Tags: teen pregnancy, Manatee County, Mike Neuges, pregnancy rate, Bradenton, Motherhood, Teenage pregnancy, Youth, Manatee County Florida, Bradenton Florida, Adolescence, Pregnancy, Controversies
Sex-crazed teachers warned
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 10 days ago
Credibility 18 November 2009 Alex Matlala Limpopo MEC for education in Namane Masemola has slammed randy teachers. Masemola said his department was going to fire all teachers found to have had sexual relations with pupils or to have impregnated them. He was speaking...
Tags: Namane Masemola, South Africa, Johannesburg, Rain Queen, Adolescence, Teacher, Teenage pregnancy, Queens regnant, South African people, Limpopo Province, Education
CUBA: Fewer Storks Visiting Shiny Maternity Clinics
Cuba :: MO :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Women in Cuba cite a variety of reasons to explain their decision to have only one child, ranging from the housing shortage to the rising cost of living and the many work responsibilities they have to shoulder. But many say that if things were different...
Tags: Cuba, IPS, Luis Ernesto Formoso, cubans women, Dr. Formoso, having children, Demography, Fertility, Teenage pregnancy, Maternal death, Abortion, Obstetrics, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
House Health Care Bill Provides Grants to Increase Teen Contraception Use
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility A provision in the recently passed House health care reform bill ( H.R. Known as the "Healthy Teen Initiative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy," the bill’s provision creates a federal grant program that would use taxpayer dollars to fund “evidence based” programs...
Tags: Shaun Kenney, plan parenthood, USCCB, House Nancy Pelosi, teen pregnancies, federally funding, reduce teen, Catholic Church, house health, sex education, San Francisco, Human rights, Pro-life movement, Planned Parenthood, Birth control, Teenage pregnancy, Religion Belief, Pregnancy, Gynecology, Adolescence, Social Issues
Sex-ed goes thumbs-first with text services
Ottawa :: Canada | 11 days ago
Credibility From North Carolina to Toronto, a handful of initiatives are now using text-messaging to teach teens about sexual health — answering questions about everything from emergency contraceptives to the age-old query: "Why doesn't he like me?" The newest addition...
Tags: sexual health, text services, Toronto Public Health, Canada, Ottawa, Text messaging, Teenage pregnancy, Sex education, Heather Corinna, Condom, Technology Internet, Human sexuality, Medical technology, Adolescence
Late-life pregnancies risky, but births are good
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 14 days ago
Credibility Despite the high rate of pregnancy complications in women in their 50s, the birth outcomes are generally good, says a new study. "No severe birth defects related to premature delivery occurred among the babies born to the women in a study, even though...
Tags: Russell Kirby, life pregnancies, Pakistan, Islamabad, Fertility, Preterm birth, Adolescence, Breech birth, Teenage pregnancy, Obstetrics, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Unhappy at school ups teen pregnancy risk
London :: United Kingdom | 14 days ago
Credibility Teens who grow up unhappy, poor, do not enjoy school and are despondent about their future are at increased risk of pregnancy, British researchers said. Lead author Angela Harden of the University of East London said an evaluation of the Young People's...
Tags: teenage pregnancies, development programs, United Kingdom, London, Controversies, Motherhood, Teenage pregnancy, Sex education, Birth control, Adolescence, Pregnancy, Youth, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Education
Is the Republican Party Obsolete?
Editorial: What happened to the "Grand Old Party?" If you ask 60% of Americans, they may tell you that it's no longer Grand, and it is just old. What got old? In this writer's opinion: It is the attack-style politics, coupled...
Tags: Republicans, Democrats, Government, United States, Senate, Abortion, Teenage pregnancy, 2nd Amendment, Conservative, Right, Left, Untited States, Grand Old Party, Editorial, Christian, Creation Theory, Environment, Hunters, Outdoors-man, San Francisco, allnews, God, Lutheran, Birth Control, States Rights
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