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CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES A MAJOR HIV PREVENTION STRATEGY MOSTLY OVERLOOKED BY POLICYMAKERS

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InfoShare Partner: Guttmacher Institute
Publication Date: February 2008
Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper
Topics: Family planning, HIV/AIDS, general, HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS care/treatment, Maternal health/survival, Reproductive health, general
Region: Global, Sub-Saharan Africa
Language: English
Additional information: Click here: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/gpr/11/1/gpr110102.pdf to read “Hiding in Plain Sight: The Role of Contraception in Preventing HIV,” by Susan A. Cohen, to be published in the forthcoming Winter 2008 issue of the Guttmacher Policy Review. Click here for more information on: Meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of people living with HIV (http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/IB_HIV.html) The role of reproductive health providers in preventing HIV (http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/ib2004no5.html) Renewing the focus on prevention in U.S. global AIDS policy (http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/gpr/10/4/gpr100414.html)

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Integrating the provision of voluntary contraceptive services into programs where HIV-positive women are going for HIV-related treatment is essential to make U.S. efforts to combat the AIDS epidemic more effective, according to a new Guttmacher Institute policy analysis (http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/gpr/11/1/gpr110102.html). Unintended pregnancy prevention is a critical, but largely overlooked, component of any prevention strategy since so many HIV-positive women wish to delay or prevent pregnancy, the analysis finds.