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Study Shows Teen Contraception Use Declining, Level Of Sexual Activity Unchanged
After years of declining teenage pregnancy rates and improved teen contraception use during the 1990s and early 2000s, the trends appeared to have flattened or even reversed among some groups of teens in recent years, according to a study from Columbia University"s Mailman School of Public Health and the Guttmacher Institute, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Researchers found that from 2003 to 2007, teens" contraceptive use declined by 10%, while their level of sexual activity did not change. The decrease in contraceptive use was particularly prevalent among black teens. The figures take into account the rate of contraception use as well as the types of contraceptives used, as methods vary in effectiveness. Teen condom use leveled off and in some cases declined, according to the study. The study also reported that the teen birth rate increased by 5% from 2005 to 2007. According to the study"s authors, the findings suggest a link between declining teen contraception use and the rise in abstinence-only education during former President George W. Bush"s administration. President Obama"s fiscal year 2010 budget proposal calls for redirecting some abstinence-only funds toward increased comprehensive sex education, the Monitor reports. In addition to the effects of abstinence-only sex education, the decline in condom use also could be tied to lessening concern about sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. A shift in the teen population to include a higher number of Hispanics -- who have the highest rates of teen pregnancy and birth -- also could contribute to the findings. Laura Lindberg, one of the study"s authors and a senior research associate at Guttmacher, said, "In the end, this story is really about the loss of momentum." She added that although the statistical changes are small, "they raise concern about what the next few years will bring in this country." Sarah Brown, director of the National Campaign To Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, noted that the proportion of births to unmarried women, particularly among women ages 20 to 24, also is on the upswing (Feldmann, Christian Science Monitor, 6/18).
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WHO, UNICEF Say Vitamin A, Deworming Interventions Safe, In Response To Alleged Deaths, Sickness In Bangladesh

The WHO and UNICEF on Tuesday said that vitamin A supplements and deworming tablets are safe, after two deaths and the "sickness of hundreds" were alleged among the children who received the interventions during a nationwide campaign in Bangladesh, Bernama.com reports (Bernama.com, 6/9). Bangladesh"s Institute of Public Health and Nutrition distributed vitamin A capsules to 20 million children under age five in an effort to prevent childhood blindness and reduce death, IRIN reports. Nineteen million children between the ages of two and five received deworming tablets, according to health officials (IRIN, 6/8). Just days after the campaign, illness was reported in several districts around the country. According to the Daily Star, "Panic gripped the parents" of children who took vitamin A supplements and deworming tablets, which were manufactured by a Canadian company (Daily Star, 6/8). Health Ministry Forms Committee To Investigate Sickness In response to the cases of illness, the health ministry has formed a five-member committee to examine why so many children became sick after the campaign, bdnews24.com reports. ABM Jahangir Alam, a director of primary healthcare services of the health directorate, is leading the committee, which was asked to submit a report within a day or two. AFM Ruhal Haque, Bangladesh"s health minister, said that the vitamin A drive has been running for more than three decades has always been "effective and successful" and "has never created any apprehension of harm to children." He added that deworming campaigns had also never caused harm (bdnews24.com, 6/8). In a statement, he said the vitamin A capsules were WHO-certified and that the capsules were set to expire in 2012. He said the deworming tablets were supplied by UNICEF and were due to expire in 2010 (Xinhua, 6/8). The WHO and UNICEF "are fully confident about the actions taken by the (Bangladeshi) government to investigate the cases of children allegedly becoming sick after taking Vitamin A capsules and deworming tablets," according to a joint statement from the U.N. agencies (Bernama.com, 6/9). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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