Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished Agenda
Like all women, women living with and at risk of acquiring HIV have the right to determine the number and timing of their pregnancies and to safely achieve their reproductive intentions. Yet, many women in Asia affected by HIV lack access to family planning services and experience disproportionately...
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| description | Like all women, women living with and at risk of acquiring HIV have the right to determine the number and timing of their pregnancies and to safely achieve their reproductive intentions. Yet, many women in Asia affected by HIV lack access to family planning services and experience disproportionately high rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion. Programs that have succeeded in promoting condom use and providing HIV prevention and treatment services in this region have largely missed the opportunity to address the contraceptive needs of the key populations they serve. The importance of better linkages between family planning and HIV policies and programs is now widely recognized by global health policymakers and donors. However, to date, most of the efforts to improve these linkages have been conducted in Africa. Greater attention is needed to the developing, implementing, and evaluating of integrated family planning/HIV approaches that are tailored to the political, cultural, and public health context in Asia. In this paper, we describe the use of and need for family planning among key populations affected by HIV in Asia, discuss the challenges to effectively addressing of these needs, and offer recommendations for strengthening the linkages between family planning and HIV policies and programs in the region. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-976761f2f4c749d99eec98dc17a48a3b2025-02-03T07:25:53ZengWileyAIDS Research and Treatment2090-12402090-12592012-01-01201210.1155/2012/792649792649Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished AgendaTricia Petruney0Shanthi Noriega Minichiello1Misti McDowell2Rose Wilcher3FHI 360 Headquarters, Durham, NC 27713, USAFHI 360 Asia and Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok 10330, ThailandFHI 360, Dhaka 1212, BangladeshFHI 360 Headquarters, Durham, NC 27713, USALike all women, women living with and at risk of acquiring HIV have the right to determine the number and timing of their pregnancies and to safely achieve their reproductive intentions. Yet, many women in Asia affected by HIV lack access to family planning services and experience disproportionately high rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion. Programs that have succeeded in promoting condom use and providing HIV prevention and treatment services in this region have largely missed the opportunity to address the contraceptive needs of the key populations they serve. The importance of better linkages between family planning and HIV policies and programs is now widely recognized by global health policymakers and donors. However, to date, most of the efforts to improve these linkages have been conducted in Africa. Greater attention is needed to the developing, implementing, and evaluating of integrated family planning/HIV approaches that are tailored to the political, cultural, and public health context in Asia. In this paper, we describe the use of and need for family planning among key populations affected by HIV in Asia, discuss the challenges to effectively addressing of these needs, and offer recommendations for strengthening the linkages between family planning and HIV policies and programs in the region.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/792649 |
| spellingShingle | Tricia Petruney Shanthi Noriega Minichiello Misti McDowell Rose Wilcher Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished Agenda AIDS Research and Treatment |
| title | Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished Agenda |
| title_full | Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished Agenda |
| title_fullStr | Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished Agenda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished Agenda |
| title_short | Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished Agenda |
| title_sort | meeting the contraceptive needs of key populations affected by hiv in asia an unfinished agenda |
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