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In Asia, Child Mortality Is Not Linked to Women's Autonomy or Religion 

An analysis of 15 Muslim and non-Muslim community pairs in four countries in Asia shows no consistent relationship between differences in levels of...

Few U.S. school-based health centers offer contraceptives on-site - Digests 

School-based health centers offer U.S. adolescents a wide range of reproductive health counseling, testing and treatment services, both on-site and...

Relative risk of cervical cancer rises with duration of oral contraceptive use 

The relative risk of cervical cancer rises the longer a woman is on the pill. According to a meta-analysis based on data from 28 studies,1 women...

Unintended pregnancy is linked to inadequate prenatal care, but not to unattended delivery or child health 

Pregnancy intention status has little or no effect on medical supervision at delivery, child vaccination or adequacy of growth, once the impact of...

Relative risk of cervical cancer rises with duration of oral contraceptive use 

High rates of congenital syphilis in Russia linked to inadequate prenatal care - Digests 

The incidence of congenital syphilis, which is largely preventable, is high in the Russian Federation. (1) Because many infected pregnant women are...

Relative risk of cervical cancer rises with duration of oral contraceptive use - Digests 

The relative risk of cervical cancer rises the longer a woman is on the pill. According to a meta-analysis based on data from 28 studies, (1) women...

Providers do not fully use adolescent well-care visits to discuss sexual health - Digests 

Although 58-60% of U.S. high school students make preventive health care visits, far lower proportions of those doing so--43% of females and 26% of...

High rates of congenital syphilis in Russia linked to inadequate prenatal care 

Providers do not fully use adolescent well-care visits to discuss sexual health