Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior

Birth-Control Programs Should Teach Men as Well as Women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 22nd, 1995

Third World birth-control programs should be expanded to teach men as well as women the risk of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, a new report says.

In recent years, most of the world's efforts to reduce population growth and improve health have focused on women, who, in most cultures, are powerless to decide when, where and whether children should be conceived.

A new report - distributed May 15, 1995, to government health agencies worldwide by Population Action International - stressed the need to include men in more programs, even if it takes women to get them involved.

Women must be taught how to persuade men to...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1995-05-22)

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