A recent workshop for health care program managers focused on the relationships between gender issues and men's participation in health care and family planning. A look at how computer and Internet technology promise to improve access to education, health care, and information even in low-resource settings, as well as how AVSC is using this technology to increase the effectiveness of our work. A quality-improvement initiative forms the basis of AVSC's current activities in Vietnam. Changes in health care coverage and provision have caused AVSC to redesign its country strategy. Talking with Lynn Bakamjian, AVSC's director of country programs.
New research shows a possible risk following sterilization in women.
A study in Kenya addresses concerns about removing the contraceptives. For health care workers in rural areas, adequately sterilizing instruments is a serious concern. A project in South Africa is working to help prevent cervical cancer. A recent Colombian study helps providers respond to their clients needs. The spending bill passed by Congress for fiscal year 1997 continues the onerous restrictions for international family planning programs applied in 1996.