DISCUSSING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE MILLENIUM
Vol. I, Issue IV August 1999
Welcome to this issue of ReproTech, the news service of the Global
Reproductive Health Forum at Harvard. This news source aims to keep you
informed about the latest news, research and discussion in the field of
reproductive health.
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In this Issue:
I. En Espanol: Lots of New Materials in Spanish!
- New On-Line Course: CULTURA, SALUD y REPRODUCCION
- New Abortion Section
- Original Work in Spanish
II. Original Research from India:
-New articles on Ethics and AIDS in South Asia, Cultural
Conceptions of Male Sexual Health, and Reproductive Rights and Family
Planning.
III. Upcoming Events
-Women of Color Web
You can access all this material from our website at
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf.
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I. IN SPANISH... EN ESPANOL
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--NEW ON-LINE COURSE IN SPANISH
Cultura, Salud, y Reproduccion/ Culture, Health, and Reproduction
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/_Spanish/course/
The course consists of over 30 articles related to aspects of
culture,
health and reproduction. The readings are
organized by themes in eight sessions and the first two sessions are
already up 1) Reproductive health from a
gender perspective, 2) Qualitative methods in the study of
reproductive
health
--NEW SECTION ON ABORTION (ABORTO--SPANISH)
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/_Spanish/abor/infospan.html
--ORIGINAL WORK IN SPANISH
*"El debate sobre la poblacion cambia de signo/"The debate on population
changes signs")-- Seamus Grimes
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/_Spanish/pop/docs/criticas.PDF
*"Conversando Entre Parteras"/"Talking Among Midwives", published in
Mexico
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/_Spanish/pubs/entrep1.html
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/_Spanish/pubs/entrep2.html
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/_Spanish/pubs/entrep3.html
*"Las Mujeres que aman a otras mujeres y el c�ncer"/"Cancer and Women
that love Women"/ a pamphlet created in Mexico by group Patlatonalli.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/_Spanish/pubs/cancercervico.html
This pamphlet contains information about how to prevent and detect
cervical and breast cancer. It also contains information about
patients'
rights, specifically for women who are in same sex relationships
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II. NEW ORIGINAL RESEARCH FROM INDIA
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Every month we publish over 20 new articles together with SNDT and CWDS
libraries in India, this is in addition to our previous collections of
hundred's of works-- discussing such topics as prenatal technology,
reproductive technologies and culture, contraceptive morbidity,
population
projections, health care, and public policy at the South Asia Global
Reproductive Health Forum at
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/SAsia/forum.html. A sampling of some
titles for this month:
* PANDYA, SUNIL K.: Patients Testing Positive for HIV: Ethical Dilemmas
in
India
www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/suchana/0420/pandya2.html
* RAVI K. VERMA, G. RANGAIYAN, S. NARKHEDE ET AL.: Cultural Perceptions
and
Categorization of Male Sexual Health Problems by Practitioners and Men
in a
Mumbai Slum Population
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/suchana/0804/rh052
.html
* KARKAL, MALINI: Family Planning and the Reproductive Rights of Women
www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/suchana/0804/rh346.html
*Our second issue of RE/PRODUCTIONS, at
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/repro2/issue2.htm
discusses sex trafficking, the body, representation, and the trade of
prostitution and globalization.
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III. UPCOMING EVENTS
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NEW WOMEN OF COLOR AND REPRODUCTION WEB
Some of the most influential works on the social and biological
reproduction in respect to women of color. The website will feature work
concerning feminisms, reproductive rights, coercive population policies,
reproductive technologies, and much more! Please look for it in October
of
this year!!!!
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