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...disease. And the drug-resistant strains beginning to emerge in Africa, Russia, China and India, say experts, are epidemics of our own making. Unlike H.I.V., the tubercle bacillus succumbs to powerful medications. But the drugs are not where they need to be, and when they are, spotty monitoring and poor health infrastructure make it hard to ensure that patients take the daily pills or frequent injections they must receive for six months to eradicate the infection. Stopping treatment too early allows the small population of drug-resistant strains to survive and keep the infection going. "We are still in denial...
...birth control. This results in 70 million to 80 million unintended pregnancies every year. Public-health experts estimate that almost half of all maternal deaths could be averted by universal access to contraceptives. The U.S., which should lead the way, has instead placed more roadblocks in the way of poor women who want to use birth control. Since 1995, U.S. funding for overseas family-planning clinics has declined nearly 40%. In the same period, the number of women in their childbearing years has grown by 275 million. It's time for a renewed commitment to family-planning. Brian Dixon, Vice...
...touch with me, and I'll send him a reading list.' HAROLD AUGENBRAUM, head of the U.S. National Book Foundation, saying such comments reveal a poor grasp of American literature...
...birth control. This results in 70 million to 80 million unintended pregnancies every year. Public-health experts estimate that almost half of all maternal deaths could be averted by universal access to contraceptives. The U.S., which should lead the way, has instead placed more roadblocks in the way of poor women who want to use birth control. Since 1995, U.S. funding for overseas family-planning clinics has declined nearly 40%. In the same period, the number of women in their childbearing years has grown by 275 million. It's time for a renewed commitment to family-planning. Brian Dixon, Vice...
...disease. And the drug-resistant strains beginning to emerge in Africa, Russia, China and India, say experts, are epidemics of our own making. Unlike HIV, the tubercle bacillus succumbs to powerful medications. But these drugs are not where they need to be, and when they are, spotty monitoring and poor health infrastructure make it hard to ensure that patients take their daily doses for the six months that are needed to eradicate the infection--all of which encourages drug-resistant strains to survive and keep the disease going. "We are still in denial about how bad this problem...