Media Center
October–December
86 Percent of the World's Young People
Live in Developing Countries
Growing Up Global, edited by Cynthia B. Lloyd, is the National Academies Press report on the largest generation of young people ever.
(15 December)
The Population Council Acknowledges World AIDS Day
2004
This year's campaign focuses on the special needs of women and girls,
who are 2.5 times as likely to be HIV infected as their male
counterparts. This digital media kit provides HIV/AIDS-related
information and resources. (1 December)
The Population Council and Acrux Begin Clinical Testing of Transdermal Contraceptive Spray
The commencement of this study is another step toward bringing the world’s first spray-on contraceptive to market. (15 November)
Americans Die Younger and Weigh More than Canadians
One-quarter of a million people in the United States died younger than their Canadian counterparts in 1998. Men in the US are twice as likely and women are three times as likely to be obese as Americans. (6 October)
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July–September
Judith Bruce Gives Talk: The Twelve Year Old Girl: She’s Got the Whole World in Her Hands
Bruce and other NGO panelists present at the International Conference on Population and Development +10 in Minneapolis, MN. (28 September)
Peter Donaldson Named Acting
President of the Population Council
The Council announced the appointment of Peter J. Donaldson as acting
president of the organization, following the resignation of Linda G.
Martin from that post. (4 August)
Council’s James F. Phillips Recognized for Excellence in Research by U.S. Government
James F. Phillips received the 2004 Marjorie Horn Operations Research Award, which recognizes excellence in conducting and utilizing research. (29 July)
Population Council, India Publishes Non-consensual Sexual Experiences of Young People in Developing Countries
Three briefing papers from a global consultative meeting held in New Delhi in September 2003. (2 July)
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April–June
Role of Gender in Health Disparity: The South Asian Context
Co-authored by Population Council program associate Fariyal F. Fikree, this article appears in a special "Health in South Asia" issue of the British Medical Journal. (April) [article]
Young Women, Poverty, Orphanhood, and HIV Risk
Population Council researcher finds that gender, relative poverty, and orphanhood lead to risky sexual behaviors in South African youth. (23 June)
The Risks of Early Marriage
Council researcher Judith Bruce presents findings showing that child marriage can lead to increased risk of HIV infection. (17 June)
- Early Marriage, Livelihood Opportunities for Girls, and Sexual Coercion
Population Council
researchers present program findings at Global Health Conference. (27 May)
Population Council's Carraguard Microbicide Candidate Begins Large-scale Efficacy Trials
The Population Council recently launched a large-scale efficacy trial of its lead candidate vaginal microbicide, Carraguard®. (17 May)
Council and Schering AG Create International Contraceptive Access Foundation (ICA)
The ICA will distribute the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system on a not-for-profit basis in resource-poor settings. (4 May)
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January–March
Former Population Council Vice President Remembered
W. Parker Mauldin, former Population Council vice president, died on January 16 at the age of 89 in Charlottesville, VA. (February)
United States Senators Harkin and Hollings
Visit Council HIV/AIDS Project in Brazil
United States Senators Tom Harkin and Ernest Hollings visited the Saúde na Estrada project in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. (14 January)
Lynn A. Foster of New York City Elected to Population Council Board of Trustees
Lynn A. Foster, a successful financial professional who has been a volunteer leader of several major non-profit organizations, was elected to the Population Council’s board of trustees at its December 2003 meeting. (8 January)
Plastic Ups the Endocrine Ante According to Population Council Research
Population Council scientists and colleagues published research findings revealing that rats exposed to chronic, low levels of a common agent used in plastics develop an increase in sex hormone levels. Premature increases in sex hormones have been found to induce precocious puberty and are associated with increased risk of endocrine cancers. (5 January)
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