HIV in the Middle East: Low Prevalence but Not Low Risk
(2013) UNAIDS has estimated that around 270,000 people are living with HIV in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, an overall HIV prevalence of 0.1 percent among adults ages 15 to 49, and one of the lowest rates among world regions.
(2011) "Vasectomy is like putting money in the bank. [It] is a long-term investment, money you [would] have otherwise used to buy expensive birth control methods," says Dr. Charles Ochieng, a medical doctor in Kenya.
(2011) Despite the recent attention to ending early marriage around the world, married adolescents remain invisible to many policymakers and program developers.
Ensuring All Bangladeshi Youth Have Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services
(2020) Young people in Bangladesh lack sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services, putting them at risk for unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and maternal mortality.