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Whose Right is it Anyway?

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 Posted in Income/Poverty, Reproductive Health

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs It’s especially interesting to have a reproductive health advocate and activist offer keynote comments at a meeting of researchers, mainly economists who have a ... Read more..

Looking Back at Dakar

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs ICFP 2011 has ended and now we are heading on to our next destination, some back home, some to conferences in Ougadougou and Durbin, ... Read more..

The Whole Truth: Thinking About the Risk of Contracting HIV When Using Injectable Contraception

Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Posted in HIV/AIDS

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs As part of World AIDS Day, ICFP 2011 included a special session on the recently published The Lancet article that found an increase—a two-fold increase—in ... Read more..

World AIDS Day at ICFP 2011

Thursday, December 1st, 2011 Posted in HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs Given the sustained attention to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, one could wonder why it is necessary for family planning to share the stage at ICFP ... Read more..

Youth: A Breath of Fresh Air

Thursday, December 1st, 2011 Posted in Reproductive Health, Youth

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs The ICFP 2011 High-Level Meeting organized for Ministers of Planning, Finance, and Health of African countries is focusing on achieving the demographic dividend. While ... Read more..

What is the Way Forward For Demographic Inequalities?

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Population Basics, Youth

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs With ICFP 2011 now underway, Wednesday morning’s plenary focused on the demographic dividend—the idea that through reducing fertility, the population structure can be modified ... Read more..

Dakar: 2011 ICFP Opening is Hours Away

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in Reproductive Health, Youth

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs Two years after the first international family planning conference in Uganda, people have come from around the world again to focus on prioritizing family ... Read more..

Thinking Beyond the Beltway

Monday, December 13th, 2010 Posted in Education, Reproductive Health

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs On December 6, I attended a panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson International Center that examined new insights into the population growth and development ... Read more..

In Kenya, Prioritizing Population…and Family Planning

Thursday, November 18th, 2010 Posted in Reproductive Health

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs As Kenya’s National Leaders Conference on Population and Development winds down today, it offers leaders an opportunity not only to think and talk about ... Read more..

“As the Rich Get Richer, The Poor Get Children”

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 Posted in Income/Poverty

by Jay Gribble, vice president, International Programs The Kenya National Leaders Conference has begun, representing the first time since 1989 that Kenya’s national population policy has been discussed in a large, ... Read more..