Financial Resource Flows for Population Activities in 2002 Financial Resource Flows for Population Activities in 2002 is intended to be a tool for donor and developing country Governments, multilateral organizations and agencies, private foundations and NGOs to monitor progress in achieving the financial resource targets agreed to at the ICPD.

Financing the ICPD Programme of Action: Ten Years Later Financing the ICPD Programme of Action: Ten Years Later provides a brief overview of where the international community stands in terms of financing ICPD a decade after Cairo.

HIV Prevention in Maternal Health Services: Programming Guide These guides can be used to strengthen the integration of HIV prevention into maternal health services and build the capacity of health workers to address the prevention needs of pregnant and postpartum women.

HIV Prevention in Maternal Health Services: Training Guide These guides can be used to strengthen the integration of HIV prevention into maternal health services and build the capacity of health workers to address the prevention needs of pregnant and postpartum women.

Investing in People National Progress in Implementing the ICPD Programme of Action 1994-2004 This Global Survey includes responses from 169 countries on the steps they have taken to implement the Cairo Programme of Action, including measures related to population and development, gender equality, women's empowerment, reproductive rights and health and HIV/AIDS.

Issues In Brief: The Role of Reproductive Health Providers in Preventing HIV Reproductive health professionals in developing countries already offer a wide range of services to millions of women now at the center of the global HIV pandemic, and they are increasingly expanding their outreach to adolescents and to men. Yet their current and potential role as front-line providers of HIV prevention services is largely untapped.

Meeting the Challenges of Migration Progress since the ICPD This joint publication provides readers with an overview of key developments in addressing migration since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development and points to challenges ahead. Chapters deal with migration trends, policy development, economic migration, refugee protection, human trafficking, internal migration, data, and the links between migration and development and human rights.

Sexually Transmitted Infections: Breaking the Cycle of Transmission Some 340 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections, excluding HIV, occur each year. This technical publication outlines the main issues involved in diagnosis and treatment of these infections, which cause serious health problems and also increase vulnerability to HIV. The publication also describes associated challenges for programming and implications for reproductive health policy.

South Asia Conference for the Prevention and Treatment of Obstetric Fistula 9-11 December 2003 • Dhaka, Bangladesh This conference marked the beginning of the UNFPA Campaign to End Fistula's expansion to the South Asian region. The objective of the conference was to introduce UNFPA's fistula campaign in South Asia, to review current knowledge about obstetric fistula in the region and to discuss steps for moving forward with the campaign in the region.

Women and HIV/AIDS Confronting the Crisis This report concludes that women are bearing the brunt of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and that strategies to reverse it cannot succeed unless women and girls are empowered to reclaim their rights. Noting that half of all people infected with HIV are women, the report documents the devastating and often invisible impact of AIDS on women and girls and highlights the ways discrimination, poverty and gender-based violence help fuel the epidemic.

State of World Population 2004 The Cairo Consensus at Ten: Population, Reproductive Health and The Global Effort to End Poverty This year's report, The Cairo Consensus at Ten: Population, Reproductive Health and the Global Effort to End Poverty, examines the progress countries have made and the obstacles they have encountered at the halfway point in implementing the ICPD plan.

24 Tips for Culturally Sensitive Programming Guide to Working from Within This booklet, a companion to the publication Working from Within, colorfully presents 24 tips, one per page, for culturally sensitive programming, based on research carried out by UNFPA.

DISPATCHES: Issue Number 62 News from the United Nations Population Fund, July-August 2004 IN THIS ISSUE: • Young People to Advise UNFPA on Their Rights and Needs • Youth Activists Gear Up for the Bangkok AIDS Conference • Reproductive Health and Gender Equality Key to Breaking Cycle of Poverty, According to African Ministers • Cambodia Conducts Population Survey with UNFPA Support • UNFPA Spearheads Campaign to End Fistula in Sudan • Swedish Funds Support HIV/AIDS Prevention in the Tea Plantations of Bangladesh • New UNFPA Support to Better Health Care in Africa

DISPATCHES: Issue Number 63 News from the United Nations Population Fund, September-October 2004 IN THIS ISSUE: • Report Examines Triumphs and Setbacks Since Cairo Population Consensus • British Support for UNFPA to Increase Over the Next Four Years • Latin America Reaffirms its Support for Cairo Consensus • Timor-Leste Announces Preliminary Census Results • Kazakhstan Takes Over Family Planning • Developing Contries Intensify Efforts to End Fistula • Youth Issues Get National Attention in Maldives

Addressing Violence Against Women: Piloting and Programming This report provides highlights of a September 2003 consultation in Rome with UNFPA and many of its partners. It provides lessons learned from ten pilot projects that used a programme guide created by UNFPA to help health care providers address gender-based violence. It also summarizes presentations from ten experts on gender-based violence and recommendations from the three working groups.

Securing the Supplies People Rely On This brochure was launched at the 2004 International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action held in Strasbourg, France on 18-19 October 2004. It outlines the current RH commodity shortfall situation caused by rising demand and falling financial support and gives details of the Global Strategy on Reproductive Health Commodity Security (RHCS), running from advocacy, to resource mobilization, technical cooperation, coordination, national capacity building and improved sustainability.

UNFPA 2003 Annual Report Underlining the centrality of reproductive health to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was a priority throughout 2003. These goals are inseparable from the ICPD Programme of Action, which has been UNFPA's blueprint for development since 1994.

HIV and Infant Feeding: A Guide for Health-Care Managers and Supervisors This publication is aimed at helping mid-level health-care managers and supervisors understand issues and organize services to support all women, and especially HIV-infected women, on infant feeding. The document contains a list of key steps, background information, key resources and references, and extensive annexes.

HIV and Infant Feeding: Guidelines for Decision-Makers The purpose of this publication is to provide information on issues that need to be considered in relation to infant and young child feeding in the context of HIV, and to highlight areas of special concern on which policy decisions need to be made.

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