Colombia Starts Offering No-Cost Contraceptive Services

Women in one of Colombia’s poorest neighborhoods last week began receiving no-cost contraceptives drugs and surgical procedures, after the country’s Congress this fall passed a law guaranteeing access to the services as part of a push to prevent unintended pregnancies, the Los Angeles Times reports…

Also In Global Health News: Cholera In Haiti; Food In Ghana; Health Care Access In Afghanistan; Violence Against Women In Somalia; Male Circumcision

CDC Report Documents Cholera’s Spread In Haiti Haiti’s cholera outbreak has spread across the country and infected more than 91,000 people, while more than 2,000 people have died as a result, the CDC said in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which was published on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Nearly half of the ill were hospitalized…

Los Angeles Times Politico Examine Women's Role In Election, GOP Leadership

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reported on the decline in support for Democrats among female voters, while Politico looked at the lack of Republican women in congressional leadership positions. Summaries appear below…

Articles Analyze Debate Surrounding Female Sexual Dysfunction Drug Flibanserin

The Los Angeles Times and New York Times recently examined issues related to the experimental female Libido drug flibanserin. On June 18, an FDA advisory panel voted 11-0 against recommending the drug for treatment of female hypoactive sexual-desire disorder. Summaries appear below…

Female GOP Candidates Break Conservative 'Glass Ceiling,' Los Angeles Times Columnist Writes

In contrast to this year’s primary elections, the so-called “Year of the Woman” in 1992 “was a one-sided wave” in that most of the women who were newly elected to the Senate were “liberal, pro-choice Democrats,” columnist Doyle McManus writes in the Los Angeles Times…

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