Reproductive Health & Family Planning:
dgCommunities – An online community where development professionals can find knowledge resources focused on population issues and access an interactive space for sharing work, participating in discussions, and finding others with similar interests.
POPLINE – The world’s largest database on reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues. Maintained by the INFO Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Population and Health InfoShare – An electronic library of material supplied by partner organization-s working in reproductive and child health, HIV/AIDS, and population, administered by the Population Reference Bureau.
Reproductive Health – An online, peer-reviewed journal of the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research.
Reproductive Health Gateway – A resource for health professionals enabling searches across 140 websites for reproductive health information.
Reproductive Health Matters – A biannual journal covering sexual and reproductive health and rights issues for a multi-disciplinary, international audience.
Reproline – Resources on all aspects reproductive health managed by JHPIEGO, an affiliate of John’s Hopkins University.
Youth:
Advocates for Youth – An international advocacy organization addressing a wide variety of issues related to the sexual and reproductive health of young people, both in the United States and the developing world.
Ambiente Joven – A website in Spanish for LGBT youth in the United States and Latin America.
teenwire.com – A website maintained by Planned Parenthood Federation of America providing sexual and reproductive health information and resources in English and Spanish for teens.
Youth-policy.com – An online resource of USAID for improving youth reproductive health and HIV/AIDS policy worldwide.
Cervical Cancer:
Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention – An alliance of five international organizations committed to the prevention of cervical cancer in developing countries. Contains downloadable reports, research, and materials.
Cervical cancer screening in developing countries – Report of a WHO Consultation, 2002.
Comprehensive cervical cancer control: A guide to essential practice, WHO, 2006.
RHO Cervical Cancer – PATH’s online resource center for health program managers and decision-makers working in developing countries and low-resource settings.
U.S. National Cancer Institute – Includes general information about cervical cancer symptoms, screening, prevention, genetics, treatment, etc.
The Economic Commission for Latin America – One of five regional commissions of the United Nations, with a mission of contributing to the economic and social development of Latin America.
The Inter-American Development Bank – The main multilaterial source of financing for sustainable economic, social and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Pan-American Health Organization, Regional Office of the World Health Organization – An international public health agency with more than 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas.
United Nations Population Fund – The United Nations agency responsible for promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights.
World Health Organization – Information on sexual and reproductive health issues.
Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) – A U.S.-based international non-profit working to empower women at all levels of society through access to family planning and reproductive health services, educational opportunities, and leadership programs.
Center for Reproductive Rights – A U.S. non-profit legal advocacy agency dedicated to promoting reproductive rights worldwide.
EngenderHealth – A leading U.S.-based international reproductive health organization working to improve the quality of health care in the world’s poorest communities. Programs in family planning, safe motherhood, gender equity, and HIV/AIDS.
Family Care International – A U.S.-based organization working to improve maternal health worldwide through access to maternal and newborn health care, family planning services, promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people and other underserved groups, and the prevention of HIV.
Family Health International – A U.S.-based organization working to improve lives worldwide through research, education, and services in family health, including prevention of HIV/AIDS and sexually-transmitted infections, access to reproductive health and family planning services, and maternal and child health.
Global Health Council – The world’s largest membership alliance working to save lives by improving health throughout the world. Focuses on a number of key issues including women’s health. Headquartered in the U.S.
The Guttmacher Institute – The leading research and advocacy organization focusing on sexual and reproductive health issues in the United States and worldwide.
International Center for Research on Women – A U.S.-based organization with a reputation as a leading international research institution on issues of gender and development, including reproductive health.
International Planned Parenthood Federation: Western Hemisphere Region – A network of 40 sexual and reproductive health organizations across North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
International Women’s Health Coalition – A U.S.-based organization committed to promoting and protecting the health and rights of women and girls worldwide, focusing on youth health and rights, safe abortion, sexual rights, and HIV/AIDS and women.
Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network – A network of organizations and individuals in the women’s health movement working to promote women’s health and the full exercise of women’s human rights and citizenship through the cultural, political and social transformation of Latin America and the Caribbean from a feminist perspective. Based in Chile.
Marie Stopes International – A leading global partnership, based in the U.K., which supports sexual and reproductive healthcare programs in some of the world’s poorest regions.
Pathfinder International – One of the largest U.S.-based international NGOs focusing on the reproductive health of women, men, and adolescents throughout the developing world.
Population Action International – A U.S.-based independent policy advocacy group working to strengthen political and financial support worldwide for population, reproductive health, and family planning programs grounded in individual rights.
Population Council – A U.S.-based agency which conducts research worldwide to improve policies, programs and products in three areas: HIV and AIDS; poverty, gender and youth; and reproductive health.
PSI – The leading non-profit social marketing organization in the world, focusing on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, malaria and safe water/child survival. Based in the U.S.
CIA Fact Sheet: Guatemala – Information on history, economy, politics, demography and geography of Guatemala.
Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean – Annual Yearbook 2007 – Comparative statistics on economic and social indicators.
globalhealthfacts.org – Global data on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and other health issues, with data by country. Published by the Henry Kaiser Family Foundation.
INGUAT – Information for tourists on Guatemala.
Population Reference Bureau – Data on Guatemala.
Sociometro – Comparative, interactive statistics for Latin American countries covering a variety of economic and social indicators.
UNFPA Worldwide – Data on Guatemala.
WHO Country Cooperation Strategy at a glance – Health information for Guatemala.
APROFAM – The largest private provider of sexual and reproductive health services in Guatemala, with more than 40 years of experience.
Vivamos Mejor – A non-profit organization working for the sustainable development of communities in Sololá, Guatemala.
Behrhorst Partners for Development – A non-profit organization working to strengthen and expand processes of community development and participation in Chimaltenango, Guatemala.