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What Role do Birth Certificates Play in the Global Fight for Gender Equality?

Maternal Health Task Force

This hidden human rights abuse has ramifications across all aspects of society and is inextricably linked to the fight for gender equality. Every child has the fundamental human right to an identity and nationality from birth. Not having a birth certificate has devastating consequences for childrens health and human rights.

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New York City Teens Connection: a Personal Reflection on Positive Youth Development

Fund for Public Health NYC

FPHNYC is proud to have secured a new fourth round of HHS funding for the NYC Health Department’s New York City Teens Connection (NYCTC). They were the program leader for Curtis High School Teen Health Promoters Club. They encouraged us to apply as a way to build on our knowledge and interest in teen sexual health.

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Respiratory weather report for New York: Covid levels low as flu and RSV rise

HEALTHBEAT

Marisa Donnelly’s community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. I want to start this week’s YLE New York by acknowledging the uncertainties and anxieties around what the election results mean for public health in the United States, and by recommitting to our YLE mission. That won’t change.

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Can We Predict Our Ability to Conceive?

BU School of Public Health Blog

Many experts attribute this decline to educational, economic, and social factors that have slowed teen birth rates and prompted a growing trend in delayed childrearing until older ages. The web-based preconception cohort study is the largest of its kind worldwide, following thousands of individuals ages 21-45 who are trying to conceive.

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After Trump victory, New York officials, experts brace for assault on public health

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. The day after Donald Trump secured a second presidential term, New York officials pledged to protect residents’ reproductive rights and access to health care — and experts braced for a likely assault on local public health systems. “No