Brazil to subsidise contraception
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Brazil announces a $51m plan to make birth control pills more affordable for the country's poor.
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Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal Wednesday evening
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Rich nations pledged $200 million to  fight diseases in poor countries on Wednesday, promising to  slash the time it takes to get new vaccines to needy children  and save more than a million lives a year.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Developed countries are failing to live up to their  commitments to fund sexual and reproductive health care leaving  poorer countries to pick up the bill, says a new UN report  released Wednesday.
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As Brazilians get ready for their annual Carnival celebrations, the government is urging them to practice safe sex and avoid drinking too much.
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Da Silva announced a new program Monday to sharply decrease unwanted pregnancies in Latin America's largest nation by subsidizing birth control pills
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil has reached an accord  with the United Nations' atomic watchdog to allow inspections  of its uranium enrichment plant and protect its nuclear  technology, Brazil's ministry of science and technology said on  Wednesday.
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Brazilian government released federal budget figures Friday showing an unprecedented primary budget surplus of 10.9 billion reals (&#36;3.8 billion) in August, putting Brazil well ahead of performance targets set in a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
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Scientists are working on a contraceptive treatment which would stop men producing sperm.
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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen stepped into the debate over birth control and sexual behavior in Brazil on Tuesday, saying Church opposition to condom use was ridiculous and women should have the right to choose on abortion.
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By Axel Bugge BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil said on Wednesday ithas won approval from the U.N. nuclear watchdog to startenriching uranium at its Resende plant after months ofdisagreement over international inspections of theinstallation.
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Brazilian announces a major plan to improve conditions for people living in Rio's violence-hit slums.
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Brazil plans to invest 10 billion  reais ($4.76 billion) over the next 10 years into biotechnology  research involving renewable energy, agriculture and rain  forest pharmaceuticals, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva  said on Thursday.
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Brazilians must show women more  respect by using condoms during sex, President Luiz Inacio Lula  da Silva said on Wednesday at an event to help women avoid  sexually transmitted diseases.
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Brazil will break patents on some foreign AIDS drugs next year to escape the control of multinational firms holding developing countries &quot;hostage,&quot; the government said on Tuesday.
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As Brazilians get ready for their  annual Carnival celebrations, the government is urging them to  practice safe sex and avoid drinking too much.
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Young people are to be offered a much broader range of contraception in a bid to cut the high teenage pregnancy rate.