Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Matters for Women[TM] E-Newsletter Update

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Matters for Women[TM] E-Newsletter Update

Federal Agency News

FDA Warns Against Using Laparoscopic Power Morcellators to Treat Uterine Fibroids

Household Poverty and Nonfatal Violent Victimization, 2008-2012 (DOJ)

Drug Trials Snapshot (FDA)

VA’s Center for Women Veterans Partners with the Center for American Women and Politics

Oversight of Contractors' Use of Foreign Workers in High-Risk Environments Needs to Be Strengthened (GAO)

Additional Outreach and Notification of Tribes about Offenders Who Are Released from Prison Needed (GAO)

NIH-Sponsored Study Identifies Superior Drug Regimen for Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

Research in Brief: Teen Dating Violence - How Peers Can Affect Risk & Protective Factors (DOJ)

Guidance for Industry Vaginal Microbicides: Development for the Prevention of HIV Infection (FDA)

Get Off the Sidelines: It's On Us (White House)

R40 Maternal and Child Health Research Program Funding Announcement - HRSA-15-062 (HRSA)

Expanding Opportunity and Addressing Unique Challenges Facing Women and Girls of Color (The White House)

HRSA Awards $51.3 Million in Affordable Care Act Funding to Support Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment

AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care

National, State and Local News

The Lancet Series on Violence against Women and Girls

TOOLBOX: Improving the Receipt of Clinical Preventive Services among Women with Disabilities (AMCHP)

Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains (including violence) and Measures in Electronic Health Records: Phase 2 (IOM)

New York County District Attorney Vance Announces Up to $35 Million in Funding to Help Eliminate Rape Kit Backlog in Cities Nationwide

Investing in the Health and Well-Being of Young Adults (IOM)

Susan G. Komen® Launches National Patient Navigation Program to Improve Breast Cancer Outcomes For Underserved Women And Men

Global

Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2014 (UN)

The Power of 1.8 Billion: Adolescents, Youth and the Transformation of the Future (with 600 million of those adolescent girls) (UNFPA)

Women for Women International Appoints Jennifer Windsor as Chief Executive Officer

Secretary-General’s remarks at the launch of The Guardian’s Global Media Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation (UN)

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (UN)

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign (UN)

CARE Teams with Glamour on the Girl Project: A Global Initiative Championing Girls' Education

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