"Integrating and linking voluntary family planning, HIV, and cervical cancer prevention saves lives, improves access to quality care and promotes human rights," she writes, adding, "U.S. foreign policy, through the Global Health Initiative and starting with PEPFAR, needs to integrate family planning; maternal health; and HIV prevention, treatment, and care services on the ground. Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon is a stellar example of how integrating a range of sexual and reproductive health services has the potential to save so many lives" (10/31).

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