Morning Briefing

Babatunde Osotimehin, the executive director of the U.N. Population Fund (UNPFA), said in an interview with the Guardian that "efforts to expand family planning services in the developing world stalled for a decade while global health organizations turned their energies to fighting HIV/AIDS. 'We made a mistake. We disconnected HIV from reproductive health. We should never have done that because it is part and parcel,' he said." The newspaper adds, "Osotimehin said the international community was regaining momentum in its efforts to make family planning services available to women in all countries" and "argued it was crucial for developing countries to devote a larger share of their own resources to family planning and health."