I am enormously grateful to Georgewilliam Kalibbala, Scott Fabricant, and Dr. Ronald Gray for nominating me to the 120 under 40 campaign!

My profile was posted today, along profiles of many other nominees, including Patrick Segawa - who I blogged about just yesterday. Kudos, Patrick!

It's inspiring to read about young folks around the world doing all kinds of important work. I hope everybody interested in building the next generation of leaders in reproductive health will consider making a nomination today!

Tomorrow, I leave for Indonesia to attend the International Conference on Family Planning! This incredible conference began in Uganda in 2009, was in Senegal in 2011, then Ethiopia in 2013, and will be in Bali this year. I've been incredibly fortunate to be able to participate at each one! It always re-energizes me to be surrounded by everyday heroes doing work in international reproductive health!

This year, I had an opportunity to volunteer to be a mentor to a youth attendee. As luck would have it, I was matched with a young Ugandan man who I've been linked with for some time on social media - the incredibly dynamic Patrick Segawa. Patrick's organization, PHAU (Public Health Ambassadors of Uganda), focuses on "edutainment" to raise awareness for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Uganda. Among other incredible activities, PHAU organizes dancing flash mobs in Uganda - please check out their website for more information about this great organization! Patrick was also recently nominated in the 120 under 40 campaign, which highlights young leaders in reproductive health from around the world. He is a rising star in our field, and I am very much looking forward to finally meeting him in person.

This evening, the ever-fabulous Alice Dreger brought an important ongoing Twitter conversation to my attention. Several folks, including Amanda Michelle and others, had sounded the alarm about a company, Use to Believe, that was making misleading, scientifically-unsupported claims about products being sold on their website. 

For example, the website claims that their lubricant, ProLube, can protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.