Maasai youth and elders gather early one morning before a meeting about reproductive health begins.
Kenya: Young Men Bend Tradition With Fathering
Young Maasai men are taking a keen interest in parenting due to greater awareness of the role of fathers in ensuring better pre- and post-natal care.
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Kenya: Young Men Bend Tradition With Fathering Skills
allAfrica, 14 December 2011
The repeated hooting of the Ostrich bus announces the break of dawn in Nguruman, a pastoralist village about 150 kilometers south of Nairobi near the Tanzania border. It also stirs… Read more »
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Kenya: Legislators Meet in Nairobi to Discuss Maternal Health
Nation, 6 December 2011
Kenyan parliamentarians met in Nairobi on Monday and Tuesday to discuss how to best support improvement of women's and children's health. Read more »
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Kenya: Take Maternal Health Seriously, MPs Urged
The Star, 6 December 2011
DEPUTY Speaker Farah Maalim has urged MPs to ensure that voices of women and children are taken into account in government policies. Read more »
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Kenya: Improved Healthcare to Reduce Deaths
The Star, 26 October 2011
IT is estimated that 75 per cent of child deaths that occur in the first week of life are as a result of low quality antenatal care, poor delivery services and lack of proper… Read more »
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Kenya: Men Inside Labour Wards
Nation, 24 October 2011
Over the years, the only people who have been accompanying women to the delivery room are their mothers, sisters, female friends or birth doulas. But a wave of romantic change is… Read more »
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Africa: On Course to Cut Maternal Deaths
Nation, 18 October 2011
The legislative arm of the African Union, the Pan African Parliament (PAP), has adopted a broad resolution urging speakers of Parliament in the continent to prioritize the… Read more »
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Kenya: Project to Help Women Plan Births
Nation, 22 May 2011
Women of reproductive age living among urban poor communities may soon have access to contraceptives under a new project. Read more »
