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Ethiopia: Improved Contraceptive Services Will Save Lives, Lower Health Costs
The Guttmacher Institute, 29 August 2012
The first national estimate of the direct cost of treating postabortion complications in Ethiopia shows the country spent US$7.6 million in 2008 to provide postabortion care, an… Read more »
Expanding Contraceptive Use to Save Lives, Cut Health Costs
The first national estimate of the direct cost of treating post abortion complications in Ethiopia shows the country spent US$7.6 million on care in 2008. Experts estimate that about 1.7 million unintended pregnancies occur every year in Ethiopia.Video
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11 July 2012
Spotlight on Family Planning
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AllAfrica continues to examine the high death rate of African women during pregnancy and childbirth. Policy makers and health advocates told us why ... see more »
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Africa: Contraception Innovations Can 'Save Millions'
allAfrica, 13 July 2012
The Summit on Family Planning drew policy makers, donors and health professionals to London on 11 July to discuss how to provide access to contraceptives to more of the world's… Read more »
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Africa: London Summit Aims to Save Lives With Family Planning
allAfrica, 10 July 2012
A summit aimed at halving the number of women in developing countries without access to contraception opens in London on Wednesday, and African women stand to benefit the most… Read more »
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Africa: Are Maternal Deaths a 'Right to Life' Issue?
allAfrica, 5 April 2012
Picture yourself in a room with 30 other women - knowing that one of you will die during pregnancy or childbirth. That's not a concept for a macabre TV show - unless it's reality… Read more »
A woman in labor and hours from a hospital must give birth in her home in a small Ethiopian village. A skilled birth attendant arrives to help her deliver a healthy baby girl.
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South Africa: Clinic Shows How to Cut Maternal Deaths
allAfrica, 6 July 2012
In a country where deaths from pregnancy and childbirth have been rising - more than four-fold in a decade, according to reports - not a single maternal death was recorded at a… Read more »
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Mali: Making Mothers Matter
allAfrica, 14 June 2012
It's a typical weekday morning at the Luxembourg Mother-Child hospital in the capital, Bamako. Around 20 patients are there for appointments - shy teenagers sit alongside more… Read more »
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Africa: Continent Fails Her Newborn Children
allAfrica, 12 June 2012
Despite a significant reduction in child deaths around the globe, a new report released today shows that the health of newborn babies has been largely overlooked. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Where Giving Birth Is Deadly
allAfrica, 8 May 2012
Her limbs flaccid, her eyes wide with fear and pain, Théthé's cries seem oddly detached from her body, as if part of her isn't lying on a brown vinyl mattress, slick… Read more »
InFocus
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Delegates attending recent summits on family planning and African women's empowerment have urged donors and African leaders to invest in women's health and economic participation ... Read more »
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A collection of documents containing comprehensive data and analysis on family planning and maternal health reveal the importance of investing in the lives of women and children. Read more »
