A Ticking Bomb - the Maternal Health Crisis Unfolding in Benue IDP Camps Needs Urgent Attention [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
If life were truly equitable, everyone would have the same opportunities and access to resources, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or beliefs. In Nigeria, this ideal remains… Read more »
219 Pregnancies Aborted Daily in Zimbabwe - Study
New Zimbabwe
The Women and Law in Southern Africa (WILSA) is concerned with maternal mortality and other complications arising from unsafe abortions among adolescents and women which has seen… Read more »
Maternal Waiting Homes in Rural Areas Lack Basic Necessities Putting Lives of Mothers and Babies At Risk
FrontPageAfrica
When Amelia Nyanamah entered the eighth month of her pregnancy her village midwife advised her to go to the nearby maternal waiting home for a safer delivery. The 38-year-old… Read more »
Why I Embraced Vasectomy - a Father's Journey to Empowerment and Family Planning
Capital FM
For Richard Kilundo, a 55-year-old Nursing Officer at Lunga Lunga Sub-County Hospital, family planning is not just a professional responsibility--it's deeply personal. A father of… Read more »
State Government Extends Maternity Leave To Six Months
Vanguard
In a move to enhance infant health and well-being, the Cross River State government has announced an extension of maternity leave for all nursing mothers in the state's civil and… Read more »
FCTA Moves to Combat High Newborn Mortality Rates
Leadership
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has vowed to address the alarming rate of newborn deaths caused by preventable diseases in the FCT. Read more »
Overcoming the Teen Pregnancies Still a Burden in Acholi
Nile Post
After it emerged that one in four pregnant women in Gulu are teenagers, the city council speaker Alima Joyce Renee has come out to champion the fight against the vice. Read more »
(Video)why I Embraced Vasectomy - a Father's Journey to Empowerment and Family Planning
Capital FM
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Radio Tops Family Planning Information Sources in Kenya
Capital FM
Radio remains the leading source of family planning information in Kenya, far surpassing mobile messaging and internet platforms, a new report by the Kenya National Bureau of… Read more »
Access to Abortion Is a Win for Human Rights [editorial]
New Times
The amended ministerial order determining conditions to be met for a medical doctor to perform an abortion has finally allowed health centres and private clinics to perform… Read more »
Birth Registration Increases, but 150 Million Children Still 'Invisible'
UN News
A new report from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reveals significant progress in ending the problem of the "invisible" millions of babies each year who go unregistered. Nearly… Read more »
NPC Flags Off Survey to Address Child, Maternal Mortality in Abuja
Daily Trust
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) office of the National Population Commission (NPC) has flagged off the 2024 Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) study, an initiative aimed at… Read more »
Family Planning - Federal Govt Restates Commitment to 27% Modern Contraceptive Rate By 2030
Leadership
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to achieving a modern contraceptive prevalence rate of 27 per cent by 2030. Read more »
A Tale of Two Nigerias - Accelerating the Family Planning Policy Response [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
When The Economist published the article titled "Why the fertility gap between north and south Nigeria matters", it seemed to be a timely discussion, especially as the 8th Nigeria… Read more »
Power of Choice - Family Planning as a Tool for Sustainable Development [guest column]
allAfrica
Imagine a world where men bear the burden of family planning but lack the power to make decisions about it; a world in which the societal expectation to be fathers and husbands… Read more »
