Nearly half of all pregnancies, totaling 121 million worldwide each year, are unintended. The State of World Population 2022 report - Seeing the Unseen: The Read more »
After experiencing first-hand how difficult it can be to get high-quality, safe, and budget-friendly baby products in Nigeria, Toyin Bajomo did what all moms do - she solved the ... Read more »
With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalised abortion nationwide, campaigners for abortion rights from Africa to Latin Americ Read more »
President Macky Sall has sacked his health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, Reuters reports from Dakar. The news agency quoted a government dec Read more »
Shopping for food in Nigeria's largest cities can be a challenge. After battling the notorious traffic of Lagos or Abuja to reach open-air markets, many shoppers are frustrated to ... Read more »
The 2022 State of the World Population Report has revealed that about 60% of unintended pregnancies in Lesotho end in abortion. The report further indicates that despite effo Read more »
Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rate of unplanned pregnancies. Almost half (46%) of these unintended pregnancies among ado Read more »
An emergency transport system, M-MAMA, helps pregnant women in Tanzania to get transport and receive emergency care. Vodacom in collaboration with Pathfinder worked to ... Read more »
Zimbabwe's Economic Justice for Women's Project (EJWP) has said that the nation continues to lag behind in plugging the gaps which are perpetuating the exclusion of women on the ... Read more »
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and newborns in the postnatal period - the first six weeks a Read more »
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