Kenya: Boosting Contraceptive Use to Cut Unsafe Abortions
According one of the only studies available on the subject, some 300,000 Kenyan women and girls procure abortions each year - 20,000 of which lead to hospitalization as a result of abortion-related complications.
A woman in labor and hours from a hospital must give birth in her home.
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Zimbabwe:
When Birth Can Be a Death Sentence
The Herald, 4 October 2012
"My complicated pregnancy could have killed my triplets or me and today someone would have been narrating my story. "I could have been a maternal death statistic had I stayed at… Read more »
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Kenya:
Pastor Flees After Failed Abortion
The Star, 3 October 2012
A pastor at Kyuso district in Kitui county is on the run after police linked him to the death of a form four student after a botched abortion last month. Read more »
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Morocco:
Abortion Boat Sets Sail for Morocco
RNW Africa, 1 October 2012
The 'abortion boat' is setting sail for the Arab world for the first time. Dutch organisation Women on Waves is launching a campaign in Morocco this week, in cooperation with local… Read more »
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Africa:
African Lawmakers Meet to Improve MDG-5
Focus, 1 October 2012
Last week, Rwanda hosted a consultative meeting with African parliamentarians on International Conference on Population Development (ICDP) and Millennium Development Goals. Read more »
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Tanzania:
City Pushes for Improved Contraceptive Access
Daily News, 26 September 2012
FOR the first time, district councils will be obliged to allocate money for contraceptives and all family planning facilities in the 2013/2014 budget, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda… Read more »
