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Africa: Helping Mothers to Deliver Healthy Children Safely
allAfrica, 11 November 2013
Holding the hand of Kumi as she went into labor at 3 am is a moment I'll never forget. Kumi lives in small hut in rural Ethiopia, hours away from the nearest health facility - and… Read more »
Helping Mothers Deliver Healthy Children
Millions still lack access to the health care essential for safe motherhood, including family planning. As a global community, we must continue to challenge ourselves to ensure that women, no matter where they live, have every opportunity for healthy pregnancies and to have their children delivered safely, writes Liya Kebede.
Members of Tupange - an organization that promotes family planning and reproductive health - recruit people to a health clinic in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Africa: Ethiopia Proclaims Right to Family Planning
allAfrica, 22 October 2013
"Unmet need", in the context of family planning, is a rather mundane term that masks an urgent social justice and human rights issue. An estimated 220 million women in the world… Read more »
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Uganda: Unsafe Abortions Kill 1,500 Women a Year
New Vision, 22 October 2013
Every year, about 1,500 girls in Uganda die from complications resulting from unsafe abortion contributing to the slow progress to reduce the number of women who die due to… Read more »
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Malawi: Taking Family Planning Methods Closer to All
Malawi News Agency, 17 October 2013
Dorothy Kuseliwa (not real name) of Chabvu Village, Traditional Authority Msakambewa in Dowa says she can walk 20 kilometers from her village to a District hospital for health… Read more »
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Uganda: MPs Want Govt to Stop Teenage Pregnancies
New Vision, 17 October 2013
MPs have asked government to invest more resources on contraceptives to fight the increasing number of teenage pregnancies in the country. Read more »
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Tanzania: Women Turn Out for Contraceptive Campaign
Daily News, 13 October 2013
OVER 2,000 women registered for various contraceptives in 11 health facilities in Dar es Salaam over the last three days. Read more »
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Tanzania: Only Family Planning Can Give Us 'Youth Bulge'
Daily News, 12 October 2013
THIS week, Tanzania has held its first ever National Family Planning Conference, officiated by Vice-Precident Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal. Read more »
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Africa: Using Family Planning as a 'Liberating Force'
allAfrica, 14 November 2012
Nearly 20 years ago, 179 countries came together and made a commitment to provide sexual and reproductive health care, including family planning, to their people. The… Read more »
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Ghana: Health Minister Calls for Teaching of Family Planning in School
Ghanaian Chronicle, 4 October 2013
The Minister of Health, Madam Sherry Ayitey has stressed the need for the Ghana Education Service (GES) to introduce the teaching of family planning in schools to enable the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Suitable Method of Family Planning
Daily Trust, 5 October 2013
When a woman gets pregnant, it is usually a thing of joy, but Martina Ada's case was different. She had her first baby through Caesarean four months ago and while she was still… Read more »
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South Africa: Empower Youth for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Health-e, 4 October 2013
Women Deliver founder Jill Sheffield and Sonke Gender Justice Network's Remmy Shawa write about South Africa's role in empowering the world's largest generation of young people. Read more »
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19 September 2013
Family Planning Success in Burundi
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- Voice of America
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VOA's health correspondent Linord Moudou talks to VOA's Khalil Gueye, who recently returned from Burundi where he examined the nation's success in ... 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: Beyond Contraceptive Controversy - Melinda Gates Bets on Pro-Life Policies
allAfrica, 23 July 2012
Melinda Gates wants you to know this: if women in poor countries can get the contraceptives they want, millions of lives will be saved. Read more »
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Senegal: Health Minister Says Family Planning a National Priority
allAfrica, 11 July 2012
Following is the text of the address by Senegal's Minister of Health Dr Awa Marie Coll-Seck to the Family Planning Summit: 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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Ethiopia: 'Choosing Our Future' - Health Minister's Speech to Family Planning Summit
allAfrica, 11 July 2012
Following is the text of the address by Ethiopia's Minister of Health Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to delegates at the London Summit on Family Planning: Read more »
InFocus
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While Malawi has made significant strides in expanding family planning services, high fertility rates in the country are contributing to a population growth that is expected to ... Read more »
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Myths and misconceptions have been blamed for the low numbers of modern contraceptive usage along the coast, according to Sammy Tanui, the National Council for Population and ... Read more »
