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Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Game-Changing Abortion Law
UNIRIN, 8 August 2014
After decades battling high maternal death rates - at least a third of which were due to botched abortions - Ethiopia took a stand: it prioritized newborn and maternal health, and… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Lack of Integrated HIV and Sexual Health Services Puts Lives At Risk
Key Correspondents, 21 March 2014
The burden of unintended pregnancy coupled with lack of information about the risks of abortion is putting the lives of young women living with HIV in danger. Read more »
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Africa: Sex and Young People - Lessons From Cats and Birds
Key Correspondents, 15 November 2013
There is a popular saying in many African countries that goes: curiosity killed the cat. It comes from the fable that the cat, out of curiosity, put his head in a pot full of water… Read more »
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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 »