Month: January 2017

The Next Frontier in Global Financing: High-Impact Health Solutions for Women and Children

Merck announced its $10 million commitment to the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in support of Every Woman Every Child to improve maternal and child health in low- and lower-middle-income countries worldwide through Merck for Mothers. The GFF, launched by then U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim in July 2015, is a multi-stakeholder… Continue reading The Next Frontier in Global Financing: High-Impact Health Solutions for Women and Children

PPAG poised to reduce incidence of teenage pregnancy

The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) has stated that it is working hard to reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy in the country in the coming years. It said the decision was in line with the organisation’s policy to promote the physical and mental health of families, especially the youth, through positive sexual behaviour.… Continue reading PPAG poised to reduce incidence of teenage pregnancy

Restoring reproductive health access for millions in Boko Haram-affected areas

A brutal attack by Boko Haram forced Zainab Abubakar, 28, and her six children to flee their home in northern Nigeria. “I was one month pregnant when I left Gamboru Ngala,” Ms. Abubakar told UNFPA from the Dalori displacement camp in Maiduguri. “During my escape, I lost my pregnancy.” Ms. Abubakar’s tragic miscarriage took place… Continue reading Restoring reproductive health access for millions in Boko Haram-affected areas

Gov’t secures sh450b loan to fight maternal, child mortality

Government has secured a loan of over sh450b from World Bank through Global Financing Facility to support the Every Woman Every Child program to help end maternal and child mortality. The programme which begins in the next five years is designed to provide transport for women in distant places to deliver from health centres and… Continue reading Gov’t secures sh450b loan to fight maternal, child mortality

Makeshift justice the only recourse for ill-protected women at South Sudan camp

It is late afternoon when the white Jeep pulls up outside a compound attached to one of the largest camps for families fleeing South Sudan’s civil war. Accompanied by two UN police officers, a woman steps out and walks briskly past a rusty shipping container holding the man who allegedly raped her less than 24… Continue reading Makeshift justice the only recourse for ill-protected women at South Sudan camp

USAID Support Saved Lives and Improved Family Health

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and its partners Pathfinder and John Snow, Inc., marked the successful completion of the Integrated Family Health Program, its flagship maternal, newborn and child health support and family planning program. The program enhanced the capacity and built the skills of public sector health care providers and civil society… Continue reading USAID Support Saved Lives and Improved Family Health

Access to safe abortion care improves in Ethiopia

After liberalizing Ethiopia’s abortion law in 2005, the government implemented programs designed to train health care providers, to equip facilities and expand the services they offer and to integrate abortion care into broader reproductive health services. These efforts have resulted in significant improvements in access to abortion and postabortion care in the country. A new… Continue reading Access to safe abortion care improves in Ethiopia

‘Women in slums largely unaware of post-natal care’

The Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) programme was launched almost two decades ago to reduce the maternal mortality ratio, the infant mortality rate and total fertility rate. However, women in slums remain largely unaware of their own reproductive health as well as the related healthcare services. While the awareness level among such women about the… Continue reading ‘Women in slums largely unaware of post-natal care’