Today at a satellite symposium at the South African AIDS Conference, the ECHO trial of contraceptive use and impact on HIV risk released its results.
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Joint Statement from WHO, UNAIDS, and UNFPA: Hormonal contraceptive methods and HIV acquisition in women
WHO, UNAIDS and UNFPA welcome the results of a large clinical research study known as the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO) study that was conducted in four African countries and published in the Lancet today.
Chandrapur is on its way to become child marriage-free municipality
With the recent declaration of its Ward 5 as a child marriage-free zone, six of the ten wards in Chandrapur Municipality, Rautahat, have now joined the national campaign for eradicating child marriage from the country by 2030.
Kenyan Counties Take Action to Prevent Teenage Pregnancies
Four Kenyan counties have, for the first time, established multi-agency government task forces with action plans to address their high teenage pregnancy rates. The action plans commit to leverage resources for, address policy barriers to, and enhance efficiency in providing contraceptive information and services for young people aged 10 to 19. As of June 2019, the action plans are officially approved, and implementation is underway.
Uncertain labor: Central Africa’s maternal mortality crisis
The Central African Republic has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world, second only to Sierra Leone. With 882 deaths for every 100,000 successful births, it’s far behind countries such as the United States, which recorded 14 out of 100,000.
Journalists campaign against anti-women traditions
Journalists from Tanzania and across the African continent are pushing for greater policy accountability of their governments in protecting women and girls from any and all harmful cultural practices. Indeed, some of the practices are known to have resulted in permanent injury or worse – including death!
Bangladesh needs ‘smart investment’ to achieve FP2020 goals: Expert
Director of the Institute of Health Economics of Dhaka University Syed Abdul Hamid said, Bangladesh is still far behind achieving the indicators of the Family Planning 2020, popularly known as FP2020. “And that is why smart investment is needed,” he said, speaking at a session on the sidelines of the Women Deliver Conference 2019 in… Continue reading Bangladesh needs ‘smart investment’ to achieve FP2020 goals: Expert
PSI Reaches and Surpasses FP2020 Commitment
PSI committed to reaching 10 million users under the age of 25 with modern contraception by 2020. As of Dec. 2018, they’ve reached 14 million young people, and counting, with a contraceptive method, two years ahead of schedule.
Nine Countries Join Global Financing Facility; Now Reaching 36 Countries with Greatest Health and Nutrition Needs of Women, Children and Adolescents
Following the GFF replenishment event in November 2018 that raised more than US$1 billion for the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), the GFF announced today that 9 countries—Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, Tajikistan, Zambia and Zimbabwe—will join the GFF, bringing the total number of GFF-supported countries to 36.
A post-2020 Imperative: Help Boys and Men Embrace Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
As the sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) field has increasingly recognized, gender inequality and restrictive gender norms harm everyone by creating avoidable damage to health and wellbeing. Whether through norms that encourage male sexual exploration and female reticence; norms that constrain women’s access to information and the outside world; norms that sanction men’s physical, emotional, or sexual dominance over women; or norms that prioritize the nutritional needs of boys over girls, restrictive norms result in damage to health and wellbeing all around the world.
