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
Category: In the News
When restriction on abortion turns a human rights issue
When we meet Asyiah Nagudi, at her a single roomed rented house in Mukono District, tears flow down her cheeks as she recounts the economic hardships she has gone through in the past one year. Nagudi says her husband abandoned her in 2015 on learning that she was pregnant with their second child. “I cannot… Continue reading When restriction on abortion turns a human rights issue
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’
Haryana becomes first Indian state to launch injectable contraceptive: Important facts about injectable contraceptives
With an aim to bring down the maternal and infant mortality rate in the state, the Haryana Government launched ‘Project Salamati’ on March 28, 2016. The project was launched by Haryana’s Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar. With this, Haryana also became the first state in the country to implement the use of injectable contraceptives as… Continue reading Haryana becomes first Indian state to launch injectable contraceptive: Important facts about injectable contraceptives
DOH to ‘pursue but won’t rush’ condoms distribution in schools
The Department of Health (DOH) will push through with its plan to distribute condoms in schools despite criticisms from different groups, including the Catholic Church. Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial assured the program’s critics that in implementing the program, the DOH would take it one step at a time. “We are taking this one step at a time because… Continue reading DOH to ‘pursue but won’t rush’ condoms distribution in schools
Egypt’s political, religious leaders push for family planning
With the Egyptian GDP per capita decreasing and poverty rates on the rise, the parliament and the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs, or Awqaf, are endeavoring to raise awareness about overpopulation, proposing legislation to encourage family planning. According to statements by officials from the Ministry of Awqaf and the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Dec. 17, and others by members… Continue reading Egypt’s political, religious leaders push for family planning
Poor Health Services Discouraging Youths
Looking disturbed, 20-year-old Nelson Matatizo Mumba says he is uncomfortable to come back again to Chitipa District Hospital to seek reproductive health services. The young man from Kameme Village in Traditional Authority Kameme in the district is disillusioned by the general absence of Youth Reproductive Friendly Health Services (YRFHS) at the hospital. He says the… Continue reading Poor Health Services Discouraging Youths
Connecting Global Goals to Local Priorities
Over the past two decades, the study of the politics of global health has become an increasingly popular and important scholarly topic. A host of social scientists, public health researchers, medical scientists and historians have taken an interest in exploring the international and domestic political aspects of healthcare reform, ranging from government and civil societal responses to disease, to issues of health insurance coverage, health systems strengthening, and inequality in social services provision. There has also been a shift from a focus on healthcare issues in the advanced industrialized nations, such as the United States and Western Europe, to the developing world and more recently, select emerging economies, such as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
