News Review – 29 September 2017

News Review – 29 September 2017

A week of days… Contraception World Contraception Day gave a spotlight to efforts around the world to increase access, investment and understanding. The essential point: 214 million women have an unmet need for modern contraception. Contraception access is a health...

News Review – 22 September 2017

Gender Equality at the Center of Development Global health was a “central stage” at the UNGA, because, according to WHO D-G Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “People are starting to realize that health is central. It’s very important to fight poverty, very...

News Review – 28 July 2017

US Family Planning Policy and Funding The end of the week saw the defeat of the Republican Party’s attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”). For the moment, that eliminates the threat to maternal care insurance coverage or funding for family planning...

News Review – 12 May 2017

A week of important numbers. Guttmacher released an encapsulation of what US international family planning assistance does and how it could be damaged by the Trump administration’s proposals: “In FY 2017, $607.5 million made it possible to achieve 26 million women and...

News Review – 5 May 2017

Today is International Day of the Midwife, which was marked in the press and on social media with stories about the importance of midwives in maternal care, in reducing maternal deaths, and the importance the individuals can make, in Liberia, Zimbabwe, Somalia, and...