News Review – 6 January 2017
General
Moves to restrict abortion law trigger global concern over reproductive rights, IBA, 5 Jan 2017
Trump’s New Health Care Policy Staffer Thinks Birth Control Causes Abortions, TPM, 5 Jan 2017
The continent with the world’s oldest university now has too few for its fast growing population, Quartz Africa, 5 Jan 2017
State of the World Population 2016, and Fostering Development Through Family Planning, New Security Beat, 4 Jan 2017
Did Inadequate Women’s Healthcare Destroy Star Wars’ Old Republic?, Motherboard, 3 Jan 2017
France Banned Anti-Abortion Websites from Spreading False Information, Teen Vogue, 3 Jan 2017
The Year Ahead in Attacks On Reproductive Freedom, Right Wing Watch, 3 Jan 2017
Policy Trends in the States: 2016, Guttmacher, 3 Jan 2017
Passed 338 New Abortion Restrictions Since 2010, Broadly, 3 Jan 2017
Abortion Onscreen 2016, ANSIRH, January 2017
Why Are Women Worldwide Not Using Contraceptives—Even Though They Don’t Want a Pregnancy?, Rewire, 22 Dec 2016
Reducing global inequality starts with every woman, every child, Prospect, 9 Dec 2016
Academic
Reproductive Health Services: Assessing the Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the U.S., Institute of Medicine, 30 Dec 2016
Ethiopia
New Device Brings Midwifery Education to Remote, Offline Communities, UNFPA, 7 Dec 2016
Ghana
Easing the Toll of Sickle Cell Disease in Childbirth, NY Times, 2 Jan 2017
Kenya
Kenyan doctors reject government pay offer, The East African, 6 Jan 2017
Nowhere to go for pregnant women as strike cripples Pumwani, Capital FM, 5 Jan 2017
Smartphone helps lift maternity fees’ worries, Deutsche Welle, 2 Jan 2017
Namibia
Abortion accused gets temporary reprieve, New Era, 5 Jan 2017
Woman nabbed for aborting baby, The Namibian, 3 Jan 2017
Nigeria
Oyo state speaker promises prompt passage of bill to enhance primary health care and maternal health, ARFH, 6 Jan 2017
Recession: Nigerians advised to embrace family planning, PM News, 6 Jan 2017
Pregnant women beg for paramilitary jobs in Ogun, Premium Times, 6 Jan 2017
“Game-Changing” Contraceptive Approved for Self-Injection in Nigeria, K4Health, 4 Jan 2017
Growing Population And The Nigerian Economy: A Call For Fertility Control, Nigerian Observer, 3 Jan 2017
Group tasks Lagos LG chairmen over release of funds for FP consumables, Vanguard, 3 January 2017
Kaduna unveils contraceptive to improve family planning, The Cable Lifestyle, 3 Jan 2017
Osun First Baby: Governor’s Wife Advocates Exclusive Breastfeeding, Channels TV, 1 Jan 2017
Rwanda
What should be prioritised in the health sector in 2017?, The New Times, 2 Jan 2017
Over 45 babies born on New Year’s Day, The New Times, 2 Jan 2017
Somalia
New Somali midwifery curriculum gets international recognition, UNFPA, 30 Dec 2016
South Africa
284 Born in Gauteng New Year’s Day Baby Boom, News24 Wire, 2 Jan 2017
Health care officials urged to offer contraceptives to everyone, SABC, 1 Jan 2017
Tanzania
In an apparent crackdown, Tanzania government raids NGO meeting on reproductive rights, Devex, 6 Jan 2017
Uganda
Sex education: The puzzle giving parents endless thoughts, Daily Monitor, 5 Jan 2017
What you need to know about premature infants, Daily Monitor, 3 Jan 2017
Mothers decry sorry state of neonatal intensive care unit, Daily Monitor, 3 Jan 2017
The church is key in promoting health, Daily Monitor, 2 Jan 2017
Nadduli, Bugwere chief demand more children, Daily Monitor, 2 Jan 2017
Zambia
Making People-Centered Health Services a Reality in Zambia, MHTF Blog, 3 Jan 2017
Zimbabwe
Intensify reproductive health education among women, Chronicle, 5 Jan 2017
20 percent Zim Women Give Birth at Home, The Herald, 4 Jan 2017
