Weekly News Roundup – 13 Jan 2017
General
One of the most Catholic countries in the world will give free birth control to millions of women, Washington Post, 12 January 2017
Pathfinder Launches Innovative Contraception Programs, Pathfinder Press Release, 12 Jan 2017
5 Reasons I’m Optimistic About Africa, GatesBlog, 9 Jan 2017
Population Institute Announces the Winners of the 2016 Global Media Awards, Population Institute, 9 Jan 2017
The Year Ahead: Women & Girls in 2017, NewsDeeply, 9 Jan 2017
Caring About Women’s Work: Why Sexual and Reproductive Rights Matter, Women Deliver, 9 Jan 2017
Global health is good business — Trump should get in the prosperity, The Hill, 5 Jan 2017
Trump Administration Urged to Strengthen Healthcare Infrastructure in Africa, Constituency for Africa, 5 Jan 2017
Global “Unmet Need” for Family Planning More Myth than Science: New Article, Center for Family and Human Rights, 5 Jan 2017
Should Anyone Care About Virginity in Today’s Africa?, African Exponent, 31 Dec 2017
Academic
Access to Safe Abortion Care in Ethiopia Has Improved Following Expansion of Services, Guttmacher Press Release, 13 Jan 2017 (Two articles in International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health added to “Resources” on the CIRHT website)
Changes in maternal and newborn health care in Gombe State, Nigeria, IDEAS, 2016
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa : a framework for action : Main report, World Bank, 29 Dec 2016
Benin
This is what it’s like to live in a village without contraception, Marie Claire UK, 6 Jan 2017
Ethiopia
Doctors help establish SPHMMC GI fellowship, U-M Global Reach, 13 Jan 2017
Allied Effort Key to Youth Empowerment, Ethiopian Herald, 8 Jan 2017
Attitudes Toward Female Genital Mutilation Changing in Ethiopia, VOA, 5 Jan 2017
Ghana
UKaid spends 11.3 million pounds on GHARH Project, Ghana News Agency, 12 Jan 2017
Brong-Ahafo records 67 maternal deaths, Ghana News Agency, 12 Jan 2017
Govt, UNFPA programme impacts reproductive health services, Graphic Online, 12 Jan 2017
A nurse’s experience of abortion stigma, Youth Against Abortion Stigma, 11 Jan 2017
Kenya
Free maternity shunned for traditional birth attendants, The Star, 9 Jan 2017
Every Woman in Kenya should have a right to access safe abortion services, The Standard, 9 Jan 2017
Lesotho
Male Sexual Health: Why Young Men Don’t Get The Information They Need About Reproductive And Sexual Health, Medical Daily, 10 Jan 2017
Liberia
Liberia’s maternal mortality shoots, New Dawn, 13 Jan 2017
Educate Children on Family Planning, Liberian Observer, 10 Jan 2017
Increasing Contraceptive Use and HIV Testing Among Youth: New Evidence from Liberia, PSI Impact, 3 Jan 2017
Malawi
Poor health services discouraging youths, MANA, 12 Jan 2017
President Joyce Banda Talks About Her Time in Office & Sensitizing African Leaders to Maternal Health Challenges, New Security Beat, 6 Jan 2017
Nigeria
Family planning prevents 1.6 million unintended pregnancies yearly- NGO, Daily Trust, 13 Jan 2017
36% contraceptive prevalence ‘achievable’, The Nation, 13 Jan 2017
GFF Approves $20m For Reproductive Health In North-east Nigeria, Leadership, 12 Jan 2017
Condoms demand soar high at Calabar Carnival, NAIJ, 10 Jan 2017
He was proud to be the father of an enormous family — until he couldn’t feed them, LA Times, 8 Jan 2017
Nigerians groan as government fails to implement health law, Premium Times, 8 Jan 2017
7 states move to save 1.59m malnourished mothers, PM News, 8 Jan 2017
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone delegates return from Abortion Confab, Awareness Times, 16 Dec 2016 (Just popped up in my news feed…)
Uganda
Training nurses to save mothers and babies in East Africa, Rotary International, 10 Jan 2017
Family planning champion changing lives in Mityana, Daily Monitor, 9 Jan 2017
Zimbabwe
Family planning remains an important debate, The Herald, 9 Jan 2017
