News Review – 17 February 2017
General
UK to host summit seeking extra funds for family planning, The Guardian, 16 Feb 2017
Q&A: A systems view saves more lives, says new Pathfinder CEO Lois Quam, Devex, 16 Feb 2017
Global Health Council Launches Global Health Briefing Book for U.S. Congress, Global Health Council, 15 Feb 2017 (link to Family Planning and Reproductive Health section)
Gag Reflex: Melinda Gates Isn’t the Only Funder Worried About the Mexico City Policy, Inside Philanthropy, 15 Feb 2017
Dear Warren. Our 2017 Annual Letter; Gates Notes, 14 Feb 2017
Trump’s ‘global gag rule’ could endanger millions of women and children, Bill and Melinda Gates warn, The Guardian, 14 Feb 2017
Ethiopia joins UN-supported network to halve maternal, newborn deaths in clinics, FANA Broadcasting, 14 Feb 2017 (Also includes Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda)
We Already Know How to Safely Reduce Abortions, Huffington Post, 14 Feb 2017
IPPF celebrates the launch of humanitarian initiative: SPRINT 3, IPPF, 14 Feb 2017
How gum disease in pregnant women poses a risk to their newborns, The Conversation, 13 Feb 2017
We can improve health systems in Africa – WHO official, The New Times (Rwanda), 13 Feb 2017
Midwives and the right of women to give birth the way they want to, The Conversation Africa, 12 Feb 2017
Shaping stigma: An analysis of mainstream print and online news coverage of abortion, 2014–2015, Berkeley Media Studies Group, January 2017
Academic
Leaving no one behind: can the Family Planning Estimation Tool help?, The Lancet, March 2017
Inequalities in Women’s and Girls’ Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, MTHF Blog, 13 Feb 2017
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Evidence Gap Map, 3ie, 2 Feb 2017
Burkina Faso
In West Africa, clinics confront suspicion, and husbands, one IUD at a time, Stat News, 14 Feb 2017
Eritrea
Improved maternity service in Barentu sub-zone, Shabait, 16 Feb 2017
Ethiopia
Uncut Girls’ Club: How A Group of Teenage Girls Is Stopping FGM in Ethiopia, Ethiopia Online, 6 Feb 2017
Medical Journal: Ethiopia Health Policy, Gambella Media, 22 Jan 2017
Gambia
Pan-African network trains 100 youths on family planning, others, The Point, 15 Feb 2017
Ghana
Communities must own adolescent health, Ghana News Agency, 14 Feb 2017
Bawku West District records zero maternal death in 2016, Ghana News Agency, 14 Feb 2017
Zero Maternal Mortality recorded in Breman Asikuma, Ghana News Agency, 13 Feb 2017
Kenya
Relief for Mombasa woman as doctors remove dead foetus from her womb, Daily Nation, 15 Feb 2017
CONDOMS: Familiarity breeds contempt of use, Daily Nation, 14 Feb 2017
Health Clinics Already Hit by ‘Catastrophic’ Global Gag Rule, Huffington Post, 9 Feb 2017
Liberia
Dialogue Among Peace Messengers: Sexual and Reproductive health Campaign for peace in Liberia-Part 2., Daily Observer, 16 Feb 2017
Malawi
Vaginal ring dapivirine gets positive feedback in Malawi: New HIV prevention measure, Nyasa Times, 13 Feb 2017
Nigeria
Achieving Healthy Society Through Family Planning, The Tide, 15 Feb 2017
Kaduna PHCDA to train 3, 000 traditional birth attendants, The Sun, 14 Feb 2017
Why budgets for child, family health should be increased, Daily Trust, 14 Feb 2017
Group to distribute 1.5 million condoms in Nigeria, Premium Times, 13 Feb 2017
Poor Family Planning Bane Of High Maternal/ Infant Mortality, Leadership, 11 Feb 2017
UNFPA says family planning can lead to economic boom, Development Cable, 10 Feb 2017
Rwanda
How mothers can ensure a safe pregnancy, The News Times, 13 Feb 2017
Clerics support family planning to promote maternal and infant health. The New Times, 11 Feb 2017
South Africa
‘It didn’t take long for it to come out. I think there was a human-like form.’, Bhekisisa, 17 Feb 2017
How to spot an illegal abortion, Bhekisisa, 8 Feb 2017
Sudan
Seventh mother’s death highlights midwife shortage in South Darfur, Dabanga, 16 Feb 2017
Tanzania
Tanzania policy of kicking pregnant girls out of school is shameful, East African, 14 Feb 2017
Kilimanjaro records high infant, maternal mortality, The Citizen, 13 Feb 2017
Uganda
Legislators disagree over divorce, abortion, Daily Monitor, 16 Feb 2017
It is wrong to give contraceptives to children, Daily Monitor, 15 Feb 2017
Uganda’s Abortion Rate Has Decreased Since 2003, but Unsafe Procedures Resulting in Complications Remain Common, Guttmacher, 14 Feb 2017
Permanent contraception: Learn about effectiveness, New Vision, 14 Feb 2017
Ntagali slams govt on contraceptives, Daily Monitor, 14 Feb 2017
Is family planning the best way to prevent teenage pregnancy?, Daily Monitor, 14 Feb 2017
No Family Planning for Pupils – Ministry, New Vision, 12 Feb 2017
UNESCO rejects family planning for 10-year-olds, Daily Monitor, 12 Feb 2017
Religious leaders, parents oppose govt policy on contraceptives, Daily Monitor, 10 Feb 2017
Is family planning for pupils best option?, Daily Monitor, 10 Feb 2017
Zambia
Men must lead family planning agenda, Times of Zambia, 12 Feb 2017
Zimbabwe
Over 100 million condoms distributed in 2016, government says, New Zimbabwean, 13 Feb 2017
