by admin | Dec 21, 2019 | Ethiopia, Our Stories
Medical education in Ethiopia has grown significantly in the past decade. Since new policies were introduced in 2005, capacity-building for equity in health care access has been the government’s focus. One result has been the expansion of existing medical schools and...
by admin | Dec 20, 2019 | Ethiopia, Our Stories
For her work as a “global leader in expanding access to reproductive health and reproductive rights,” Dr. Senait Fisseha, MD, JD, founder of the Center for International Reproductive Health Training at the University of Michigan (CIRHT), was honored as one of the...
by admin | Jun 19, 2019 | Our Stories, Rwanda
A new family planning clinic at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali/Universuity Hospital Center of Kigali (CHUK) will enhance service to the women and girls in the area and also preservice education for doctors, nurses and midwives at the University of...
by admin | Aug 30, 2018 | Our Stories
The work of the Center for International Reproductive Health Training at the University of Michigan (UM-CIRHT) and its partners in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, were highlighted during a recent visit by university Provost Martin Philbert PhD. The provost was in Ethiopia as...
by admin | Jun 21, 2018 | Our Stories
In one room, a line of young women — accompanied by men and in some cases their mothers — await vaccinations for their newborns. In two more down the peach stucco terrace midwives provide antenatal advice and care to women who have just given birth. Meanwhile, in a...
by admin | May 7, 2018 | Our Stories
“One woman from the area came in. She was having her 10th baby. The subject of contraception was not raised at all. I asked the local staff and they told me ‘Most clients do not accept contraception. So since this is our experience, we should not waste our time...
