by admin | Aug 25, 2017 | News
Commodities and Technology Whatever the political climate, and no matter how good the counselling might be, the availability of family planning commodities – short-term and long-term contraceptives for men and women – is essential for women to be able to take control...
by admin | Aug 18, 2017 | News
Individuals making a difference Amid the cacophony surrounding access to contraception and abortion rights – data reports, education initiatives, misinformation campaigns, policy disputes and legal battles (more on all of those below) – it is nice to be reminded about...
by admin | Aug 17, 2017 | Ethiopia, Our Stories
A new Center of Excellence (CoE) for family planning (FP) pre-service training will be established at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Addis Ababa. The goal of the Center will be to serve as a regional hub for training faculty, fellows,...
by admin | Aug 11, 2017 | News
Context in foreign assistance Access and delivery of family planning services depend on many factors. This week saw a number of discussions and research reports about the effects of cultural sensitivity and technology appropriateness on that access and delivery. The...
by admin | Aug 4, 2017 | News
Good work, but much more to do New Guttmacher Institute research “estimates that the number of women of reproductive age in developing regions worldwide who have an unmet need for contraception… has improved but remains high at 214 million women… [who] account for 84%...
by admin | Jul 28, 2017 | News
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...
by admin | Jul 27, 2017 | Ethiopia, Our Stories
When the first class of OB-Gyn residents graduated from St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in July 2016, they knew they were trailblazers. With 60 residents in the three years behind them at the college, they would be called upon to teach and mentor as...
by admin | Jul 21, 2017 | News
Investing in Family Planning Investment in family planning training, access and service has been proven again and again to be valuable – with improved health outcomes as well as economic and environmental benefits. The opposite has also been shown: restrict access,...
by admin | Jul 19, 2017 | Ethiopia, Our Stories
The University of Gondar (UoG) has presented the Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) with the “Best Partner of the Year” award. UoG, one of the oldest medical schools in Ethiopia, is one of CIRHT’s ten partner institutions in Ethiopia,...
by admin | Jul 17, 2017 | Ethiopia, Our Stories
At an environmental conference center above Addis Ababa, some 160 academics, researchers, students and staff from 23 Ethiopian institutions and the University of Michigan gathered for three days of dialogue and information-sharing. The third annual Ethiopia Michigan...
