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Assessing Practice of Undergraduate Midwifery Pre-Service Education, Clinical Practice and Research in Higher Teaching Institutions of Ethiopia

D. Assefa1, A. Hailemeskel2 1CIRHT, Midwifery, Addis Ababa, AA/ET, 2CIRHT, Midwifery , Addis Ababa/ET Program/Project Purpose To assess the capacity, preparedness and challenges of higher teaching institute midwifery schools in Ethiopia, regarding reproductive health training,...

Revamping the Culture and the Practice of Research among Obstetrics / Gynecology (Ob-Gyn) and Midwifery Faculty in Ethiopia

H. Damtew1, Y. G. Tilahun2, Y. G. Tadesse3, B. G. Gebremeskel4, L. T. Gebremedhin5, T. Endale6, G. K. Rana7, Y. R. Smith8 1CIRHT-Ethiopia, Addis Ababa/ET, 2CIRHT, ETHIOPIA, Addis Ababa/ET, 3CIRHT, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa/ET, 4University of...

News Review – 12 January 2018 – Individual Action for Change

Individual Action for Change Two studies show the importance of reaching individuals with information and counseling. From the Guttmacher Institute: “Post-abortion contraception counseling has the potential to help non-users [of contraception] find methods that...

A New Year, A New Look – Goodbye 2017; Good luck 2018

A New Year and a New Look  What’s New?  Based on reader feedback, this new format is intended to make the Weekly News Review more readable and useful to the international family planning community....

Creating a Generation of Doctors Competent in Family Planning Skills in Low-and Middle Income Countries: Structured Integration of Family Planning Curriculum in Ethiopia

G. Gebremeskel1, A. Teklu2, L. T. Gebremedhin3, S. W. Beza4, T. Yigzaw5, M. Eshetu4, M. H. Damtew4, Y. R. Smith6 1University of Michigan, Ob/Gyn, CIRHT, Ann Arbor/US, 2St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis...

News Review – 5 January 2018

News Review – 5 January 2018

The Value of Family Planning The UK Department for International Development (DFID) issued a tidy summary of the value of money spent on family planning: £225 million through 2022, “will every year help save...

News Review – 29 December 2017

Mixed messages A review of the quiet news week between Christmas and New Year’s Day reveals the mixed messages that surround the basic health rights of women and girls to access contraception and comprehensive...

News Review – 22 December 2017

Contraception Communication Trained and sensitized health care workers are essential to providing contraception to satisfy the needs of their various constituents. An interesting study in Global Health: Science and Practice looked at post-abortion contraception...

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