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 14, 2017 | News
It was a busier week than most resulting in a much longer weekly compendium. London Family Planning Summit More than 60 governments and partners met in London last week, collectively announcing some $2.5 billion in funding for family planning, with a focus on better...