March 2019 News Review
Burkina Faso Elèves et rapports sexuels: faire ou ne pas faire, L’Observateur, 4 Mar 2019 Burundi High Impact Success Story: How Burundi Has Used HIPs To Reach More Women, FP2020/Medium, 4 Mar 2019 Cameroon...
Tagged: Abortion
February 2019 News Review
For the online version with images, click here. In these times when access to contraception and safe abortion services seems under threat all over the world, promoting reproductive rights comes in many forms. Government...
Challenge and progress in the year ahead – January 2019 News Review
Angola EU releases 65 million Euros to aid family farming, ANGOP, 10 Jan 2019 Benin Prof Béatrice Ahyi Aguessy, 1ère femme agrégée n’est plus (ép. d’Honorat Aguessy), La Nouvelle Tribune, 13 Jan 2019 Burkina...
A year of challenge and progress – December 2018 News Review
Angola La mortalité maternelle estimée à 239 pour 100 000 naissances vivantes, ANGOP, 1 Dec 2018 Cote d’Ivoire Prévention des grossesses précoces: Un foyer de jeunes filles bientôt construit à Adiaké, Fratmat, 23 Dec...
Elections and Policies Matter – November 2018 News Review
(For online email version, click here) The US midterm elections saw a “Blue Wave” of Democrats taking over the US House of Representatives and many state legislatures and governorships. How that will affect reproductive...
Moving forward / Moving sideways / Moving backwards – October 2018 News Review
(For online email version, click here) Forward: In Benin, communities are working together to “tackle abortion stigma” and engage civil society in a broad discussion about family planning. The government in DRC, where complications...
Post-Abortion Contraceptive Acceptance and Choice at a Teaching Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12582 FCS580 Matiyas Asrat Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Objectives: To determine the contraceptive acceptance rate and examine factors associated with choice of contraception, in particular modern and long acting methods,...
Determinants of Long Acting Reversible Contraception Utilization in Northwest Ethiopia
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12582 FCS519 Kiros Terefe Gashaye University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia Objectives: In Ethiopia only 10% of modern contraceptive utilization is covered by long acting reversible contraceptive methods and the reason for the low uptake of...
Obstetrician-Gynecologists as Leaders for Abortion Access and Care
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12584 S192 Feiruz Surur; Lesley Regan; Philip Darney; Leonel Briozzo; Dominique Truan Kaplan Obstetrician gynecologists can play a significant role in advocating for maternal health, access to and training for safe and evidence-based abortion care. Along with...
CIRHT News Review: Global Days salute Contraception and Abortion Care
A Month of Days September saw international days devoted to Contraception and to Safe Abortion. In many African countries, debate continued on all sides of the issues – from legal battles to healthcare initiatives...
