News Review – 24 November 2017
Family planning imperatives Simply put, “when a woman can control when she has children, she can control her future.” One article calls affordable maternity care and birth control “the foundation of a family’s...
Tagged: Family Planning
News Review – 10 November 2017
Population Council “Ideas that Changed the world” The week saw a celebration of the Population Council’s 65th anniversary, for which they released “10 Ideas the Changed the World.” Taking their lead, some of those...
News Review – 3 November 2017
Education, Education, Education Sex education programs can be the first steps towards greater usage of family planning methods throughout people’s lives. And families using those methods “are less likely to end up in poverty.”...
News Review – 27 October 2017
Child Marriage and Reproductive Rights A high-level meeting to accelerate action against child marriage in West and Central Africa convened in Senegal, to agree on tangible steps toward ending the practice for good. Per UNFPA,...
News Review – 20 October 2017
Worlds apart: Reproductive health and rights in an age of inequality The comprehensive UNFPA State of World Population 2017 report has detailed information about how gender inequality, and specifically denial of reproductive rights, “threatens social...
News Review – 22 September 2017
Gender Equality at the Center of Development Global health was a “central stage” at the UNGA, because, according to WHO D-G Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “People are starting to realize that health is central....
News Review – 25 August 2017
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...
News Review-18 August 2017
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...
New Center of Excellence to Sustain Improvement in Access to Contraception and Comprehensive Abortion Care
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...
News Review – 11 August 2017
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...
