by admin | Nov 30, 2017 | Ethiopia, Our Stories
The Center for International Reproductive Health (CIRHT) at the University of Michigan will be well-represented at the upcoming 2018 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual conference. Thirteen abstracts covering a range of topics from implementing...
by admin | Nov 24, 2017 | News
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 future.” In Kenya family planning enhances living...
by admin | Nov 10, 2017 | News
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 ideas have direct relevance in the week’s news: Making...
by admin | Nov 3, 2017 | News
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.” Across Africa, Social Behavior Change...
by admin | Oct 27, 2017 | News
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, child marriage “is a severe violation of...
