by admin | Aug 18, 2017 | News
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 is nice to be reminded about...
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...
by admin | Jun 30, 2017 | News
SRHR Crossroads Sexual health and reproductive rights are at a crossroad, according to an editorial in The Lancet, which summarizes that, “there is perhaps no area of health where politics and ideological beliefs meet evidence and human rights in such a contested...
by admin | Jun 23, 2017 | News
Midwives in Toronto, global RH HR needs “Maternal mortality is the highest health inequity in the world, and midwives are the best-skilled birth attendants who can save the lives of mothers and children during childbirth,” according to Jakaya Kikwete, former...