News Review – 16 June 2017
Demographic Dividend? How will the “Demographic Dividend” pay out? The question got a lot of attention as the Day of the African Child approached. At a G20 conference, Jamie Drummond, a co-founder of ONE,...
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News Review – 26 May 2017
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus Adhanom, the former foreign minister and health minister of Ethiopia, was elected to head the World Health Organization, the first African to hold the post. He immediately stated that his goal...
News Review – 19 May 2017
Access to medical facilities and supplies, trained doctors and midwives, changes in attitude and stigma, reaching people with the right information, evolved government policy, leveraged technological innovation – these are some of the most...
News Review – 12 May 2017
A week of important numbers. Guttmacher released an encapsulation of what US international family planning assistance does and how it could be damaged by the Trump administration’s proposals: “In FY 2017, $607.5 million made...
News Review – 5 May 2017
Today is International Day of the Midwife, which was marked in the press and on social media with stories about the importance of midwives in maternal care, in reducing maternal deaths, and the importance...
News Review – 28 April 2017
The top research story of the week is a new Lancet study that concludes a $1 drug that has been around a long time – the blood-clotting aid tranexamic acid (TXA) – could save...
News Review – 24 March 2017
This week saw more proof, if it were needed, that promoting access to family planning and contraception can have dramatic results. A report in the UK showed that teen pregnancy had halved in the...
News Review – 17 March 2017
Amid troubling news about defunding domestic and international Family Planning programs, a few beams of light showed through. The US administration proposed a budget and backed a health care plan that would slash support...
News Review – 10 March 2017
Promoting contraception, family planning and reproductive health is not only good health policy; it is also a solid financial investment, a point emphasized around the world to mark International Women’s Day. One study by...
News Review – 3 March 2017
The “She Decides” conference and its success in raising €181 million to counter the Trump Gag Rule dominated the week’s news. In addition to previous announcements, Canada stepped up with a $20 million pledge....
