Health
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Maternal and Infant Deaths Reduce in Uganda. Here is Why We Shouldn’t Celebrate Yet
Mar 29, 2017By Namwiza Ritah KAMPALA – Ugandan women have a big reason to smile. Statistics released recently by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) indicate that maternal and infant deaths have reduced significantly over the past... -
Should abortion be a crime in Kenya?
Mar 14, 2017Residents of Nyalenda in Kisumu County of Kenya are still recovering from a very traumatic incident where a 16-year-old girl was found lying in the corridor of their home half dead as a result of unsafe... -
94 Corpses and Counting: Inside South Africa’s Mental Deaths Horror
Feb 15, 2017By Ray Mwareya JOHANNESBURG, South Africa ‒ No single gunshot fired. 94 corpses. Still counting. The “worst hospital massacre” in South Africa. This is the horrific tale of 94 mental health patients whose corpses, hidden... -
Why do we Sanction Girls Human rights violations in the Name of CULTURE!!
Feb 6, 2017Female Genital mutilation is a harmful traditional practice that continues to hinder the advancement of women and girls empowerment especially in Africa. According to the World Health Organization, , more than 2000 million girls have undergone... -
Political goodwill is needed in the fight against gender-based violence in Kenya
Jan 19, 2017Gender-based violence is a global phenomenon. According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced either intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. In Kenya, 45 percent of women... -
Clean-fuel Cookstoves May Improve Cardiovascular Health in Pregnant Women
Jan 18, 2017Replacing biomass and kerosene cookstoves used throughout the developing world with clean-burning ethanol stoves may reduce hypertension and cardiovascular risk in pregnant women, according to new research published online, ahead of print in the American Thoracic... -
Family Planning: Breaking the walls of misconception and creating confidence
Dec 14, 2016By Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna When Taiwo Ogunfayo, a 33-year old interior decorator visited a private hospital for her family planning treatment, she was told that she would not conceive in the next three years. But five... -
The Faces Behind the Success: Oyo state PPFN Team
Dec 11, 2016By Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna As the wife of a clergyman, how comfortable will you be educating people about sexual and reproductive health? That was one question that forty-eight years old Mrs. Abimbola Adedoyin said she would... -
Community Health Extension Workers Educate Rural Communities On Family Planning
Dec 11, 2016By Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna “As child I so loved the medical profession, that I was always willing to escort my Uncle’s wife to the hospital whenever she went for her antenatal appointments. The neat and well-tailored... -
Why parents and teachers in Kenya should support comprehensive sexuality education
Dec 1, 2016Some parents and teachers consider it embarrassing to discuss sex with teenagers, which has largely contributed to the rising cases of teenage pregnancy and promiscuity in Kenya. We need to realize that talking openly about sex...