Health
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Attend a Town Hall Meeting on Improving the Skills of Traditional Birth Attendants in Sogunro
Mar 20, 2016600, 000 women globally are estimated to die from child bearing, pregnancy and unsafe abortions annually with 99% (594, 000) occurring in developing countries. Regionally, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia account for 87% of this total.... -
Ensuring Access to Youth Friendly Services is Investing for Now and for the Future
Mar 5, 2016According to the United Nations Population Fund’s ‘The power of 1.8 Billion; Adolescents, Youth and the Transformation of the Future’, our world is home to 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24. This... -
The 7th Africa conference on sexual health and rights ; reduction of maternal mortality to achieve demographic dividend in Africa
Feb 25, 2016Article By Mageda Esolyo, Maternal mortality is a contentious issue in Africa. Gestation be should be a happy and joyful period of a woman’s life especially when it is a planned pregnancy and yet we still... -
The U.S. and Coca-Cola Contribute to Clean Drinking Water in Cross River State
Feb 19, 2016The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Coca-Cola Company have announced support for a new program under their Water and Development Alliance (WADA) project. The $2 million project will provide up to 100,000 citizens in Cross... -
Rwanda Congress To Focus On Safe And Sustainable Blood Services In Africa
Jan 4, 2016By Wallace Mawire Rwanda is set to the 8th International Congress of the Africa Society for Blood Transfusion (AfSBT) in Kigali on 31 May to 3 June 2016, according to a statement issued by Jean Baptiste Tapko,... -
#ICanWait: Are Young People Still Open to the Culture of Chastity?
Dec 20, 2015To be candid, chastity or total abstinence from sexual activity before marriage is not a common trait among many young people today as many consider it “old-fashion”. However, not many are swayed by this fad. Using... -
Apply to Attend the 2016 Midwifery Symposium
Dec 19, 2015Timelines: Deadline for receipt of applications: 15th January 2016 Deadline for selection: 15th February 2016 Successful Applicants to be notified by: 29th February 2016 The 2016 Midwifery Symposium UNFPA, ICM, WHO and other multilateral, civil... -
Zimbabwe: Mandatory Community Service Proposed for Street Littering
Dec 18, 2015By Wallace Mawire Zimbabwe’s ministry of environment, water and climate is planning to come up with tough enforcement laws in a bid to end the growing problem of indiscriminate street littering and pollution of public... -
Call for Proposal on Solutions to Real-Life Community Health Challenges (Students Only)
Dec 10, 2015Ahead of the International Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit scheduled to hold in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the 8th to the 10th of February, 2016, SBCC is on the lookout for three (3) teams who... -
Quick Facts: What You Need to Know About the Ebola Fund Watch Report
Dec 4, 2015For more than two years, West African nations –Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria – battled with the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) with the hope of stopping the epidemic that has become one of the most...