Health
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#FundBasicHealthNG: Health Experts And Advocates In Nigeria Call For More Money And Action
Nov 27, 2018Abuja, Nigeria: Stakeholders across the media and health sector gathered at a strategy session last week to galvanize media advocacy for the implementation of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) of the National Health Act.... -
Why Malawian Men Shun Vasectomy Contraceptive Method
Apr 3, 2018Despite the increase in contraceptive use in Malawi, a lot of men are still shunning vasectomy due to existing cultural bias and myths associated with family planning. Vasectomy, a surgical procedure for permanent male sterilization, is... -
Saving Mothers in Africa: Interview with Global Health Activist, Tausi Suedi
Feb 19, 2018Ahead of the international day of social justice, we spoke with Tausi Suedi, the co-founder of Childbirth Survival International (CSI), a global humanitarian and grassroots non-profit organisation committed to reaching the unreached with health services and... -
Making Connections Between Health, Agriculture, And The Environment
Nov 9, 2017“Many studies examining HIV prevalence declines have implicated sexual behavior change but do not appear to have adequately considered the contribution of rural-urban migration.” By Andrew Mambondiyani: It is an accepted fact in the AIDS... -
Community Watch : Should Maternal Health Matter In Chikaji-Rohuki?
Nov 2, 2017Chikaji-Rohuki, Nigeria – Talatu Bamaiyi, 35, has been married for seven years. She recently gave birth to her fourth child. All her children were delivered at home without support from trained traditional birth attendants or nurses.... -
A Journalist’s Passion For Health Issues Goes Beyond Reporting
Oct 23, 2017By Andrew Mambondiyani Bharathi Ghanashyam, an award-winning journalist based in India, has a passion for health issues in developing countries that transcends mere journalism. And when she talked about health challenges in developing countries at... -
Health inequalities in developing countries worry experts
Oct 20, 2017Andrew Mambondiyani ANTWERP, BELGIUM – The greatest challenge in the world health remains the health inequalities with and within the low and middle-income countries. The governor of the province of Antwerp, Prof Dr Cathy Berx said this... -
The Cost of Accessing Free Health Care in Malawi
Sep 25, 2017MZIMBA, MALAWI – The memory of how she came close to death is still fresh on Jane Chavula’s mind. By the time she arrived Mzimba South District Hospital two years ago to be delivered of her... -
Free Maternity Waiting Homes – A Relief For Zimbabwe’s Poor Pregnant Women
Sep 18, 2017By Ray Mwareya Expensive maternity fees in Zimbabwe are a nightmare for pregnant women. In state or church clinics, where the majority of the poor give birth, charges can rise to $50 (USD) per month... -
Breaking The Silence: How Women In Malawi Find Treatment For Fistula
Jun 27, 2017By Kelvin Tembo Fyness Ngoma’s happiness after delivery of a baby in 1990 was short lived. She could not understand why her urine had become uncontrollable. “I gave birth to a baby girl at Chulu Health...