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Education is important for girls’ future earning power and the promotion of their lifelong health and socioeconomic well-being.
Parents are enablers, motivators and facilitators of their children’s education.
Most people with diabetes are poorly controlled. This makes them vulnerable to complications like eye problems, kidney disease, and even amputations.
Les femmes qui veulent avorter privilégient la protection sociale au détriment de la sécurité médicale pour échapper à la loi et à la stigmatisation. L’auto-prise en charge peut-elle être la réponse?
Girls and young women do not search for medical safety when seeking abortion care. They prioritise “social safety” to avoid prosecution and social stigma. Can self-care be a solution?
The Sudan strain of the Ebola virus has been identified in Uganda for the first time in more than a decade.
Adolescent girls are disproportionately affected by sexual and reproductive health issues. These proposed law substantively addresses these disparities.
A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.
For countries that look to the US for guidance and for funding, the consequences will go beyond abortion.
A pesar de la pandemia, las disparidades y las estructuras de poder desiguales en la salud mundial siguen intactas. Será difícil afrontar nuevos desafíos globales, como el calentamiento global, si no cambia el sistema.
Up to 257 million women who want to avoid pregnancy are not using safe, modern contraception methods
Kenya wants parents to be able to make more informed choices about feeding their babies.
It’s a huge cause for concern that, two years into the pandemic, the disparities and unequal power structures in global health are still intact.
Despite government efforts to provide digital resources for students kept out of school for most of 2020, access to these platforms was deeply unequal
Urban poverty is having an adverse impact on the health of mothers and children.
Open education resource platforms improve access to education and are globalising education on a scale never seen before.
A child born in sub-Saharan Africa or Southern Asia is 10 times more likely to die in the first month of life than a child born in a rich country.
Mandates should be considered only when all geographical, financial and cultural access issues have been addressed. They should be a last resort.
La nouvelle loi béninoise sur l'avortement prendra en considération la situation éducationnelle, professionnelle et matérielle de la femme.
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Executive Director, African Population and Health Research Center
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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African Population and Health Research Center
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Policy officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Research Scientist , African Population and Health Research Center
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