Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health News

• A record 290 million women, girls in poor nations are using contraception: Report

  Huffington Post | November 2015

• Why young women from Kenya’s urban slums should become more savvy about contraception

  The Conversation | October 2015

• In Cambodia, family planning offers a path away from poverty

  UNFPA | September 2015

• Launch of mHealth toolkit to help innovators scale up projects for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

  World Health Organization | September 2015

• Papua’s maternal health lags behind, says UNFPA

  The Jakarta Post | July 2015

• South Africa: Lower coverage of maternal HIV testing among adolescents leading to higher mother-to-child transmission

  Aidsmap | July 2015

• The truth behind the suicide statistic for older teen girls

  NPR | June 2015

• Youth health: Push to end preventable deaths

  health24 | May 2015

• Here’s who’s helping hundreds of pregnant, rescued Boko Haram kidnapping victims

  Huffington Post | May 2015

• Teen pregnancies, child marriage behind high maternal deaths in Malaysia, say activists

  Malay Mail Online | May 2015

• Pregnant 10-year-old rape victim denied abortion by Paraguayan authorities

  The Guardian | May 2015

• HIV funding not adequately reaching women, girls

  New Vision | April 2015

• Tackling teenage pregnancy in Colombia

  The Lancet | April 2015

• ‘Visibly pregnant’ girls are banned from school in Sierra Leone

  NPR | April 2015

• Fresh perspectives on maternal, child and adolescent health

  Devex | March 2015

• Placing women at the centre of the food system

  The Lancet Global Health Blog | March 2015

• Western girls holiday in Kenya to undergo FGM in secret

  Reuters | March 2015

• Advancing adolescent health and rights: Kenya can lead the way

  Huffington Post | February 2015

• Are pediatricians prepared to help patients who want IUDs?

  NPR | February 2015

• Child, bride, mother

  The New York Times | February 2015

• Former supermodel Waris Dirie says FGM can end in her lifetime

  Reuters | January 2015

• Demanding chemical policy reform is a way to protect girls’ health

  RH Reality Check | January 2015

• Teen pregnancy rates declined in many countries between the mid-1990s and 2011

  Guttmacher | January 2015

• Child marriage in Ivory Coast

  BBC | January 2015

• Keeping all girls in school is one way to curb child marriage in Tanzania

  Inter Press Service | October 2014

• Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize

  BBC | October 2014

• Ethiopian girl was married at 10 to “protect her” from rape

  Thomas Reuters Foundation | July 2014

• UK aid watchdog tells DfID to focus on quality of healthcare in Kenya

  The Guardian | March 2014

• Men must accept women as equals if development goals are to be achieved

  The Guardian | March 2014

• Report cites ‘devastating toll’ on health of Syria’s children

  The New York Times | March 2014