Family Planning News

• Developing an oral contraceptive and HIV-prevention method, in a single pill

  Population Council | January 2018

• Rebranding Motherhood

  The New York Times | August 2018

• “They were afraid I would die”: Early motherhood puts girls at risk in the Republic of Moldova

  UNFPA | August 2018

• A more prosperous world: Investing in family planning for sustainable economic growth

  New Security Beat | July 2018

• Family planning liberating for women in rural Ethiopia

  UNFPA | July 2018

• A more resilient world: The role of population and family planning in sustainable development

  New Security Beat | June 2018

• Nigeria’s health workers’ strike disrupts maternal care nationwide

  HealthNews | May 2018

• Men urged to embrace family planning

  The Herald | May 2018

• Faith in family planning: Healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies

  New Security Beat | May 2018

• Midwifery, maternal, family planning reports launched

  Viet Nam News | April 2018

• Parental diet before conception affects child’s health

  Medical Xpress | April 2018

• Rural midwives help save mothers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

  UNFPA | April 2018

• More women receive antenatal care from skilled provider

  Ghana News Agency | February 2018

• 383,000 Women in francophone West Africa started using modern contraception in 2017

  IntraHealth | January 2018

• How Mongolia revolutionized reproductive health for nomadic women

  News Deeply | Women and Girls | January 2018

• The 30th anniversary of the Safe Motherhood Initiative

  New Security Beat | January 2018

• Tumaini project gives hope for pregnant and adolescent mothers in eastern Uganda

  Medium | December 2017

• Malawi registers success in maternal and child health services

  Malawi News Agency | December 2017

• Against the odds, Bangladesh puts mothers at the forefront of medical practice

  The Nation | November 2017

• Pediatricians don’t have time to address parental health

  HealthLeaders Media | November 2017

• Innovations in midwifery save mothers’ lives: Q&A with Geeta Lal

  New Security Beat | November 2017

• Nurse midwives are trained, lifesaving professionals. Why are we holding them back?

  Better Life Lab | November 2017

• New strategy launched to help tackle maternal, child deaths in Sierra Leone

  World Health Organization | November 2017

• Nigeria: Inclusive family planning and good governance

  allAfrica | October 2017

• Ethiopia’s former health minister explains how they built an army to save mothers’ lives

  Quartz | October 2017

• Nigerian women are now embracing family planning

  Vanguard | September 2017

• Nigeria scales up family planning campaign

  New China | September 2017

• Providing family planning services to women in Africa

  WHO | September 2017

• Kenya maternity fee waiver is great—but there are still gaps in the policy

  The Conversation | August 2017

• Adolescent family planning in Kenya

  MamaYe | August 2017

• Uganda threatens to reduce funding to family planning

  allAfrica | August 2017

• Better together: Revitalizing family planning & nutrition services

  Maternal and Child Survival Program | July 2017

• How MamaYe sells family planning in the market

  MamaYe | July 2017

• Nigeria: Lagos averts 189,800 unsafe abortions, maternal deaths through family planning

  allAfrica | July 2017

• Zimbabwe: Govt commits US$177 million towards increasing family planning uptake

  allAfrica | July 2017

• End of Ebola sparks crisis for Sierra Leone’s teen mums

  The Guardian | July 2017

• Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

  UNFPA | July 2017

• Bangladesh commits US$600M+ to family planning at summit

  The Daily Star | July 2017

• Africa: Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

  allAfrica | July 2017

• Ethiopia: UK announces 90 million pounds funding for family planning in Ethiopia

  allAfrica | July 2017

• Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals hinges on family planning

  Health Policy Plus | July 2017

• Bidi Bidi’s babies: Giving birth in the world’s largest refugee camp

  NewsDeeply | July 2017

• Somalia: UK to save a woman’s life every 90 minutes by increasing birth spacing support

  allAfrica | July 2017

• Nigeria: $2.5 billion funding – women to access free family planning services soon

  allAfrica | July 2017

• Mobile app designed to prevent pregnancy gets EU approval

  NPR | July 2017

• Opinion: It’s time to integrate nutrition and family planning services. Here’s why

  Devex | July 2017

• Tanzania: New impetus for family planning

  allAfrica | July 2017

• Tanzania: Family planning budget raised to Sh14bn

  allAfrica | July 2017

• Africa: Safe, effective family planning is key to ‘Empowering People, Developing Nations’ – UN

  allAfrica | July 2017

• Nigeria: Memo to Health Minister – increase funds for family planning services, commodities

  allAfrica | July 2017