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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
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