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High level personalities that participated in the conference

Ghana holds Conference on Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition

Over the past few decades, the maternal mortality rate in Ghana has…
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Self-care

Raising awareness of the African Region’s SRHR stakeholders on the WHO guidelines on self-care interventions for SRHR and Safe Abortion Care

To orient and update Regional SRHR stakeholders on the WHO…
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South Africa

South Africa: a framework for comprehensive SRHR Training Package for service providers developed based on WHO SRHR related Guidelines

South Africa has a national clinical guideline for implementation of…
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Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Nigeria and Sierra Leone join hands to implement self-care interventions

The Nigerian population, currently 202 million, is projected to reach…
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Family Planning

Towards achieving the family planning targets in the African region: a rapid review of task sharing policies

This publication is the abstract of a scientific article, initially…
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Crosection of partners at the consultative meeting in Freetpwn

Sierra Leone initiates adaptation of WHO Guidelines on Self-Care for Health

Sierra Leone convened its first consultative meeting to initiate…
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Happy Family

Taking stock of the progress made by the SRHR Initiative in the African Region during the year 2020

WHO in the African Region has been implementing a four-year…
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Dr. Moeti

Dr. Moeti launches the Technical Advisory Group on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health in the WHO African Region

Globally, most countries have shown some level of improvements in…
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Pills

Burkina-Faso: WHO supports the Ministry of Health in the proper use of medicines for Safe Interruption of Pregnancy Permitted by National Laws

The Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso is working to improve access…
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South Africa

South Africa: National Department of Health, WHO and partners disseminated new Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights guidelines to National and Provincial stakeholders

In late 2019 and early 2020, the National Department of Health (NDOH…
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