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Improving midwifery capacity and standards to curb death of mothers and babies

Over 80 maternal and child health experts from around the world have…
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Strategizing to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality in the African Region

Strategizing to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality in the African Region

Johannesburg, April 29, 2022 – The African Region accounted for 66%…
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AWUOR, Ochieng at the training

WHO Ethiopia and UNFPA Ethiopia launch training on clinical management of rape for first-line service providers

WHO, in collaboration with UNFPA, Ministry of Health, and Ethiopian…
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Health workers attending to a female patient in a health facility

Cross River State empowers women on reproductive health 

Calabar - 26 November, 2021 - As part of the effort to achieve…
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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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