Watch this webcast from flu.gov, hosted by the US Department of Health and Human Service, with experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Health, and an OB/GYN. Pregnant women are one of the most at-risk groups of people who contract swine flu.
Today, August 26th, is Women’s Equality Day. Read some entries on the Huffington Post that celebrate women’s equality, and check out why MDG 3 is so important to the entire world.
After reading the Daily Delivery blog post on maternal mortality in India, I wanted to write in to share information on a project that has shown real progress.
A report by UNICEF India in January 2009 found that about a million neonatal deaths occur in the country each year. Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) has the largest population [...]
This Sunday the NY Times has a special issue of the their magazine dedicated to “Saving the World’s Women.” We’ve been waiting in anticipation of this issue — salivating over the cover-to-cover coverage of topics focused on women. The issue is edited by Nicholas Kristof, one the biggest heros in our field, and it will [...]
Last week, the Population Reference Bureau launched the annual World Population Data Sheet, highlighting country, regional, and global population, health, and environment data and patterns. This year’s data sheet places special emphasis on youth. “The great bulk of today’s 1.2 billion youth—nearly 90 percent—are in developing countries,” said Carl Haub, PRB senior demographer and co-author of the data sheet. Eight [...]
Each year, over a quarter of a million women die from cervical cancer. Of these women, around 80% live in the developing world. Cervical cancer is caused by HPV, one of the most common STIs. This week, Akimbo talks about different HPV tests (there’s more than a PAP smear) and vaccines available.
In April, we covered [...]
The First Lady of Zambia, Thandiwe Banda, has called for concerted efforts among stakeholders to reduce cases of maternal mortality and morbidity in her own country.
Speaking at State House yesterday, where she received three-ambulance bikes worth more than K8 million from Zambike Zambia, Mrs. Banda lamented the fact that every four hours a woman dies [...]
Following the legalization of abortion in Nepal in 2002, abortion services have been provided safely at both government and private facilities throughout the country, according to a new study released Thursday by Ipas. An exploratory study of complications from comprehensive abortion care found that the overall rate of complications was less than 2 percent, mostly [...]
According to a representative from IPPF, and as a result of advocacy activities by Tanzanian civil society, the Tanzania government has tripled is national budget line allocated for contraceptives to $7.65 million. UMATI, the IPPF Member Association in Tanzania, announced that the Tanzanian government has committed to increase the government budget line for contraceptives from [...]
This week, UNFPA met with representatives of more than 40 international faith-based organizations to explore partnership potential during a two-day policy roundtable. UNFPA believe that this partnership is critical to reducing maternal deaths and ending violence against women worldwide.
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director, noted the “profound moral authority that religious leaders have.” Working with them is a [...]
