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“We have failed. We have nothing to celebrate”,
Mumbai :: India | 5 days ago
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There is a growing wave of unrest among young women at the failure of governments to recognise and implement reproductive rights as a human right for all. ‘Reproductive Rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals...
Tags: Indian, Nepalese, maternal mortality, abortion services, India, Mumbai, Fertility, Gynecology, Abortion, Social Issues, Population, Birth control, Reproductive health, Reproductive rights, Gender studies
Q&A: Maternal Mortality Rates ‘One of the Saddest Cases’ in Asia
Beijing :: China | 11 days ago
Credibility Nearly 15 years after a landmark international conference to advance the rights and freedoms of women, the picture in the Asia-Pacific region is mixed, says a leading women�s rights advocate and senior United Nations official...While lawmakers and governments...
Tags: Asia-Pacific, Noeleen Heyzer, maternal mortality, Asia Marwaan, U.N., pacific region, NOELEEN HEYZER, Beijing, mortality rates, health care, China, Maternal death, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Women's rights, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Social Issues
Africa: Poverty Blamed for Continents Maternal Mortality
Kampala :: Uganda | 12 days ago
Credibility Poverty Blamed for Continents Maternal Mortality Victoria Ibanga 19 November 2009 Kampala — Poor health facilities and poverty have been blamed for the high rate of maternal mortality in Africa. Uganda's First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni said this last...
Tags: maternal mortality, Uganda, Kampala, Janet Museveni, Maternal death, Munyonyo, Yoweri Museveni, Social Issues, Human Interest
Africa: Continent's Urbanites Turn to Farming
Nairobi :: Kenya | about 1 month ago
Credibility Continent's Urbanites Turn to Farming Juliet Torome 28 October 2009 opinion When I met Eunice Wangari at a Nairobi coffee shop recently, I was surprised to hear her on her mobile phone, insistently asking her mother about the progress of a maize field...
Tags: African Union Shows Commitment, maternal mortality, mortality rate
Medical News Today: Health Experts Examine Maternal Mortality In Africa At Conference
Cape Town :: South Africa | about 1 month ago
Credibility World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Cape Town, South Africa, about maternal mortality rates in Africa...Health workers also discussed the factors that contribute to the continent's high maternal mortality rate. Pregnancy- and labor-related...
Tags: maternal mortality, South Africa
Amnesty International: Thousands unite to end maternal mortality in Sierra Leone
Freetown :: Sierra Leone | 2 months ago
Credibility Thousands unite to end maternal mortality in Sierra Leone 23 September 2009 Over 4,000 people gathered in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Tuesday to attend the launch of Amnesty International's campaign to end maternal mortality in the country. Amnesty International's...
Tags: Sierra Leone, maternal mortality, Amnesty International, end maternal, Freetown
AllAfrica.com: Angola: WHO Official Recognises Country's Development
Luanda :: Angola | about 1 year ago
Credibility Angola is living a special moment and that the country now shows development signs at all levels. However, he said, a lot has still to be done in terms of health, such as increase the debates for the achievement of the maximum results with the available...
Tags: maternal mortality, Africa
Maternal mortality drop is hailed
Nairobi :: Kenya | about 1 year ago
Credibility There has been a big fall in the number of mothers dying during childbirth in South Asia, according to the UN children's fund (Unicef). In a new report, the agency says that maternal mortality fell by five percent worldwide in the 15 years to 2005. The...
Tags: South Asia, maternal mortality, S. Asia, sub-Saharan Africa
In Peru, Modern Meets Indigenous to Save Lives
In the southern Cuzco Valley in Peru, indigenous women are beginning to accept the help of hundreds of clinics offering their assistance during the process of childbirth, a service they had declined due to cultural differences until now. The clinics...
Tags: Childbirth, Indigenous Populations, Maternal Mortality
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