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Research leads to actions improving childbirth in Guinea 

Research leads to actions improving childbirth in Guinea 

 When Ms. Fatoumata Binta Toure learned the results of a WHO/HRP…
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Dr Pétas AKOGBETO, Directeur de Cabinet du Ministre de la Santé entouré de Dr Triphonie NKURUNZIZA, Conseillère régionale chargée de la Santé Maternelle et Reproductive au Bureau Régional de l’OMS pour l’Afrique et de Madame Mary Lyn Gaffield, spécialiste de la Planification Familiale au Siège de l’OMS à Genève en Suisse.

Benin hosts the first annual review and planning meeting of the initiative for access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa

Cotonou - The Azalai Hotel in the economic capital served as the…
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Regional research prioritization exercise on SRHR with focus on safe abortion and post-abortion care, including in humanitarian settings

Regional research prioritization exercise on SRHR with focus on safe abortion and post-abortion care, including in humanitarian settings

Cape Town, South Africa, 29 October - 01 November 2019 Universal…
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Participants representing the 11 countries

Zambia hosts the first Regional Training Workshop on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Barriers Assessment Methodology (AHSBA)

The WHO Regional Office for Africa in collaboration with WHO…
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Workshop to develop a Regional Score Card to Monitor Progress on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in the Region

Workshop to develop a Regional Score Card to Monitor Progress on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in the Region

Universal access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)…
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Dr. Francis Kateh, Deputy Health Minister and Chief Medical Officer, making remarks during the Maternal and Neonatal care Task-sharing appraisal meeting in Monrovia

Meeting to appraise status of Maternal and Neonatal care Task-sharing Approach Initiatives

Monrovia, 27 August 2018: In an effort to improve maternal and…
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Dr Kaluwa presenting items to the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare

WHO donates Emergency Reproductive Health Kits to the Ghana Health Service

WHO Ghana has donated to the Ghana Health Service, Emergency…
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WHO has supported the training of midwives through improvements in the national curriculum and the rollout of the EmONC programme

Helping midwives be the best they can be

FREETOWN, May 5 2018 - Midwives everywhere have jobs that truly…
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L-R: Professor Oladapo Ashiru, President of Africa Fertility Association, Hon Sarah Opendi- Minister of State for Health, Hon Jacob Oulanya- Deputy Speaker of Parliament in Uganda, Dr. Yonas Tegegn- WHO Representative to Uganda and Dr Richard Kennedy, President of the IFFS at the opening of the symposium

President Museveni calls for public awareness on Non-genetic causes of infertility.

The President of The Republic of Uganda, His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta…
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From left to right: Pr Blami Dao, Jhpiego Baltimore; Dr Alimata Jeanne Diarra-Nama, WHO Representative for Burkina Faso ; Dr Francine Douamba, Secretary General of the Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso; Dr Léopold Ouédraogo, Regional Manager for Sexual and Reproductive Health, WHO/AFRO; Mr Serge Sari, UNFPA Burkina Faso

Momentum grows towards improved reproductive health services :  Experts pledge renewed commitment to scale up access to reproductive health services

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Reproductive health and family planning…
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