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[ Cliquez pour la version française ] By Aparajita Ramakrishnan, The Gates Foundation, and Marie Ba, Ouagadougou Partnership Every two minutes, a woman dies from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. The effects of maternal mortality go beyond the delivery room. The futures of children, families, communities and economies are jeopardised with every premature death.1,2 […]
...Tanzania grapples with a severe water and sanitation crisis that profoundly affects a significant portion of its 65 million inhabitants. Astonishingly, a staggering 88% of the population, equivalent to 58 million individuals, lacks access to safe drinking water, while 74%, or 49 million people, endure the absence of adequate toilets. This crisis is compounded by […]
...Efforts will Have Serious Consequences for Gender Equality and Women’s Health Gambia may soon become the first nation to reverse a ban against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Gambia passed a law banning the practice in 2015. But the parliament is now moving to overturn the ban, arguing that such an effort is […]
...By Merilynn Steenkamp – General Manager, South Africa Multi-Country Network at Roche Diagnostics President Sahle-Work Zewde, the first woman president of Ethiopia, said, “If the history of Africa was written by Africans and by women, I think we would find many unsung heroes.” History cannot be rewritten, but we can write a new chapter; one in which […]
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