News Topic: Policy and Enabling Environment
Malawi Official Update
Five African states help women prevent pregnancy right after birth
When Kenyan Eunice Achieng, 24, found out that she was pregnant for the fourth time in six years she could not stop crying. Her other pregnancies had been hard on her young body and her first two babies were always in the hospital. Weak, sick and feeling alone, Eunice knew that she did not want to get pregnant again.
Cameroon Progress Update: Implant Distribution Increases at Public Health Facilities
Global Commitments, Local Actions: Postpartum Family Planning Champions Deliver
In a global health conference first, I attended a pageant at the International Conference on Family Planning this week in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Replete with sashes and flags, representatives from 16 countries paraded onstage to the Olympics theme song. Although there were no fire breathers or piano players in the show, the delegates’ performances remained impressive: to provide updates made in accelerating access to postpartum family planning (PPFP) in their respective countries.
