Reaching out to young people in Burundi with quality health services
Burundi’s Reproductive Health Programme combines Systemic Quality Improvement in health centres with Community-Based Networking for adolescent and youth health.
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Getting Kyrgyz women the antenatal care they’re entitled to: Closing the gap between paper and practice
Pregnant women in Kyrgyzstan are entitled to a basic package of antenatal care services through the country’s national social health insurance. Yet accessing these services can be like navigating an obstacle course. A German-supported project is raising women’s awareness of their rights and making it easier for pregnant women who are uninsured to get covered.
Why ‘MenstruAction’ is a gender-transformative approach: BMZ and GIZ‘s commitment to a movement that has come a long way
How a neglected yet vital issue has climbed up the development agenda, why it matters and what still needs to be done.
Protecting mothers and newborns against the negative impacts of climate change
Climate change is increasingly recognised as serious threat to human health with pregnant women and newborns amongst those most at risk. This, and how to mitigate the effects, was the topic of a roundtable discussion at the World Health Summit in Berlin in October 2022.
20th International Dialogue on Population and Sustainable Development
At the 20th International Dialogue on Population and Sustainable Development over 100 experts looked back and ahead on building resilience in the face of crises concerning sexual and reproductive health and rights.
WHS 2022: Debating the place of SRHR in achieving ‘health for all’
In the context of the triple crisis of climate change, conflict and pandemics, development leaders and young people discuss the importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as a core component of Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
‘Nothing about us without us’ – putting young people and their sexual and reproductive health and rights at the centre
At a virtual two-day conference, experts from around the world discussed challenges and opportunities in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights for – and together with – young people.
In the post-COVID period, a strong midwifery workforce is more essential than ever
A World Health Summit panel calls for investments in midwifery to achieve Universal Health Coverage and resilient health systems
COVID-19 threatens decades of progress in health outcomes and life chances for women and girls
Panellists call for country-led action with greater involvement by civil society and communities in fighting the next stage of the pandemic
Against all odds: Giving delicate newborns a chance at life in Tanzania
With infinite gentleness, the life-giving needle is slid into the microscopic vein, the oxygen mask placed over the gasping mouth and nose. The flutter in the tiny chest becomes stronger, the monitor now showing a regular heartbeat. Another baby saved at Mbeya Regional Referral Hospital – and the dedicated staff of the neonatal care unit (NCU) for at-risk newborns can now themselves take a deep breath and relax.