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The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) warmly welcomes the appointment of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Dr T, as she is known, is a South African doctor, women’s rights and sexual and reproductive …

IPPF congratulates Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng on her appointment as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health Read More »

During the global COVID-19 pandemic, medical abortion has an increasingly important role to play in ensuring access to safe abortion care for those who choose not to continue their pregnancy.  This healthcare crisis will put millions of additional women at risk of sexual violence, lack of access to contraception and unintended pregnancy. This, in turn, will significantly increase the need for access to safe abortion care. Access, however, is simultaneously decreasing, with clinics closed or working at reduced capacity, public health systems focusing …

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In a room that is bare but for a few beds, Kuzema Abba Naga is resting after giving birth hours before to her tenth child, and now she thinks, her last. Before coming from her village to this remote and rural government health center in the Kebele district to give birth, Naga never knew it …

Delivering healthcare to women in rural Ethiopia Read More »

Every Saturday, about 40 people gather at a youth center in Mekelle to hear about a subject they don’t get taught in schools in Ethiopia, and don’t want to discuss with their parents – sexual and reproductive health (SRH). This youth center located in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, is run by the Family Guidance Association …

Ethiopia: Filling the sexual health gaps for young people through a unique youth center Read More »

In Ethiopia, getting young people’s attention about sexual and reproductive healthcare is no easy task. But at a youth centre in Jimma, the capital Oromia region, groups of young people are getting vital messages about sexual health and contraception out to their peers through dance, song, and poetry. Student Jumeya Mohammed Amin came here to …

Youth-led sexual healthcare through dance, song, and poetry Read More »