News Article: Global MPs vow to prioritise maternal, child healthcare By Gashegu Muramira New Times (Rwanda) Delegates at the 126th Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Kampala, Uganda have asked parliamentary institutions in the world to prioritise matters of maternal and child health. In the resolution passed, yesterday, parliamentarians were urged to ensure …
News Article: Africa: MDG 5 – Africa Makes Haste Slowly On Maternal Health Vanguard By Sola Ogundipe, 1 April 2012 ANOTHER woman just died in childbirth. Sentenced to death by pregnancy! One dies every 10 minutes. For each maternal death in the world’s most populous black nation, there are at least two dozen survivors, but …
News Article: Africa: Are Maternal Deaths a ‘Right to Life’ Issue? By Tami Hultman 5 April 2012 All Africa Picture yourself in a room with 30 other women – knowing that one of you will die during pregnancy or childbirth. That’s not a concept for a macabre TV show – unless it’s reality TV. A …
Africa: IPU Assembly Adopts Resolution On ‘Access to Health As Basic Right’ By Gloria Iribagiza 5 April 2012 New Times (Rwanda) Nearly 650 Members of Parliament from over 120 countries are attending the 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly that kicked off on March 31 and ends today, April 5, in Kampala, Uganda. Pregnant women …
WHO Summary on Africa Regional Consultation on Achieving MDG 5 Challenges Opportunities and Lessons Learned 27-28 MARCH 2012 | KAMPALA, UGANDA – Almost 200 partners, including policy-makers, researchers, experts and advocates gathered in a forum to discuss key issues in the struggle to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5, the UN MDG aimed at improving maternal …
News Article: Nigeria: Improving Health of Women and Children By Ruby Leo, 27 March 2012 Daily Trust (Nigeria) As policymakers, researchers and advocates from across Africa gather in Kampala, Uganda, yesterday for a regional consultation on maternal and reproductive health, the issue these prominent persons were expected to discuss was how to improve the lot …
News Article: Continent Needs Caring Leaders – Janet Museveni New Vision (Uganda) By Catherine Mwesigwa Kizza and Ann Mugisa 28 March 2012 Africans need to look within themselves and do their best according to their calling if Africa is to stop being a reproach among the nations of the world. “We need leaders and medical …
News Article: African health experts meet to discuss achieving MDG 5 Health News of Tuesday, 27 March 2012 Source: GNA Ghana Web Policymakers, advocates and researchers across Sub-Saharan Africa are meeting in Kampala, Uganda, to reaffirm national and regional commitments to achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, to ensure that the health of girls and …
News Article: Maternal and Reproductive Health Issues Take Center Stage in Africa By Women Deliver Modern Ghana 27 March 2012 Leaders from 27 African countries gather at ‘African Regional Consultation on Achieving Millennium Development Goal 5′ to make the health of girls and women a regional priority Kampala, Uganda – On 27-28 March, policymakers, advocates …
News Article: No woman should die giving life, says Janet Museveni Monitor (Uganda) 27 March 2012 By Agatha Ayebazibwe (email the author) The first lady, Ms Janet Museveni, has called upon health workers to carefully handle mothers during child delivery to reduce cases of maternal and child mortality in the country while at the same …
