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World Health Day 2021

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7 April 2021

IPPF Africa Region: Building a Fairer, Healthier World for All

Wednesday, 7 April 2021. Today, IPPF Africa Region joins the rest of the world in celebrating the World Health Day, under the theme: ‘Building a fairer, healthier world’. IPPF Africa ...
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Hayathe Ayeva

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Hayathe Ayeva, a Leader at Heart, a Fighter for Young People's Sexual Reproductive Health Rights

20-year-old Hayathe Ayeva is the President of the Youth Action Movement (YAM) of the Togolese Association for Family Welfare (ATBEF) -the Member Association of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) ...
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International-Womens-Day-2021

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8 March 2021

IPPFAR Joins the World in Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021

8 March 2021. Today, IPPF Africa Region joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International Women’s Day (IWD). This is a day set aside to reflect, assess, honor ...
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Marie-Evelynne Petrus-Barry

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Anchoring the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in West and Central Africa: Visit of a High-Level Mission to Senegal and Guinea

From January 24 - February 15, 2021, a high-level mission of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) conducted by the Regional Director for Africa, Marie-Evelyne Petrus-Barry, went respectively to Senegal ...
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Joe Biden repeals Mexico City Policy Global Gag Rule

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1 February 2021

IPPF Africa Regional Office Welcomes Decision by Biden Administration to Repeal Mexico City Policy

The International Planned Parenthood Federation, Africa Regional Office warmly welcomes the decision made by the US Government to repeal the Mexico City Policy, dubbed the Global Gag Rule (GGR). Signed ...
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Serving you Where you Are: Community Health Outreaches in Sierra Leone

By Maryanne W. Waweru Freetown, Sierra Leone – Early one morning as 31-year-old Fatama Kamara performed her regular chores in the house, she momentarily stopped to listen to an announcement ...
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Bukulu Abubaker

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"My Passion for Volunteer Work Continues During COVID-19" -Bukulu Abubaker

Bukulu Abubaker is a 25-year-old Population Studies graduate from Makerere University in Uganda. He has been a volunteer with Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU) for three years now, participating in hundreds ...
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AMODEFA

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Using a Radio Broadcasting Approach for SRHR and COVID-19: The Case of Mozambique

When COVID-19 lockdown measures were put in place in Mozambique due to COVID-19, it led to great challenges, among them people’s difficult access to health facilities where they would receive ...
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