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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: Stepping Up Awareness on Vaccination, Screening and Treatment in Africa

By Monica Mwai Cervical cancer awareness month is observed every year in January. Cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer related deaths in reproductive-aged women globally. According ...
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17 January 2022

Ghana offers free long-term contraception in a ‘game changer’ for women’s reproductive health rights

In a major win for women’s reproductive rights, Ghana’s National Health Insurance Program has expanded to include free long-term contraception from 1 January 2022. The move will allow millions of ...
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Empowered Community Health Workers Making a difference: Sauda Ayubu's Story

My name is Sauda, I am 38 years old. I work as a community health worker (CHW) under the WISH programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where I offer sexual ...
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Increasing Young People’s Access to Contraception in Yumbe, Uganda

Harriet, 18, from Yumbe, Uganda is the fifth child in a family of seven (four girls and three boys). She is the only sister in school, the rest having dropped ...
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24 December 2021

IPPF Africa Region's End of Year Video 2021 - English

From the IPPF Africa Region, we wish you a festive end of year and a prosperous 2021!
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Increasing uptake of Long-Acting and Permanent Contraceptive Methods among Marginalized Women in Uganda

Maka is a satisfied family planning (FP) user from Uganda. She is a mother of eight children living in a polygamous home shared with three co-wives who are raising a ...
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Promoting the Human Rights of Sex Workers in Uganda

Friday 10 December 2021. Human Rights Day. This is the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a ...
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15 December 2021

Guinea: Horrific cases of rape and murder of girls must urge authorities to strengthen their efforts to prevent and combat sexual violence

Guinean authorities must take immediate measures to ensure thorough and impartial investigation of recent rapes and sexual assaults followed by murders committed over the course of just eight days and ...
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