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Kenya: MSF's Statement Regarding Kenyan Sterilisation Case
[MSF] Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been informed on 21 September of the ruling of the High Court of Kenya in the context of a lawsuit that was filed in 2014 by four people, three of which are former MSF patients, against five health institutions, including MSF. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 5, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs East Africa Health and Medicine Human Rights Kenya Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Women and Gender Source Type: news

Kenya: MSF Welcomes High Court's Ruling on Women Rights to Equal Access to Reproductive Health and Informed Consent to Medical Procedure
[MSF] Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the ruling of the High Court of Kenya issued on 21st September that brings closure to a lawsuit filed in 2014 by four women against five health institutions, including MSF. The women, living with HIV, say they underwent bilateral tubal ligation which prevents future pregnancy, without their informed consent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 5, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Human Rights Kenya Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Women and Gender Source Type: news

Ghana: 50 Percent of Babies Delivered At Korle-Bu Are Preterm - Dr Ahor-Essel
[Ghanaian Times] About 50 per cent of babies delivered annually at the maternity unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) are preterm, Senior Specialist Paediatrician, Dr Kojo Ahor-Essel, has disclosed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - November 24, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

Namibia: 145 Mothers Die While Giving Birth
[Namibian] Some 145 women have died while giving birth, while 1 066 stillbirths were recorded between 2018 and 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - November 19, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Namibia Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Uganda: Human Rights Watch - Support Maternal Community Health Workers
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Governments should review their positions on traditional birth attendants and recognise and support their work, including by ensuring they are paid and resourced adequately. That is the position of the international research and advocacy NGO, Human Rights Watch in its latest dispatches. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - November 15, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Human Rights Pregnancy and Childbirth Uganda Source Type: news

Tanzania: Why Teen Mothers Struggle to Return to School
[Daily News] Despite President Samia Suluhu Hassan announcing lifting a ban for teen mothers returning to school one year after she assumed the presidency, some of the teen mothers struggle to return to school due to various reasons, including extreme poverty and lack of support from the family level. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - November 11, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Children and Youth East Africa Education Governance Health and Medicine Human Rights Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Tanzania Source Type: news

Ghana: Parliament, NTC to Deepen Ties
[Ghanaian Times] The head of the newly created Media Relations Directorate of Parliament, David Sabastian Damoah, has called on the Editor of the Ghanaian Times, David Agbenu. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - November 8, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ghana Governance Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

Uganda: Spike in Maternal Deaths Worries Authorities in Kigezi
[Nile Post] Stakeholders in Kigezi sub region have raised concern at the rate which mother's die while giving birth in the area. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - November 2, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Uganda Women and Gender Source Type: news

Tanzania: Maternal Deaths Drops
[Daily News] PRESIDENT Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday launched the new Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (2022 TDHS-MIS), which shows that the country has cut down maternal mortality rate by 80 per cent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 30, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Tanzania Source Type: news

Gambia: African First Ladies to Raise Awareness On Infertility, Stigma
[The Point] Eleven African First Ladies including the First Lady of the Republic of The Gambia, Fatoumatta Bah Barrow recently gathered in India to discuss issues relating to the health of people with a focus on infertility and stigma. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 25, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Gambia: Youth Dreams Is About Life in Europe
[The Point] The Gambia is a relatively calm and stable country, and the dreams of most of her youth is about life in Europe, hence they risk their lives in the Sahara with Europe as the goal. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 25, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Europe and Africa External Relations Gambia Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

Uganda: Interview - a Simple Device Used After Birth Can Help Save Lives, Says Award-Winning Young Innovator
[spotlight] As a child growing up in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, Maureen Etuket used a screwdriver to dismantle electronic appliances and toy trucks. "I was around eight, nine years old," she says. "I guess it just excited me." (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 18, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Innovation Pregnancy and Childbirth Science and Biotechnology Sustainable Development Uganda Women and Gender Source Type: news

East Africa: East Africa's Youth Scammed By Promises of Overseas Work
[ISS] Educated job seekers fall prey to online scams, driving the trafficking of East Africans to Southeast Asia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 17, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news

Malawi: Chakwera Braves Rough Terrain of Tattered Makanjira Road to Launch Maternity Wing Project in Mangochi
[Nyasa Times] President Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Monday abandoned his presidential helicopter and travelled to Makanjira in Mangochi by road to experience what the people of Mangochi and all users of Makanjira Road experience. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 17, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Malawi Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Sustainable Development Transport and Shipping Source Type: news

Tanzania: Family Planning Users in Dodoma Hit 64%
[Daily News] Dodoma -- DODOMA: DODOMA has been cited among the regions with the highest percentage of family planning services, with the number of family planning users shooting from 40 to 64 per cent, thanks to an ambitious project currently being implemented by Jhpiego Tanzania in collaboration with regional authorities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 17, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Sustainable Development Tanzania Women and Gender Source Type: news