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World Health Statistics 2012

World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (GHO) WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets.   This… Continue Reading →

Maternal Deaths Halved in 20 Years, but Faster Progress Needed

UN News The report “Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010”, shows that from 1990 to 2010, the annual number of maternal deaths dropped from more than 543,000 to 287,000 – a decline of 47 per cent. While substantial progress… Continue Reading →

The Midwives Service Scheme in Nigeria

Seye Abimbola1*, Ugo Okoli1, Olalekan Olubajo1,Mohammed J. Abdullahi1, Muhammad A. Pate2,3 1 National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria, 2Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria, 3 Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America Citation: Abimbola S, Okoli U, Olubajo O, Abdullahi MJ, Pate… Continue Reading →

Fistula – Another Blight on the Child Bride

By Zofeen Ebrahim Bano and her cleric husband campaigning against child marriage. Credit:Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS Buy this picture KARACHI, Pakistan, Apr ,2012 (IPS) – It was personal experience that turned Gul Bano and her cleric husband, Ahmed Khan, into ambassadors against… Continue Reading →

The Word on Women – Forced sterilization and the Millennium Development Goals

  By Widney Brown Two reports by the BCC this month raise the spectre that the United Nations Millennium Development Goals which include reducing maternal mortality and ensuring environmental sustainability may actually be undermining women’s sexual and reproductive rights. The… Continue Reading →

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