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African First Ladies’ Organization agrees to take on Maternal, Child Health


Familiar Pledges on Child and Maternal Health in Africa


African Leaders Agree To Expand Maternal Health Campaign As AU Summit Concludes


African Leaders Agree on Ways Forward on Maternal and Child Health


Africa Union Summit: Reducing Maternal and Newborn Deaths - Still a Lot to Do


KENYA: Jury Still Out on Traditional Birth Attendants


Maternal, infant mortality rates remain high in sub- Saharan Africa


ZIMBABWE 'Free' Maternal Health Care Too Costly For Most


AU Leaders Summit Kicks Off, Focus On Maternal And Child Health


GHANA: Ignorance on abortion law means death


AU Summit to Address Africa's Poor Maternal Care Record


Three Members Of Congress Accuse U.S. Of Supporting Kenya Draft Constitution They Say Would Widen Access To Abortion Services


AU Summit Focusing On Maternal, Child Health Begins In Uganda


KENYA: Focus on fistula


AU Summit Meetings To Focus On Maternal, Child Health


Human Rights Watch Urges Kenya to Help Women Suffering from Fistula


Washington Post Examines Birth Simulator For Health Worker Training In Developing World


Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, welcoming the G8 Muskoka Initiative on maternal, newborn and under-five child health


While Lacking, Maternal Health Plan Gets The Issue On International Political Agenda


G8 'Failed Its Own Leadership Test' On Maternal, Child Health Commitments


World Health Organization Targets Unsafe Abortions


U.N. Secretary-General To Ask G20 For Additional $60B Over 5 Years For Maternal, Child Health


Efforts to Boost Reproductive Health of Women, Girls, Falling Short, Says New MDG Review


Washington Post Examines International Training Campaign To Prevent Birth Asphyixia


Women's Rights Essential To Improving Maternal Mortality


 

 

 

 

Features

Roll Back Malaria,
Protect Women and Children

On April 25th, we will all celebrate Africa Malaria Day.

The theme for this year's event is:'Insecticide Treated Nets and effective malaria treatment for pregnant women and young children by 2005'


Reducing maternal deaths is the challenge of the new millennium in the African region. In its Health for All Policy for the 21st Century in the African region: Agenda 2020, the WHO Regional Office for Africa calls for a 50% reduction of maternal mortality by 2020.  “TOWARDS THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: ADVOCACY FOR IMPROVED MATERNAL AND NEWBORN CARE"



Women have been producing children from the beginning of time. Childbirth is one of the natural miracles of the world. But in Africa too often the birth of a child becomes an occasion for grief due to the death of the mother and /or baby.  Over 250,000 African women die from pregnancy related complications every year.

 




Reproductive health in Africa needs more funding: The population of sub-Saharan Africa has doubled in just 25 years, and is expected to double again in less than three decades from the current level of 620 million, according to a recent study by Population Action International (PAI), a Washington based non-governmental organization.


 

 

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African Journal of Reproductive Health
The African Journal of Reproductive Health is available in free, full-text HTML from Bioline at: http://www.bioline.org.br/rh

 


Division of Family & Reproductive Health (DRH) - WHO AFRO
 
 
Research on the web
Transmission of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa and effect of elimination of unsafe injections
The Lancet
2/11/2004
Noma
The Lancet Infectious Disease
2/1/2004
Noma: an “infectious” disease of unknown aetiology
The Lancet Infectious Disease
2/1/2004
Access to antiretroviral treatment in Africa
The BMJ
2/1/2004
Exchanging health lessons globally
The BMJ
2/1/2004
Daptomycin approved for skin and skin-structure infections
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
11/15/2003
Managing sickle cell disease
The BMJ
11/15/2003
Measuring the health of nations: analysis of mortality amenable to health care
The BMJ
11/15/2003
Unexplained fever in young children: how to manage severe bacterial infection
The BMJ
11/15/2003
Public health doctors "hopeless" at using media
The BMJ
11/15/2003
 

 
 
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