Qalansawe, Israel – The women, heads covered in hijabs, sat outside a small purple aluminium mobile health station parked in a residential neighbourhood here, shooing away any men who happened to pass by. Plastic chairs formed a small and intimate circle for the women waiting to be screened for cervical cancer – some for the […] Continue reading ->
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which is the cause of most cervical cancer cases, can be treated with a single vaccine dose instead of the two doses currently being given, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). SAGE chairperson Dr Alejandro Cravioto told a media briefing on Monday […] Continue reading ->
Amid huge global contestation over abortion, the Kenyan High Court recently affirmed that women’s “access to safe abortion services is a human right” as enshrined in the country’s Constitution, and directed parliament to enact laws in this regard. Malindi High Court Judge Reuben Nyakundi made the ruling late last month in a case involving a […] Continue reading ->
Between childbirth and six weeks is the most dangerous time for mothers and babies and when most deaths occur, and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a new guideline called ‘Recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience‘ on Wednesday aimed at guiding all role-players during this period. One of the key […] Continue reading ->