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‘Saving Lives at Birth’: Recognizing the best and brightest innovators in maternal and newborn health
USAID’s Grand Challenges for Development initiative on Friday is hosting DevelopmentXChange, a marketplace and awards ceremony centered around maternal and newborn health. The event, which will include more than 95 innovators from around the world, also includes an opportunity for the public to vote on their favorites.
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- Health Care
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Protector Plus ‘night campaigns’ to promote condom usage in Africa
Population Services International (PSI) has ventured into Protector Plus night campaigns in a bid to promote usage of a new brand of condoms, New Man in Town, as the fight against HIV and Aids continues, an official has said.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Abia, Ford Foundation, Forward Africa partner on youth health and development
EXPANSION of integrated programming to improve the reproductive health and general development of young people in Abia state has taken a new turn in the state capital following the inauguration of a 15-member Technical Working Group (TWG).
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CAMTech India’s “Jugaad-a-thon” spurs promising innovations for maternal and child health
CAMTech India along with Glocal Healthcare and GE Healthcare organised ‘Jugaad-a-thon’, an event to test creativity in medical design which brought to the table 34 new solutions ranging from new tools for antenatal care to disruptive technologies for newborn asphyxia.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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The global impact of the female condom
When Debby Herbenick met a friend and former colleague for lunch at the end of last year, it was only natural the conversation would turn to sex.
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- Health Care
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Strawberry flavoured condoms a hit
NEW flavoured Protector Plus condoms with a sleeker and more stylish packaging have been introduced on the market, replacing the old Protector Plus condoms.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Power of Social Accountability: Overcoming bottlenecks to accelerate family planning
More than 60 million unintended pregnancies every year put girls and women at serious risk of death or disability during pregnancy and childbirth, and unsafe abortion. That’s why it’s important to hold global leaders accountable for the financial and policy commitments they’ve made to accelerate family planning.
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- Health Care
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Hampered by Cost, Zimbabweans Skip Contraceptives
New research suggests thousands of women in Zimbabwe get pregnant each year because they cannot afford proper birth control methods.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa