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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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- 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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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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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India misses key health targets, but shows improvement
India is lagging considerably behind its key human development index targets, including population control, infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MFR), according to figures given by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in Lok Sabha today.
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- South Asia
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‘Sustainability’ Remains the Holy Grail: But the road to achieving it is paved with divergent visions
When global health leaders gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the Partners’ Forum to shape the post-2015 agenda for maternal and child health, sustainability was much discussed as a chief element in ending preventable deaths. But just below the surface lay a truth even more profound: Sustainability manifests differently for just about everyone.
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- Environment, Health Care
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New Contraceptive Shot Being Released in Africa
An easy-to-use new form of the injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera was introduced last week in Burkina Faso, the first of four African countries in which it will be rolled out this year.
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Muslims demand condom ban in Malawi
Malawi Muslim traditional leaders are campaigning against the promotion of condoms as a means of preventing HIV and AIDS.
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U.N.’s Own Study Reveals Its $13 Billion Maternal Health Efforts Aren’t Saving Lives
LONDON (AP) — In the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent trying to save the lives of mothers in developing countries using strategies — usually inexpensive drugs — deemed essential by the U.N. health agency.
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