MDGs
Keeping Health Systems Accountable: A Critical Component of the Every Woman, Every Child Campaign
October 19, 2011 - 7:03am (Print)
Poor quality maternity care, abuse by health workers, and health systems that are unaccountable to pregnant women and mothers all can subvert efforts brimming over with resources and political will.
An International Perspective on Current Budget Debates about RH
reader diary by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA
April 15, 2011 - 7:33pm (Print)
This is pretty dry stuff. Wade through it please!
Afternoon Roundup: Washington DC Proposes Cutting Out the 'Middle-Man' For Birth Control Access
by Amie Newman
February 22, 2011 - 3:54pm (Print)
Washington DC proposes birth control from pharmacists without a prescription; newly-created UN Women director speaks at the opening session of Commission on the Status of Women; GOP budget slashes foreign aid for HIV/AIDS programs and AIDS advocates say it will mean the loss of babies' lives; Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a physician who provided abortions turned passionate-anti-legal-abortion-advocate dies.
No More Suffering in Silence: The Human Rights Dimensions of Obstetric Fistula
February 1, 2011 - 9:15am (Print)
In Kenya, as in many other countries, the health care system lacks the resources to provide care to those who need it, and patients also have few means for exercising their rights.
Afternoon Roundup: Speaker Boehner as Pro-Life Superhero?
by Amie Newman
January 5, 2011 - 7:02pm (Print)
Akimbo's First Ever Film Festival: Millennium Development Goals at the Movies!
by Melanie Abrahams, International Women's Health Coalition
September 21, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
RH Reality Check is highlighting Akimbo's first ever film festival, focused on each of the eight Millennium Development Goals as a way to increase awareness of the issues about which the goals are related.
Gap in Access to Contraception Increases in Mexico, While Maternal Deaths Remain High
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 2, 2010 - 1:13pm (Print)
Two new reports reveal growing gaps in access to reproductive health care for women, especially among poor women, and those living outside major urban areas, and high rates of maternal mortality throughout the country.
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Canada "Opens Door" to Family Planning Programs in Global Effort to Reduce Maternal Death
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
March 19, 2010 - 11:00am (Print)
In response to severe criticism of its rejection of family planning as part of global maternal health programs, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper now says that the "door is not closed" on providing contraception.
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Social Marketing: Making Markets Work For Poor Women
by Karl Hofman, PSI
January 25, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
US at the UN: Strong Support for Family Planning
April 2, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
