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UNDP, CRAWN Trust push for increased access to maternal, child health services
By Rachel Ombaka, 1632, December 16, 2020 (EAT)
Lack of access to maternal, child health services as well as poor provider attitudes have largely contributed to maternal deaths in Nairobi. Also Rea...

coronavirus , infant mortality , maternal deaths , Pumwani , Universal Health Coverage
OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19
By Guest Writer, 1051, August 28, 2020 (EAT)
The right to live free from violence, to be inseparable from your right and need to keep your body to yourself, to walk unscathed from the fists of ag...

coronavirus , FGM , GBV
Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls
By Reuters, 1629, August 21, 2020 (EAT)
Until the new coronavirus hit Kenya in March, 17-year-old schoolgirl Anna believed the world was hers for the taking. It didn’t matter that she l...

child marriage , coronavirus , FGM , shadow pandemic , teen pregnancies
Providing women with contraception could save poor countries billions – researchers
By Reuters, 1104, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
Low- and middle-income countries could save billions of dollars a year in health care costs by investing in making contraception widely available to w...

contraceptives , reproductive health
Push for SRHR policies, legal frameworks to protect the vulnerable amid COVID-19
By Citizen Reporter, 1558, July 10, 2020 (EAT)
Initially, the awareness on women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) was more focused on the distribution of sanitary towels to youn...

coronavirus , sexual and reproductive health , SGBV , SRHR
Migori couple awarded for using contraceptives
By Citizen Team, 926, September 27, 2019 (EAT)
A Migori couple was on Thursday awarded as the county celebrated World Contraceptive Day. Chacha Mwita and his wife Rebecca were recognized as the ...

World Contraceptive Day
Pregnancy changes a mother’s brain for years, study shows
By CNN, 1109, October 14, 2017 (EAT)
Women expect the physical changes of pregnancy, yet having a baby also produces some changes in the brain. Pregnancy alters the size and structur...

being pregnant , mothers health , pregnancy , pregnancy changes , pregnancy health
Millions of women from poor countries denied contraception
By Reuters, 1019, November 1, 2016 (EAT)
Millions of women and girls in developing countries risk unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions, campaigners said, as a global initiative to reac...

contraception , health , women
Teen girls less likely to get pregnant if a friend has a baby- Study
By Reuters, 945, July 2, 2016 (EAT)
Girls whose friends have experienced teen childbirth are less likely to get pregnant themselves, a new study suggests. The researchers compared two...

girls , pregnant , school girls , Teen girls less likely to get pregnant if a friend has a baby , teen pregnancy
Questions grow about Zika’s risk to future pregnancy
By Agencies, 1816, March 4, 2016 (EAT)
Few women have competed in the Olympics while pregnant, but the suspicion that the Zika virus in mothers is causing birth defects is central to calcul...

pregnancy , woman , zika , zika virus
From abortions to #condommania: Students get real about sex
By Agencies, 1043, February 2, 2016 (EAT)
Desperate female students used to knock on Catherine Tweni's door almost every day, needing emergency treatment for self-administered abortions. Tw...

abortions , condoms , maternal health , sexual health
Tanzania rolls out sex education to curb teenage pregnancies
By Agencies, 1803, November 4, 2015 (EAT)
For Juliet Andrea, becoming pregnant and dropping out of school at the age of 16 was a stunning blow, shattering her dreams of becoming a lawyer. "...

Tanzania