SOURCE: The Journalist
I was woken from deep sleep by my middle child one night a few months ago. She was burning hot to the touch, whispered that she wasn't well, then she threw up – as did her younger sister who developed identical symptoms the next day. For the next 48 hours as the viral flu ran its course, I nursed them and held them close. That's normal, I'm their mother.
But for millions of mothers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the three countries worst affected by last year's outbreak of Ebola disease, it was different. Children with Ebola can't be touched or nursed at home and as the virus raged, so did superstition, fear and a sense of helplessness, in the wake of limited healthcare infrastructure and poor understanding of the disease's action.
SOURCE: All Africa
The introduction of free deliveries at a hospital in Lesotho, the country with one of the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, drastically reduced maternal deaths during labour and delivery, making the intervention a cheap and highly effective public health measure, the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Tuesday.
The number of women giving birth in the Roma hospital increased by 45 per cent within a year after MSF offered to cover all their expenses. This shows that fees are a huge barrier in preventing women from seeking medical help for delivery in a country where up to 40 per cent of women give birth at home without the help of a skilled attendant.
Source: All Africa
Former lady of Namibia Penexupifo Pohamba has called on Namibians to regularly go for cancer screening.
Source: New Europe
October marks the 15th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, a milestone document which for the first time recognised the impact of war and conflict on women and children and highlighted the fact that historically those groups have been left out of peace processes and stabilisation efforts. However, it also highlights that women are not only victims, but also enablers in peace and security. In a key moment such as this two projects on implementing gender perspective within armed forces supported by NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) programme were presented on October 29.
Source: All Africa
"Midwives should be committed to provide quality service for pregnant mothers, create bright future for baby, mother and the family"
Source: All Africa
For about two decades Martha Akiteng, 56, a resident of Kalengo village, Ngora Sub County Ngora had battled a health complication that slowly drained her health and almost killed her before it was found to be cancer.
Source: All Africa
Rural women in Enugu state, who now live in fear and torment of Fulani herdsmen, are now asking their husbands and the government they elected into office, to protect them. The women whose main preoccupation is subsistence farming, can no longer venture into distant farms alone for fear of being raped and/or killed by Fulani herdsmen who have virtually taken over their farms.
Source: All Africa
DRESSED in tattered clothes and with nothing on her cracked feet, Faith (15) resembles a street tramp.
Source: All Africa
Fistula surgeon, Dr Suleiman Zakariya, says an increasing number of women are coming down with fistula - uncontrolled leaking of urine or faeces from the vagina - because of botched caesarean operations by incompetent surgeons.
Source: All Africa
Fountain of Hope Youth Organization (FOYO) will on October 31 host a conference at the Gaborone Technical College dubbed The Modern Woman Sexual Security.
Source: All Africa
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has expressed worry over assessed non-committal of the general public, especially the women, towards the myriads of programmes initiated to empower citizens and enhance the economic development of the nation.
Source: All Africa
"You have shown your courage by overcoming the gender stereotypes; you are a strong role model to women, encouraging them to pursue their ambitions, as well as to little girls, emboldening them to aspire to higher heights in their future career."
Source: Ventures Africa
During the 2015 "Pink Potential Initiative", organised by Techno Brain, which celebrates the achievements of African women in the IT sector, the head of mobile money transfer services at Airtel, Topyster Muga was crowned the 'IT Women of the Year' in Sub-Saharan Africa. Techno Brain is an ICT firm with presence in over 20 countries including the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
Source: Pulse
One of the speakers, Freddy Tchala, General Manager of MTN Côte d'Ivoire, highlighted the need to create a tech hub in francophone Africa, which he dubbed the "Abidjan Valley".
Source: All Africa
The United Nations Children's Fund has warned HIV positive Namibian mothers to desist from mixed feeding as it could be detrimental to the health of their infants.
Source: All Africa
African Union (AU) investigators have discovered mass graves in South Sudan and found evidence of killings, rape and forced cannibalism, according to a new report.
Source: The Cairo Post
The annual "Violence against Women" conference organized by the Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine will be held Nov. 01, Al-Shorouq reported Friday.
Source: All Africa
Poor maternal health systems in developing countries usually results in the growth of maternal death. Maternal death refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy.
Source: All Africa
WOMEN continue to lose their lives while giving birth with latest statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care indicating that 251 have died so far this year.
Source: All Africa
The office of the Special Envoy on Gender (SEOG) and the Department for Agriculture and Agro-industry (OSAN) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) commissioned a report, "Economic Empowerment of African Women through Equitable Participation in Agricultural Value Chains". The study, which was launched in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, in August 2015, identifies opportunities for women in four subsectors including cocoa, coffee, cotton and cassava sectors in Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Nigeria, respectively.