by dswen | May 23, 2019 | Advance, Empower, Female Empowerment, Global Health
Today (May 23) is the United Nations’ International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. Although relatively unknown in the West, Obstetric Fistula is a hugely distressing condition that affects two to three million women and girls in Africa and Asia,...
by dswen | May 20, 2019 | Empower, Global Health, Youth, Youth Empowerment
With a recent study showing that men whose HIV infection was fully suppressed by antiretroviral drugs had no chance of infecting their partner, it would be easy to think that the hard work in overcoming the HIV epidemic is over. However, as the ‘State of African...
by Eoghan Walsh | May 7, 2019 | Advance, Global Health
World Malaria Day on April 25 heralded some fantastic news – our partners at PATH’s Malaria Vaccine Initiative announced that they, together with pharmaceutical company GSK, have been working on a malaria vaccine that has now been given regulatory approval...
by dswen | Apr 16, 2019 | Advance, Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth
Family planning, to my understanding, is about how you see your life, not just how many kids you want to have, it’s about how you want your life to be and what goals you want to achieve. -Daniel Mboya, Group Leader, Tarumbeta Afrika In my understanding, family...
by Shane O'Halloran | Sep 26, 2018 | Female Empowerment, Foster, Global Health
When I was growing up in Ireland, the sale and advertising of modern contraceptives was banned. As ridiculous as it sounds now, the only way to obtain modern contraceptives was to buy them illegally down dark corners in some of the more dodgy parts of Dublin. Yes,...