by dswen | Dec 1, 2014 | Youth Empowerment
World AIDS Day 2014: this opinion piece, written by four Members of the European Parliament from the UK, was originally published online at Devex. You can access it on their site here. Is an end to AIDS within our lifetime really too much to hope for? The facts might...
by Howard Akimala | Dec 1, 2014 | Youth Empowerment
On 29th November, DSW joined other partners in lending support to the First Lady of Kenya, Margaret Kenyatta during launch of the 14th mobile clinic in Mombasa County. Only slightly more than 50% of HIV positive pregnant women in Mombasa county attend the four...
by Howard Akimala | Nov 24, 2014 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Kenya, with only 11.8 health workers per 10,000 people (more than 40% below WHO’s recommendation of 22.8 per 10,000), is one of 57 countries — including 36 in Sub-Saharan Africa — with a critical shortage of health workers. Many local health facilities have only one...
by Howard Akimala | Nov 21, 2014 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
A recent survey conducted by DSW in Kilifi County (Kenya) shows that only 5% of young adolescents confide in their parents/guardians about Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The adolescents are more free discussing such issues with their teachers, though...
by dswen | Nov 18, 2014 | Youth Empowerment
DSW Launches UNFPA SWOP Report Today, Nov. 18th, DSW published the German version of UNFPA’s State of the World Population (SWOP) Report in Berlin. The theme of this year’s SWOP Report is the potential transformative power of the 1.8 billion young people alive...
by dswen | Nov 17, 2014 | Youth Empowerment
Last week, as part of the ongoing #LetsSaveLives campaign – pushing for increased political and financial investment in global health research and innovation – DSW hosted a live tweetchat with development news website Devex. In case you missed it, we have...