Huffington Post: Lack of family planning casts a shadow over the future for millions of women and girls on the move Flavia Bustreo, assistant director general for family, women’s and children’s health at the WHO, and vice chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance “…Research into the effectiveness…

Africa Is A Country: Of gag rules and global partnerships Lynn M. Thomas, a professor at the University of Washington, discusses the challenges of politics in advancing global health, in particular family planning, as well as the emergence and role of partnerships in global health, writing, “We live in times…

Human Rights Watch: Australia: Fulfill Pledges on Women’s Health “The Australian government should meet its financial commitments for sexual and reproductive health at the Family Planning 2020 Summit in London on July 11, 2017, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. At the summit,…

Devex: Will a new campaign convince Australia to step up at the Family Planning Summit? “…The Australian aid program from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade prioritized gender equality — with a target of 80 percent of aid investment effectively addressing gender issues in their implementation. But investment of…

The Guardian: Why we need to get contraceptives to teenagers — podcast “…Lucy Lamble looks at the importance of factoring the growing population of young people into the debate [over contraceptive access], and the power of family planning to affect economic development in poorer countries. She talks to Beth Schlachter…

Global Health: Science and Practice: June 2017 The June issue of the Global Health: Science and Practice online journal features articles on various topics, including a commentary on the mental well-being of health professionals in complex emergencies, an editorial on prenatal ultrasound use in low- and middle-income countries, and an…

The Guardian: Aid groups lambast Coalition for halving family planning foreign aid “Aid groups have attacked the Australian government for slashing its foreign aid spending on family planning and urged it to fill a leadership void left by the Trump administration. Australia’s aid funding for family planning has halved from…

New York Times: Enticing Pregnant Women in Liberia to Give Birth in Health Centers “…Local clinicians say they are seeing more women deliver in hospitals as a result [of some Liberian communities’ policies that encourage women to give birth in health centers by threatening financial penalties — a practice aimed…

Devex: Nikki Haley needs to square rhetoric with U.S. funding, experts say following hearing “Development experts are expressing concern as to how Nikki Haley, United States ambassador to the United Nations, will square her seemingly open-minded rhetoric on the U.N. and humanitarian work with the likely future leadership direction –…

Humanosphere: More than 200 million women still lack access to modern contraception “A new study published [Thursday] by the Guttmacher Institute reports that some 214 million women, mostly in the developing world, lack access to modern methods of contraception and other reproductive services routinely available in the West…” (Nikolau, 6/29).…