31 MARCH 2012 – The global health community must increase its efforts to ensure key maternal, newborn, and child health interventions are adequately reaching all social groups.
Month: March 2012
Parliamentarians consider landmark Resolution on maternal and child health
31 MARCH -5 APRIL 2012 | KAMPALA, Uganda – Some 1500 Parliamentarians from across the globe are focusing on women’s and children’s health at the 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union this week in Kampala.
White Ribbon Alliance: Women’s and children’s health high on agenda
PMNCH member White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) is reporting direct from the Assembly on the progress of the IPU resolution “Access to Health as a Basic Right: The Role of Parliaments in Addressing Key Challenges to Securing the Health of Women and Children”.
Not Infertile! Many Have Misconception About Fertility
Study finds 16% of women ages 18-29 think they’re infertile
Missouri Legislature Takes Up Birth Control, Abortion Bills
Missouri lawmakers tackled two bills today that opponents say will limit access to birth control or abortion for some women.
Accountability for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival: An update on progress in priority countries
Author(s)/Editor(s): Requejo J, Bryce J, Deixel A, Victora C
Publisher/Organizer: World Health Organization
Publication date: 2012
Number of pages: 94
Language: En
Judge Strikes Down Oklahoma Ultrasound Law
An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday struck down a state law requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them and to listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure.
The Highs and Lows of Foreign Surrogacy
Adrienne Arieff went through three miscarriages before she learned she was unable to carry a child. Her search for a solution brought her to India, where she found a woman willing to carry her and her husband’s embryo in a controversial practice known as foreign gestational surrogacy.
Send a love letter — and support fertility awareness
In support of National Infertility Awareness Week, coming up April 22-28, 2012, the American Fertility Association (AFA) has introduced a 45-cent stamp designed to raise awareness about the issue and support those who are trying to conceive. You can purchase a sheet of 20 first-class 45-cent stamps (at cost) at the AFA site.
The AFA is also leading a “Love Letter Campaign,” in which you send a letter of support to someone else who is TTC. As the AFA’s site describes it, “The Love Letter Campaign gives you a chance to support, and be supported by, someone who understands. To simply say, ‘I’m sorry for what you’re going through. I understand. I’m going through it too’ in a gentle, non-obtrusive way… This year’s NIAW theme is ‘Don’t Ignore Infertility’. By reaching out to one another, and by using the Infertility Stamp, together we can support that goal.”
The nonprofit American Fertility Association provides the public and others with information about infertility treatments, reproductive and sexual health, and family-building options, including adoption and third-party solutions. They are based in New York City and reachable at 888.917.3777.
How will you acknowledge National Infertility Awareness Week?
Memory Slips May Be Due to Menopause
A study published Wednesday in the North American Menopause Society’s journal Menopause analyzed the memory performance of 75 middle-aged women who were transitioning into menopause.