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• Position Statements

  International Day to End Obstetric Fistula Statement, 23 May 2021

  

  Obstetric fistula (OF) is a devastating childbirth-related disability affecting mainly poor women in low resource regions. Often, women develop this debilitating condition as a result of poor management or lack of management during labour. The women are ostracized by their families and communities due to the resu

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  Amref Health Africa Global Statement on COVID-19 Tools including Vaccine Equity

  COVID-19 has, undeniably, devastated the global economy, resulted in the loss of millions of lives, and immensely
  interrupted people’s ways of living across the world. IMF estimates a collapse in economic growth in many African countries due to a decline in key sectors such as tourism as a result of travel restrictions and public health measures especially lockdowns. Reopening Africa’s economy relies on substantial control of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Parallel event at the virtual 65th Commission on the Status of Women on March 24, 2021

  By Bertine Pries, Manager Advocacy, Amref Netherlands

  This event was organised by The Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C with Amref Health Africa as one of the founding members of the Platform. Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a global concern, practiced in at least 92 countries, which requires a global response. That’s why civil society organizations, activist

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• Personal Stories

  Turning an Ordinary Midwife into a Super Midwife

  By Caroline Ariba

  Her arrival into the maternity ward is noticed. She might not be the most experienced midwife at the Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, but she certainly is one of the most appreciated. At 32, Assumpta Namugumya has mastered her craft; pregnancy and child birth.

  Indeed, her supervisor, Jovita Jovita cannot stop singing praise of the young midwife. “When she walks into the ward, you will notice her presence,” Jovita praises Assumpta. �

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• Research Papers

  Enabling and hindering factors of health surveillance assistants’ roles in the provision of contraceptive services in Mangochi, Malawi

  Contraceptive services are essential for promoting people’s health, and economic and social well-being. Despite increased contraceptive use over the past decades, unmet need is still high in Malawi. As a result of task shifting, health surveillance assistants (HSAs), Malawi’s paid community health worker cadre, provide an expanded range of contraceptive services, aimed at increasing access at community level. We conducted a qualitative study to explore enabling and hindering factors of HSAs’ roles in the provision of modern contraceptive services in Mangochi dis

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• Research Papers

  Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and the effects of COVID-19 on health seeking behaviors among young people in Kenya

  The cases of Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) in Kenya have been increasing rapidly, since the first case was confirmed in early March, 2020. In the wake of the crisis around COVID-19, the health and socio-economic challenges experienced by Kenya’s largest demography, the youth, are likely to elevated. This study sought to establish knowledge levels, gaps and attitude of the youth with regards to COVID-19 and identify the effects of the pandemic on health seeking behaviour and socio-economic status of youth.

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  Postpartum Depression among Postnatal Women as a Result of Disrespect and Abuse during Labour and Delivery

  Evidence suggests that health care providers habitually fail to provide respectful maternity care during facilitybased delivery. This study explored the relationship between disrespect and abuse experienced by women during child birth and postpartum depression.

  Brenda Mubita, Viviane Sakanga, Ronald Kapesha, Paul Agina , Duke Mobegi, Herbert Tato Nyirenda, Nancy Choka , David Mulenga , Bright Mukanga, Emmanuel Chongwe, Robert Zulu, Inambao Mubiana. Postpartum Depression among Postnatal Women as a Result of Disres

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  Adequacy of Prenatal Care and its Association with Low Birth Weight in Ndola and Kitwe, Zambia

  Prenatal care is one of the recommended interventions globally to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. In most Sub-Saharan African countries, high rates of poor pregnancy outcomes coexist with high Antenatal (ANC) coverage rates. Therefore, in order to understand this inconsistency, this study was designed to explore the association between adequacy of prenatal care received and low birth weight in Ndola and Kitwe, Zambia.

  Duke Mobegi , Brenda Mubita, Ronald Kapesha , Viviane Sakanga , David Mulenga, Tamb

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