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Cultural beliefs a barrier to family planning use
Uwamwiza Victoria, 33 and her husband Iyiragiye Jeremie, 33, live in Village 12, community 10 in Mahama refugee camp. The couple has six children and had visited the health center to test pregnancy... Read more
Family planning, a tool for gender empowerment for refugees
Family planning services constitute a basic right of choice for women and signify their ability and willingness to plan their future more carefully. When a woman is able to plan her pregnancies, she... Read more
Refugee adolescents appreciate sex education
Despite being refugees, youth and adolescents have a right to access information and services on Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) to avoid early pregnancies, HIV and other Sexually... Read more
It always seemed impossible for vasectomy until I did it
Sibomana Eugene at 50 and and his wife Claudine Uwamariya aged 40 decided their best family planning method to be vasectomy. This was a couple among 16 clients who received Vasectomy in different... Read more
Vasectomy, my choice our family health
Buresho Claude, 46 Veneranda Musengimana, 40, wife is a retailer of fish in Karongi market while husband is a fisherman in Lake Kivu in Western Province. The couple has five children with age space... Read more
Family Planning, the beginning of a better life
Gone are the days when families preferred having many children for various reasons including having enough hands to till the land and seeing them as an asset when they grow. Mukeshimana Lucie aged 44... Read more
Dr. Natalia Kanem Appointed UNFPA Executive Director
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 3 October 2017 — Dr. Natalia Kanem was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the... Read more
Family planning is a smart investment; Rwanda to host the International Conference on Family planning 2018
Rwanda is one of the family planning success stories of recent history. The first decade of the 2000s brought great achievements: a dramatic rise in the country’s contraceptive prevalence rate for... Read more
World Population Day, 11 July, 2017 Report
World Population Day, 11 July, 2017 Report In 1989, the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recommended that 11 July be observed as World Population Day. An... Read more
Harnessing youth potential through health is critical to Africa’s demographic dividend
Harnessing youth potential through health is critical to Africa’s demographic dividend The world today is home to 1.8 billion young people... Read more