Adolescent girls and young women are blamed and shamed for falling pregnant, which affects how they are treated, the support they get, and the health services they reive
According to the 2022-23 District Health Barometer, there has been a 6.1% increase in the number of deliveries by girls and women aged 10 to 19, over the past five years
Family planning and the resulting demographic dividend are easier to achieve when men join the contraception conversation.
Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime
It is difficult for startups to get off the ground, especially when they are women-focused
Laws on access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and age of consent to sexual activity in many countries do not adequately serve the needs of young people and even when they are progressive, they are often not well implemented
For 25 years, scientists have wondered whether the Depo-Provera could increase people’s risk of contracting HIV. Today, we find out if it does.
We’ve proven Depo Provera doesn’t make it easier to contract HIV. But African women are still left with too few contraceptive choices.
We now know the answer after more than 25 years of guessing, but will women believe it?
Take a look at the newest HIV treatment set to hit South Africa’s shores in 2019.
An international drug maker may have intentionally muscled out local competition to win the bulk of a national birth control tender.
Maternal deaths in developing regions would fall by 73% if all women had access to contraception and maternal healthcare, shows new research.
Governments and even anonymous do-gooders are stepping into fill the funding gap left by the US decision, but their pockets will never be deep enough.
This implant offers all the protection from unwanted pregnancies with almost none of the clinic visits. So why did many say, ‘thanks, but no thanks’?
Draft guidelines will look to balance a doctor or nurse’s right recuse themselves from performing abortions with a person’s right to choose.
Parents and staff can no longer keep contraception out of schools in the case of children 12 years and older.
‘Until there’s more demand from men for a pill of their own, the responsibility will be left to women.’
Former Bhekisisa reporter, Amy Green, explains what the top five forms of contraception on the continent are, and why.
The right choice of contraceptive is crucial. Science can help you to choose one that’s right for you.
Many children between the ages of nine and 12 have had sex. The average woman has about five children.
A Nigerian and a Kenyan use social media and the football pitch to discuss contraceptives and stop pregnancy.
Only one out of three married women and sexually active teenage girls on the continent use contraception.
Girls who are forced into early marriage are abused and denied access to contraception.
Sometimes, delivering mixed messages is a good thing, as an integrated project in the Lake Tanganyika region has proved.
Unintended pregnancies and abortions in Nigeria could be reduced if myths are dispelled and young women have the right information.
When it comes to family planning and birth control, the burden most often falls on women.
Poor training of nurses may have led to severe reactions to a new contraceptive device.
Gender activists have welcomed talks between two departments about ways to reduce teenage pregnancies, but no decision has yet been taken.
Human error and scant access to preventative measures continue to cause unintended pregnancies, many of which lead to abortion.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has introduced a new contraceptive implant, which is active for three years, and is available at clinics from June.
Philippine Catholic leaders are standing firm against contraception, abortion and gay marriage despite Pope Francis’ comments urging a change of tone.
From contraception for schoolchildren to PrePex circumcisions, we discuss the Aids-prevention efforts debated at the SA Aids conference.