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…
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.
