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Zambia takes bold steps to end child marriage with landmark law
29 May 2024 22:30 GMT
… intervention, and protection. Zambia is resolute in ensuring … of adolescent pregnancy and gender-based violence.
Zambia’s … policy reform, integrating sexual and reproductive health and … implementing the Gender, Adolescent Pregnancy, and Social Norms (GAPS …
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Prolonged Drought in Zambia Increases Malnutrition and HIV Exposure
10 May 2024 20:23 GMT
… medicine due to devastating drought
Severe drought in Zambia … . In February 2024, Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema declared … are especially vulnerable to sexual, physical, and emotional … risk of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections like HIV …
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2,476 Ugandan girls below 15 years are pregnant – report
06 May 2024 16:46 GMT
… scattered across Uganda.
Teenage pregnancy can result in health … complications during pregnancy and childbirth, and it … being attended to at Zambia Health Centre II and … teenage pregnancies.
Dr Agaro warned that engaging in sexual activities …
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Why faith-based groups are prone to sexual abuse and how they can get ahead of it
30 Apr 2024 02:13 GMT
… years to combat sexual violence in Kenya and Zambia, and more recently … requires tangible accountability.
Conversations about sexual abuse in religious settings are … equips Muslims to nurture sexual health and confront sexual violence, said Muslim communities …
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Angola: Early and unintended pregnancy in Eastern and Southern Africa: analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights policies
10 Apr 2024 04:18 GMT
… there were 21 million pregnancies among adolescents aged 15–19 … close to half of these pregnancies were unintended. Early and … and Southern Africa (ESA), Zambia, the United Republic of Tanzania … of EUP within adolescent sexual and reproductive health and …
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80-year-old tourist from US killed in elephant attack during safari in Zambia: reports
03 Apr 2024 21:04 GMT
… was on a safari in Zambia, according to multiple reports. … ;taken to a private medical facility in South Africa.… by the National Library of Medicine noted "male elephants … urine dribbling, heightened aggression and sexual behavior, and therefore can …
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“You will thrive”: How a UNFPA-supported shelter empowers women and girls in Zambia to break free from abuse
01 Apr 2024 14:29 GMT
… UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. … emotional, physical or sexual violence by a husband … Association (YMCA) of Zambia, the UNFPA-supported shelter … pregnancy. It provides women and girls with access to food, clothing, medical …
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Exploring Barriers to Accessing Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in South Ethiopia Regional State: A Phenomenological Study Using Levesque’s Framework
28 Mar 2024 06:29 GMT
… fueling unplanned pregnancies and spreading HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. … is said to make them infertile, and I did not …
Lack of Discussion About Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues
… Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. BMC Health Serv Res. …
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UN CRPD Publishes Findings On Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden. Zambia
27 Mar 2024 16:49 GMT
… , Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia, after
reviewing the seven … particular
the shortage of medical equipment, facilities and inadequate … and
services, including sexual and reproductive health and … socially constructed
barriers.
ZAMBIA
The Committee was
deeply …
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UN disability rights committee publishes findings on Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia
27 Mar 2024 14:11 GMT
… particular the shortage of medical equipment, facilities and inadequate … and services, including sexual and reproductive health and … socially constructed barriers.
ZAMBIA
The Committee was deeply … the Committee recommended that Zambia adopt a national strategy …