BY Andre Ndayambaje — Mercy Mbabazi died at the age of 14 from severe infection due to unsafe abortion. Although she attempted to use emergency contraceptives to avoid that pregnancy, Mercy was not given the morning after pills because Rwandan laws say that teenagers need permission from their parents or must be accompanied by their …
BY Steff Musho — Sarah Nduta* (not her real name) recently sought an abortion. Instead, she endured a traumatic experience where she lost huge amounts of blood and gained an infection that ravaged her body. She needed a blood transfusion to save her life. Sarah got a second chance at life, but not many Kenyan …
By Akebe Luther King ABIA — We may not like to think about it, but after we die many of us will end up in cemeteries. Burial grounds play an important role in society, functioning as spaces where people can mourn their loved ones. And generally, cemeteries are places where corpses can decompose without posing …
By Adaora OKOLI — The Ebola outbreak of 2014-16 underscored two truths of global crisis response: fundraising during emergencies seldom works, and the UN’s general emergency-response fund is inadequate to pick up the slack. That is why a separate global fund, focused on disease outbreaks, should be created. NEW ORLEANS – Six years ago, the …
BY Webster Mavhu — Women are the face of HIV in Africa, yet four of every 10 persons living with HIV in East and Southern Africa are men. Despite higher rates of HIV infection among women, more men living with HIV are dying. Men are often left behind by programs that aim to reduce HIV rates as …