Latest items for DACH-PRACTICE-1
Aug. 21, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[Y]oung women are also not well equipped to prevent pregnancy to begin with. Sex education is often severely lacking in Chinese schools, and when young people seek out information online, they encounter rumours, horror stories, and misleading narratives" (Para 16).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[Y]oung women are also not well equipped to prevent pregnancy to begin with. Sex education is often severely lacking in Chinese schools, and when young people seek out information online, they encounter rumours, horror stories, and misleading narratives" (Para 16).
Aug. 17, 2025, 11:17 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Minister of Information, Neth Pheaktra, emphasised on Wednesday the vital role of media, particularly hosts and presenters, in disseminating educational messages about reproductive health, especially safe abortion and preventative measures against complications from unsafe procedures" (Para 1).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Minister of Information, Neth Pheaktra, emphasised on Wednesday the vital role of media, particularly hosts and presenters, in disseminating educational messages about reproductive health, especially safe abortion and preventative measures against complications from unsafe procedures" (Para 1).
Aug. 16, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The 2022 annual report on the implementation of Law 27.610 revealed disparities in access to abortion based on geographic location and marginalized status. In 2022, 96,664 abortions were performed in the public health sector ... the rate varied considerably across the provinces, from 3.93 in Corrientes to 13.23 in Buenos Aires City. In addition to regional disparities, cultural barriers further limit access to abortion for marginalized groups, including Indigenous communities ... nearly 3% of Argentina's population identifies as Indigenous or as descended from Indigenous peoples. These communities often face cultural and ethnic biases that make it difficult to access abortion services" (Para 3-5) Abortions are a healthcare service that can...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The 2022 annual report on the implementation of Law 27.610 revealed disparities in access to abortion based on geographic location and marginalized status. In 2022, 96,664 abortions were performed in the public health sector ... the rate varied considerably across the provinces, from 3.93 in Corrientes to 13.23 in Buenos Aires City. In addition to regional disparities, cultural barriers further limit access to abortion for marginalized groups, including Indigenous communities ... nearly 3% of Argentina's population identifies as Indigenous or as descended from Indigenous peoples. These communities often face cultural and ethnic biases that make it difficult to access abortion services" (Para 3-5) Abortions are a healthcare service that can...more
Aug. 16, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The lack of access to safe abortions in Myanmar is a symptom of a larger lack of sexual and reproductive health education. Most Myanmar schools do not offer sex education as a separate subject, leaving many young people to grow up uninformed. In 2020, senior Buddhist monks took to Facebook to denounce a government proposal to offer sex education in schools, and when a doctor derided them in response, he was charged with insulting the clergy and sentenced to 21 months in prison" (Para 38-39).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The lack of access to safe abortions in Myanmar is a symptom of a larger lack of sexual and reproductive health education. Most Myanmar schools do not offer sex education as a separate subject, leaving many young people to grow up uninformed. In 2020, senior Buddhist monks took to Facebook to denounce a government proposal to offer sex education in schools, and when a doctor derided them in response, he was charged with insulting the clergy and sentenced to 21 months in prison" (Para 38-39).
Aug. 16, 2025, 7:54 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Less than one in ten primary-level facilities in Kenya (6.3%) and Nigeria (8.6%) had capacity to deliver all elements of basic PAC services, which include-treatment of complications, family planning counselling and contraceptive services, ability to refer patients needing referral (through presence of vehicle with fuel), and staff capable of conducting normal deliveries" (Page 5). "[J]ust one-third of referrallevel health facilities in Burkina Faso (30%) and Nigeria (25.8%) could deliver the entire package of comprehensive PAC services, compared to 42.9% in Kenya. These services included - treatment of complications, family planning counseling and contraceptive services, ability to conduct blood transfusion, major abdominal surgery, and having a vehicle with fuel for possible...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Less than one in ten primary-level facilities in Kenya (6.3%) and Nigeria (8.6%) had capacity to deliver all elements of basic PAC services, which include-treatment of complications, family planning counselling and contraceptive services, ability to refer patients needing referral (through presence of vehicle with fuel), and staff capable of conducting normal deliveries" (Page 5). "[J]ust one-third of referrallevel health facilities in Burkina Faso (30%) and Nigeria (25.8%) could deliver the entire package of comprehensive PAC services, compared to 42.9% in Kenya. These services included - treatment of complications, family planning counseling and contraceptive services, ability to conduct blood transfusion, major abdominal surgery, and having a vehicle with fuel for possible...more
Aug. 16, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Less than one in ten primary-level facilities in Kenya (6.3%) and Nigeria (8.6%) had capacity to deliver all elements of basic PAC services, which include-treatment of complications, family planning counselling and contraceptive services, ability to refer patients needing referral (through presence of vehicle with fuel), and staff capable of conducting normal deliveries" (Page 5). "[J]ust one-third of referrallevel health facilities in Burkina Faso (30%) and Nigeria (25.8%) could deliver the entire package of comprehensive PAC services, compared to 42.9% in Kenya. These services included - treatment of complications, family planning counseling and contraceptive services, ability to conduct blood transfusion, major abdominal surgery, and having a vehicle with fuel for possible...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Less than one in ten primary-level facilities in Kenya (6.3%) and Nigeria (8.6%) had capacity to deliver all elements of basic PAC services, which include-treatment of complications, family planning counselling and contraceptive services, ability to refer patients needing referral (through presence of vehicle with fuel), and staff capable of conducting normal deliveries" (Page 5). "[J]ust one-third of referrallevel health facilities in Burkina Faso (30%) and Nigeria (25.8%) could deliver the entire package of comprehensive PAC services, compared to 42.9% in Kenya. These services included - treatment of complications, family planning counseling and contraceptive services, ability to conduct blood transfusion, major abdominal surgery, and having a vehicle with fuel for possible...more
Aug. 16, 2025, 7:49 p.m.
Countries: Burkina Faso
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[J]ust one-third of referrallevel health facilities in Burkina Faso (30%) and Nigeria (25.8%) could deliver the entire package of comprehensive PAC services, compared to 42.9% in Kenya. These services included - treatment of complications, family planning counseling and contraceptive services, ability to conduct blood transfusion, major abdominal surgery, and having a vehicle with fuel for possible referral" (Page 7).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[J]ust one-third of referrallevel health facilities in Burkina Faso (30%) and Nigeria (25.8%) could deliver the entire package of comprehensive PAC services, compared to 42.9% in Kenya. These services included - treatment of complications, family planning counseling and contraceptive services, ability to conduct blood transfusion, major abdominal surgery, and having a vehicle with fuel for possible referral" (Page 7).
July 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Abortion rates in Bosnia are high due to the lack of access to sexual health education. Despite Bosnia’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1993, which calls for equal access to all forms of education, there is currently no national age-appropriate sexual education curriculum" (Para 15).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Abortion rates in Bosnia are high due to the lack of access to sexual health education. Despite Bosnia’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1993, which calls for equal access to all forms of education, there is currently no national age-appropriate sexual education curriculum" (Para 15).
May 1, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Almost 40 years after the top university in South Sudan was founded, Dr Idyoro Ojukwu became the first woman Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (OBGYN) in the country" (par. 1).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Almost 40 years after the top university in South Sudan was founded, Dr Idyoro Ojukwu became the first woman Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (OBGYN) in the country" (par. 1).
April 29, 2025, 4:20 p.m.
Countries: Rwanda
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The burden of those convictions has fallen disproportionately on lower-income women, says Sengoga Christopher, director of HDI's Center for Health and Rights. For many reasons, including lack of information and access to health care, he says poor women in Rwanda are more likely to face prosecution and incarceration for abortion. They're also more likely to use unsafe methods, which he deems a 'double injustice'" (par. 29).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The burden of those convictions has fallen disproportionately on lower-income women, says Sengoga Christopher, director of HDI's Center for Health and Rights. For many reasons, including lack of information and access to health care, he says poor women in Rwanda are more likely to face prosecution and incarceration for abortion. They're also more likely to use unsafe methods, which he deems a 'double injustice'" (par. 29).
April 29, 2025, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The more than 600 Indigenous communities, known as First Nations, face significant health challenges compared to other Canadians. Suicide rates among Indigenous youth are six times higher than their counterparts and the life expectancy of First Nations people is about 14 years less than other Canadians. Until the 1990s, Indigenous people were mostly treated in racially segregated hospitals, where there were reports of rampant abuse" (par. 21-22). "She told the AP the cost to First Nations peoples of coerced sterilizations was “staggering,” noting the procedures were previously routine in Indigenous residential schools and hospitals" (par. 32). "Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the first Indigenous president of the Canadian Medical Association, recalls times...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The more than 600 Indigenous communities, known as First Nations, face significant health challenges compared to other Canadians. Suicide rates among Indigenous youth are six times higher than their counterparts and the life expectancy of First Nations people is about 14 years less than other Canadians. Until the 1990s, Indigenous people were mostly treated in racially segregated hospitals, where there were reports of rampant abuse" (par. 21-22). "She told the AP the cost to First Nations peoples of coerced sterilizations was “staggering,” noting the procedures were previously routine in Indigenous residential schools and hospitals" (par. 32). "Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the first Indigenous president of the Canadian Medical Association, recalls times...more
April 17, 2025, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes… the adoption of the following… Law No. 1152 (2019), on the universal and free Single Health System to provide access to sexual and reproductive health care, with priority given to women, children, adolescents, older adults, persons with disabilities, and members of indigenous campesino and Afro-Bolivian communities" (1-2). "It is nevertheless concerned about... (d) The lack of age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education at all levels of education" (9-10). "The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to expand free sexual and reproductive health services to all women regardless of age through the Single Health System" (11). "However, the Committee notes with concern… (d) Women’s and girls’ limited...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes… the adoption of the following… Law No. 1152 (2019), on the universal and free Single Health System to provide access to sexual and reproductive health care, with priority given to women, children, adolescents, older adults, persons with disabilities, and members of indigenous campesino and Afro-Bolivian communities" (1-2). "It is nevertheless concerned about... (d) The lack of age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education at all levels of education" (9-10). "The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to expand free sexual and reproductive health services to all women regardless of age through the Single Health System" (11). "However, the Committee notes with concern… (d) Women’s and girls’ limited...more
April 15, 2025, 7:13 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"According to reports, women cannot authorize themselves to undergo cesarean section, husband’s signature is required" (14).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"According to reports, women cannot authorize themselves to undergo cesarean section, husband’s signature is required" (14).
April 11, 2025, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Government paid the monthly premium of the poor people of its Universal Health Coverage. Critics are: (1) the essential package of reproductive health are still limited; (2) the access of reproductive health package is still discriminative based on the marriage status and age; (3) unwanted pregnancy services were not covered and moreover every health provider are prohibited to refer an unwanted case to any specific Service Delivery Point while actually the health law no 9-2009 said that abortion under special condition (such as rape and serious fetal problem) are allowed... Data show that 117 districts had not set up a primary health centre, whereas a district consists of at least...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Government paid the monthly premium of the poor people of its Universal Health Coverage. Critics are: (1) the essential package of reproductive health are still limited; (2) the access of reproductive health package is still discriminative based on the marriage status and age; (3) unwanted pregnancy services were not covered and moreover every health provider are prohibited to refer an unwanted case to any specific Service Delivery Point while actually the health law no 9-2009 said that abortion under special condition (such as rape and serious fetal problem) are allowed... Data show that 117 districts had not set up a primary health centre, whereas a district consists of at least...more
April 10, 2025, 7:06 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (e) The poor implementation of the curriculum that incorporates gender equality and age-appropriate sexual health education" (9-10). "[I]t notes with concern… (d) The shortage of vital medications for pregnant women, women and girls with infectious and non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, malaria and tuberculosis, low-income women and women in detention" (11). "[I]t notes with concern... (g) The hazards posed by mercury contamination to women in the State party and reports of mercury poisoning in rural areas inhabited by Indigenous persons, such as in the Orinoco Mining Arc, and the health impact of this on citizens, including women and children" (11).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (e) The poor implementation of the curriculum that incorporates gender equality and age-appropriate sexual health education" (9-10). "[I]t notes with concern… (d) The shortage of vital medications for pregnant women, women and girls with infectious and non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, malaria and tuberculosis, low-income women and women in detention" (11). "[I]t notes with concern... (g) The hazards posed by mercury contamination to women in the State party and reports of mercury poisoning in rural areas inhabited by Indigenous persons, such as in the Orinoco Mining Arc, and the health impact of this on citizens, including women and children" (11).
April 4, 2025, 9:14 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The National Cross-sectoral Strategy for the Prevention of Pregnancy in Girls and Adolescents was established with the overarching goal of eradicating pregnancy in girls and adolescents through coordinated cross-sectoral measures that incorporate the human rights, gender and inclusion perspectives, facilitating the empowerment of girls and adolescents with a view to their full development. It incorporates measures aimed at keeping girls and adolescents in school, ensuring their right to education and comprehensive sex education, improving their access to health care and promoting enabling environments that facilitate their comprehensive development and are free of violence" (16). "The roll-out of the Gender Equity and Equality Policy has led to the following initiatives... a...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The National Cross-sectoral Strategy for the Prevention of Pregnancy in Girls and Adolescents was established with the overarching goal of eradicating pregnancy in girls and adolescents through coordinated cross-sectoral measures that incorporate the human rights, gender and inclusion perspectives, facilitating the empowerment of girls and adolescents with a view to their full development. It incorporates measures aimed at keeping girls and adolescents in school, ensuring their right to education and comprehensive sex education, improving their access to health care and promoting enabling environments that facilitate their comprehensive development and are free of violence" (16). "The roll-out of the Gender Equity and Equality Policy has led to the following initiatives... a...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"It nevertheless remains concerned at the pervasiveness of such attitudes and the social legitimization of harmful practices against women and girls in the State party, as manifested in… Gender-based violence against women and discrimination against women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons, refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women and indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women, in particular in the delivery of health services" (7-8). "It notes with concern... The lack of age-appropriate sexuality education at all levels, including education on sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality" (12). "The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to prevent early pregnancies, including the National Multisectoral...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"It nevertheless remains concerned at the pervasiveness of such attitudes and the social legitimization of harmful practices against women and girls in the State party, as manifested in… Gender-based violence against women and discrimination against women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons, refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women and indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women, in particular in the delivery of health services" (7-8). "It notes with concern... The lack of age-appropriate sexuality education at all levels, including education on sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality" (12). "The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to prevent early pregnancies, including the National Multisectoral...more
March 27, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Cambodia lacks a sufficient complaint mechanism to address issues of medical malpractice or the failure to provide sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS). In 2019, there have been several cases of medical malpractice reported in the media, including unlicensed practitioners maintaining businesses for years until patients die. Other cases resulting in the deaths of women had the families taking their grievances to social media due to a lack of response to formal complaints. Lack of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) education and services is another key issue" (8).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Cambodia lacks a sufficient complaint mechanism to address issues of medical malpractice or the failure to provide sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS). In 2019, there have been several cases of medical malpractice reported in the media, including unlicensed practitioners maintaining businesses for years until patients die. Other cases resulting in the deaths of women had the families taking their grievances to social media due to a lack of response to formal complaints. Lack of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) education and services is another key issue" (8).
March 21, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Afghan girls are going without vital surgical procedures because of discriminatory restrictions put in place by the Taliban, new medical data and first-hand accounts from the country suggest. Instead they are being forced to rely on faith healers and traditional medicine – even in cases of serious and life-threatening injury and illness. Despite a fifty-fifty gender split among children, over 80 per cent of all surgical procedures carried out at a charity-run paediatric unit in Kabul were performed on boys, according to a survey of its first 1,000 operations" (para 1-3). "Of 1,014 patients under the age of 14, 80.5 per cent were male. The proportion of boys being given...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Afghan girls are going without vital surgical procedures because of discriminatory restrictions put in place by the Taliban, new medical data and first-hand accounts from the country suggest. Instead they are being forced to rely on faith healers and traditional medicine – even in cases of serious and life-threatening injury and illness. Despite a fifty-fifty gender split among children, over 80 per cent of all surgical procedures carried out at a charity-run paediatric unit in Kabul were performed on boys, according to a survey of its first 1,000 operations" (para 1-3). "Of 1,014 patients under the age of 14, 80.5 per cent were male. The proportion of boys being given...more
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Although strategic plans developed by the Government to address the intersecting health needs of Ugandan women and promote accessibility to a wide range of healthcare solutions in all districts, including remote areas remains commendable, Uganda still has an unacceptably high mortality rate, at 343 per 100,000 live births" (3).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Although strategic plans developed by the Government to address the intersecting health needs of Ugandan women and promote accessibility to a wide range of healthcare solutions in all districts, including remote areas remains commendable, Uganda still has an unacceptably high mortality rate, at 343 per 100,000 live births" (3).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, MISA-PRACTICE-1
"Many women in displacement also suffer a wide range of health issues, from severe post-traumatic stress to complicated gynaecological issues, disease and life limiting disabilities; they are in great need of psychotherapy and counselling amongst other specialised care and protection measures such as suitable sanitation facilities for people with disabilities and gender-segregated safe spaces for girls and women" (5).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, MISA-PRACTICE-1
"Many women in displacement also suffer a wide range of health issues, from severe post-traumatic stress to complicated gynaecological issues, disease and life limiting disabilities; they are in great need of psychotherapy and counselling amongst other specialised care and protection measures such as suitable sanitation facilities for people with disabilities and gender-segregated safe spaces for girls and women" (5).
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The State party has not adopted any temporary special measures to achieve substantive equality between women and men in areas where women are underrepresented or disadvantaged, such as in political participation, education, employment and health care" (6). "No measures have been taken yet to introduce age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights in school curricula or to increase the access of women and adolescent girls, in particular rural women and girls, to sexual and reproductive health services" (12).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The State party has not adopted any temporary special measures to achieve substantive equality between women and men in areas where women are underrepresented or disadvantaged, such as in political participation, education, employment and health care" (6). "No measures have been taken yet to introduce age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights in school curricula or to increase the access of women and adolescent girls, in particular rural women and girls, to sexual and reproductive health services" (12).
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"WUD [women who use drugs] need to be accurately informed in an appropriate manner so that they can make informed decisions if they want to continue or stop using drugs; start substitution therapy; and if they want to continue with the pregnancy etc. Health workers should provide a comfortable environment for women to talk about drug use, so that WUD can access sexual and reproductive health rights and other essential services" (10).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"WUD [women who use drugs] need to be accurately informed in an appropriate manner so that they can make informed decisions if they want to continue or stop using drugs; start substitution therapy; and if they want to continue with the pregnancy etc. Health workers should provide a comfortable environment for women to talk about drug use, so that WUD can access sexual and reproductive health rights and other essential services" (10).
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Between 2013 and 2015, 18 Centres providing assistance and comprehensive training to women were created in order to decentralize the services providing social, gynaecological, obstetric, legal and psychological assistance, together with training and empowerment. The goal is to prevent violence against women and help to eradicate this scourge by guaranteeing the full exercise of the rights of women in all their diversity. It proved difficult to obtain medicines and to maintain equipment and infrastructure for these Centres, because of the unilateral coercive measures taken against Venezuela, and so the specialized services provided under this programme have been reduced to the provision of social and legal services" (7-8). "In order to...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Between 2013 and 2015, 18 Centres providing assistance and comprehensive training to women were created in order to decentralize the services providing social, gynaecological, obstetric, legal and psychological assistance, together with training and empowerment. The goal is to prevent violence against women and help to eradicate this scourge by guaranteeing the full exercise of the rights of women in all their diversity. It proved difficult to obtain medicines and to maintain equipment and infrastructure for these Centres, because of the unilateral coercive measures taken against Venezuela, and so the specialized services provided under this programme have been reduced to the provision of social and legal services" (7-8). "In order to...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The nurse at the clinic will help other people before us San people, even though we were the first to come to the clinic. We San people are dying earlier than other Namibians from preventable diseases such as TB, malaria, HIV/Aids, diabetes, cervical cancer and breast cancer... At the clinic in our village, people have to pay a small fee for consultations. Many poor people cannot afford this and go without treatment. Also, ambulances do not come to our villages because we are not able to pay the drivers. Our clinic has only one room – there is no privacy and people have to be attended to on the waiting...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The nurse at the clinic will help other people before us San people, even though we were the first to come to the clinic. We San people are dying earlier than other Namibians from preventable diseases such as TB, malaria, HIV/Aids, diabetes, cervical cancer and breast cancer... At the clinic in our village, people have to pay a small fee for consultations. Many poor people cannot afford this and go without treatment. Also, ambulances do not come to our villages because we are not able to pay the drivers. Our clinic has only one room – there is no privacy and people have to be attended to on the waiting...more
March 11, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"More than a third of US counties do not have a single medical birthing facility or the services of an obstetric clinician, causing health advocates to warn about the dangers of “maternity care deserts”, a new report says. The report, issued by March of Dimes, an infant health non-profit, and published on Tuesday, found that 35.1% of US counties are what the group calls maternity care deserts, meaning there are no specialist medical services available to provide care. These 1,104 counties are home to more than 2.3 million women of reproductive age, the report states, and in these counties in 2022, women gave birth to more than 150,000 babies. The...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"More than a third of US counties do not have a single medical birthing facility or the services of an obstetric clinician, causing health advocates to warn about the dangers of “maternity care deserts”, a new report says. The report, issued by March of Dimes, an infant health non-profit, and published on Tuesday, found that 35.1% of US counties are what the group calls maternity care deserts, meaning there are no specialist medical services available to provide care. These 1,104 counties are home to more than 2.3 million women of reproductive age, the report states, and in these counties in 2022, women gave birth to more than 150,000 babies. The...more
March 11, 2025, 4:59 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Fewer resources are invested in girls in terms of education and health. Investment in women is not approached through a lens of social and economic equality, but from the perspective of families and communities which will thrive with healthy and educated women in their midst" (par. 5).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Fewer resources are invested in girls in terms of education and health. Investment in women is not approached through a lens of social and economic equality, but from the perspective of families and communities which will thrive with healthy and educated women in their midst" (par. 5).
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The same document also refers to violence against women and to the role of health-care personnel in these cases, stating that 'they have an obligation to report when the patient is a victim of crime and requires protection to prevent a recurrence, for example, in cases of violence and sexual violence'. Lastly, the document emphasizes the importance of safeguarding patient confidentiality" (30). "In 2017, Ecuador formulated its national sexual and reproductive health plan for 2017–2021. It also has the Ecuador 2018–2025 intersectoral policy for the prevention of pregnancy in girls and adolescents, whose primary objective is to help adolescents gain universal access to information and education, including comprehensive sex education...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The same document also refers to violence against women and to the role of health-care personnel in these cases, stating that 'they have an obligation to report when the patient is a victim of crime and requires protection to prevent a recurrence, for example, in cases of violence and sexual violence'. Lastly, the document emphasizes the importance of safeguarding patient confidentiality" (30). "In 2017, Ecuador formulated its national sexual and reproductive health plan for 2017–2021. It also has the Ecuador 2018–2025 intersectoral policy for the prevention of pregnancy in girls and adolescents, whose primary objective is to help adolescents gain universal access to information and education, including comprehensive sex education...more
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the adoption of policies and guidelines for institutions to ensure the accessibility of maternal health services during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,... the issuance of guidance on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic prevention and control for elderly women and women with disabilities. However, the Committee is concerned that measures taken to contain the pandemic, such as restrictions on freedom of movement, have disproportionately restricted women’s and girls’ access to justice, shelters, education, employment and health care, including sexual and reproductive health services" (Page 3). "Implement institutional, legislative and policy measures to redress long-standing inequalities between women and men and to give renewed impetus to the achievement of...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the adoption of policies and guidelines for institutions to ensure the accessibility of maternal health services during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,... the issuance of guidance on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic prevention and control for elderly women and women with disabilities. However, the Committee is concerned that measures taken to contain the pandemic, such as restrictions on freedom of movement, have disproportionately restricted women’s and girls’ access to justice, shelters, education, employment and health care, including sexual and reproductive health services" (Page 3). "Implement institutional, legislative and policy measures to redress long-standing inequalities between women and men and to give renewed impetus to the achievement of...more
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1, MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Numerous measures have been taken to improve maternal and reproductive health, such as the creation of healthcare centres, free access to certain products necessary for maternal and child health, and free healthcare for children aged 0 to 5 years. However, the rates of infant and maternal mortality remain high because the increase in services is not proportionate to the high population demography and some villages are still far removed from health centres. A lot of men still refuse to allow their wives to access antenatal consultations and the lack of financial means results in many women, even nowadays, giving birth at home without ever going to a health centre" (1-2).more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1, MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Numerous measures have been taken to improve maternal and reproductive health, such as the creation of healthcare centres, free access to certain products necessary for maternal and child health, and free healthcare for children aged 0 to 5 years. However, the rates of infant and maternal mortality remain high because the increase in services is not proportionate to the high population demography and some villages are still far removed from health centres. A lot of men still refuse to allow their wives to access antenatal consultations and the lack of financial means results in many women, even nowadays, giving birth at home without ever going to a health centre" (1-2).more