Report: Accelerating the Momentum
This report examines the U.S. partnership with Senegal to advance women’s and family health, and finds that the United States can play an important role in [...]
Fulfilling DREAMS in South Africa
Pilot projects are getting under way to lessen the impact of HIV among young women and adolescent girls by helping them become Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored, [...]
Embracing Religion to Expand Family Planning Services
Whether driving along the dizzying streets of Dakar or the dusty dirt roads of Kaolack, one sight remains constant in Senegal: Women, young and old, dressed in [...]
What can the Private Sector do for Public Health in Senegal?
“You can’t walk with one leg only,” said Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Minister of Health of Senegal, when referring to the private sector as an integral part [...]
Addressing Adolescent Pregnancy & Maternal Mortality in Nicaragua
Photo Credit: James Leocadi / Flickr Last month I traveled with a CSIS colleague to Nicaragua, a small Central American nation with a population of around 6.15 [...]
The Price of Conflict in Honduras
With 60 homicides per 100,000 people, Honduras has one of the highest documented murder rates in the world. Exceptional incidence of violent crimes in the Northern Triangle [...]
Delivering Health Services to Ethiopia’s Borderlands
Delivering basic health services to border populations is a challenge confronted by developing nations around the world, and Ethiopia is no exception. At the farthest reaches [...]
Senators Collins, Shaheen, Kirk Named to Women’s and Family Global Health Task Force
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Mark Kirk (R-IL) today announced that they have been named to the Center for Strategic and [...]
Senator Collins: Working to Improve the Lives of Women and Families Around the World
Every day, approximately 800 women around the world die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. In addition, more than 17,000 children under five years old will die [...]
Report: Family Planning and Women’s Health in Kenya
Voluntary family planning is one of the most transformative interventions in global health, critical to improving women’s health and to saving the lives of women and [...]