Teenage pregnancy is a growing concern in Zambia, with high number of cases reported each year. In January 2024 alone, close to 3000 cases of teenage pregnancy were reported in […]
Pharmacists play a crucial role in the provision of medical abortion services by ensuring that safe and effective medications are available for women and girls seeking abortion services. Forecasting and […]
Zambia Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (ZAGO) President Dr Swebby Macha says more work is needed to educate the people about their reproductive health rights. Commemorating the first anniversary for […]
Teenage pregnancy is one of the impediments to social and economic development among girls in Zambia. A number of girls are unable to reach their full potential as they fall […]
ZAGO’s focus is to be part of this revolutionary access to safe abortion care being an essential healthcare. For this reason, the project the society is currently implementing encompasses a number of advocacy strategies, including trainings. These activities, which are quarterly based are aimed at increasing knowledge and understanding among target stakeholders.
Our work with the youth is to challenge any barriers or potential barriers to ensure that young people have the autonomy over their reproductive decisions and can access the resources they need without unnecessary obstacles. This involves creating groups, and virtual communities where young people can share their experiences, ask questions, and receive support from trained peers and healthcare professionals.
Fertility healthcare is an important component for human development. Fertility health is affected by many factors, such as age, lifestyle, underlying medical conditions, genetics among many other things. Having a […]
86.7% of the health facilities have no adequate stocks of mifepristone as well as misoprostol for provision of safe self-managed abortion. The erratic supply of medical abortion drugs has serious consequences on the effectiveness of the self-managed medical abortion advocacy project.
Successful communication is one that builds a profile to which people can relate and takes into account the need to identify all spheres of stakeholders for efficient and effective messaging, engagement, and advocacy.
The Zambia Self-Managed Medical Abortion project comes at a right time when barriers to accessing safe and legal abortion are still many, forcing women and girls to seek unsafe abortions. Self-managed abortion care therefore presents many opportunities through which such barriers could be overcome.