The Zambia Prevention of Unsafe Abortions Project
Adolescents and youth constitute a significant segment of Zambia’s young population. However, this demographic is often faced with unique health challenges and barriers to accessing quality healthcare. To effectively address […]
Advocacy remains one of the strategic ways to addressing these challenges. Therefore, the need for strengthened advocacy skills amongst SRHR advocates and a creation of a strategy for advocacy is an essential part of the health system.
As a professional body representing doctors specialized in maternal and newborn health in the country, ZAGO has been a key player to end gender-based violence in the country. Over the years, the society has employed various strategies to empower both women and girls with knowledge and information on how to identify gender-based violence, and defend their rights.
“The objectives of the SafeChoices Campaign include among others: raise awareness about the problem of Early Unintended Pregnancies (EUP) and unsafe abortions in the country; create awareness and bring attention on the need to scale up youth friendly SRHR services for adolescents and young people; and to create opportunities to secure more partnerships for the campaign and for further addressing the issue of EUP and unsafe abortions,” the ZAGO M&E reiterates.
Every year, on September 28 – The world converges to commemorate International Safe Abortion Day (ISAD). This is a time professional society, such as the Zambia Association of Gynaecologists and […]