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Abortion balloons health spending | Nation Online

Malawi’s overwhelmed healthcare system is paying a huge cost to treat deadly complications fuelled by a colonial ban on termination of pregnancy except to save the woman’s life. Both healthcare workers and activists say scrapping the laws inherited from Britain would reduce public spending on deadly complications of clandestine abortions. Health experts and activists argue

Mozambique: 20 Years After Maputo, It's a Long Road Ahead to Gender Equality

MOZAMBIQUE: 20 Years After Maputo, It's a Long Road Ahead to Gender Equality

20 Years After Maputo, It’s a Long Road Ahead to Gender Equality

Thousands of women dying 'like chickens' as efforts to change Malawi's strict abortion laws stall

Safe motherhood activists demand special treatment on pregnant women

Safe motherhood activists say pregnant women needs special protection and treatment  in the wake of the ravaging Covid-19 infection. Safe Motherhood medic holding a low birth weight baby in the nursery ward he initiated  This follows observations by health experts that pregnant women remain vulnerable during this pandemic due to physical changes in their bodies. An official from safe motherhood oriented organisation, Ipas, Board Chairperson Chisale Mhango stresses that pregnant women deserve particular care during the pandemic. Ipas Country Director Pansi Katenga has revealed plans to intensify sensitisation campaigns to eliminate issues of stigma in society. Meanwhile, the presidential taskforce on covid-19 says in the past 24 hours, Malawi has registered 247 new COVID-19 cases, 208 new recoveries, 11 new deaths.