Providing nonjudgmental and empathetic sexual and reproductive health services in Zambia

03 July 2025

Lusaka – To improve access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, including family planning and safe abortions, Zambia is training health workers in values clarification and attitude transformation (VCAT).

Adolescents and young people often face barriers when seeking family planning services or safe abortions at health facilities. These barriers can be rooted in stigma and discrimination, which foster disapproval and negative perceptions against people seeking or providing these services.

Continued: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/zambia/news/providing-nonjudgmental-and-empathetic-sexual-and-reproductive-health-services-zambia

03.07.2025

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Danny Kasongo

Dr Clement Peter Lasuba

Dr Samson Chisele

Hamatanga Gwangai

Helen Mwape

Values Clarification and Attitude Transformation

Nigeria has 2.8m abortions annually

Nigeria has 2.8m abortions annually
NGO calls for the review of existing laws on Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health

January 25, 2020
By Emma ELEKWA, Onitsha

Nigeria has a reported case of 2.8 million abortions and 760,000 self-induced abortions annually. This was disclosed by a reproductive health expert, who is also the Executive Director Women, Law and Development Initiative, Mrs. Hauwa Shekarau.

Shekarau was delivering a lecture in Owerri at a media capacity building workshop on Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (WSRHR) for journalists drawn from Abia, Imo and Anambra states.

Continued: https://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-has-2-8m-abortions-annually/