Tackling Teenage Pregnancy in Sierra Leone
21/05/13 by Health Poverty Action
Teenage pregnancy is very common in Sierra Leone, contributing to one third of all pregnancies in the country. Health Poverty Action is working with women in Sierra Leone to help improve maternal health. At a recent event, the National Teenage ... Read more
Using Poetry and Drama to Educate About Sexual Health in Ethiopia
07/05/13 by Health Poverty Action
Youth clubs in the Bale Lowlands are using poetry and drama to educate local children about sexual and family planning issues. Sexually transmitted illnesses are a major problem in Ethiopia; many people are particularly at risk to HIV and AIDs. ... Read more
Live Below the Line challenge
29/04/13 by Health Poverty Action
Blog written by Hester Enthoven Live Below the Line is an awareness raising and fundraising campaign set up by the Global Poverty Project that’s making a huge difference in the fight against extreme poverty. The campaign challenges individuals to live ... Read more
Thank you marathon runners!
22/04/13 by Health Poverty Action
At Health Poverty Action we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in the London marathon yesterday. As those of you in our running team know, there are millions of people who don’t have access ... Read more
The Global Movement for Health: Nicaragua
19/04/13 by Health Poverty Action
An update on the global movement for health in Nicaragua from Juan Antonio Herrera Urbina. I work with indigenous Miskito and Mayangna people in the Autonomous Region of the North Atlantic (RAAN). Here over half of all women have been ... Read more
Doctor’s actor raises money for doctors around the world
18/04/13 by Health Poverty Action
At Health Poverty Action we’re very excited that the actor Michael McKell is running the London marathon to raise money for us on Sunday. You may recognise Michael from the television programme Doctors, set in Birmingham, but this Sunday he’ll ... Read more
Standing up for health rights in Namibia
16/04/13 by Health Poverty Action
This is Maria Musangu. She asks customers in her shop to take a free condom, even though some of her neighbours believe condoms are part of a plot to wipe out their ethnic group. Maria is one of the San ... Read more
Actor that plays nurse raises money for nurses
12/04/13 by Health Poverty Action
Health Poverty Action is very excited that actor Michael Obiora will be running in the London marathon to raise money for us. You may know Michael from the BBC’s Casualty where he plays Nurse Lloyd Asike, but soon he’ll be ... Read more
One billion people world-wide will never see a health worker
10/04/13 by Health Poverty Action
Health Poverty Action is pleased to be involved in a new project launched today: Health workers for all and all for health workers! Everyone should have access to health workers. However, if the situation remains as it is today, one ... Read more
Campaign Update: Mothers on the Margins
08/04/13 by Health Poverty Action
Over the past two and a half years, the Mothers on the Margins campaign has been championing the rights of indigenous women around the world to have a safe pregnancy and birth. Find out what’s been happening with the campaign ... Read more
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