Monthly Archives: June 2015
Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS – Annual Session (1-9 June 2015)
The Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS is responsible for providing inter-governmental support to and supervision of the activities of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS in accordance with the overall policy guidance of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council, and the responsibilities set out in the United Nations Charter. It must also
Task force convened to enhance adolescent sexual and reproductive health data reporting in Kenya
In April 2015, the Reproductive and Maternal Health Services Unit of the Kenya Ministry of Health (RMHSU MoH) in collaboration with AFIDEP formed a Task Force to review and revise the existing national Reproductive Health (RH) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) tools to enhance reporting of ASRH routine service utilisation data in Kenya. The Task
3rd University of Nairobi and Kenyatta National Hospital Scientific Conference
The 2015 University of Nairobi (UoN) and Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) scientific conference will be taking place from June 10-12, 2015 at the University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences from 7.30 am to 5.00 pm daily. Dr. Eliya Zulu, AFIDEP Executive Director, will be addressing the second plenary on Research to Policy on
AFIDEP Executive Director to address UN General Assembly on the demographic dividend and youth employment
AFIDEP Executive Director, Dr Eliya Zulu will address the UN General Assembly in New York on The Demographic Dividend and Youth Employment on June 1, 2015. The meeting will provide an opportunity for member states and stakeholders to consider ways of working with governments in countries with a youth bulge, to make the investments
Family planning in Kenya: Saving lives, saving money
Family planning is one of the most successful development interventions, with wide-ranging benefits to the health of mothers and children, empowerment of women, economic growth and environmental preservation. According to ‘Adding It Up’, a 2014 report by the Guttmacher Institute and UNFPA, globally, if all women who want to avoid pregnancy used modern contraceptives;