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Promoting respectful relationships, equitable communities and family planning
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Examining faith, gender norms and SGBV in conflict-affected communities in DRC
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The ideas for these posters have come from work carried out by Veronika Scherbaum with the Oromo people in South Ethiopia, who have many traditional beliefs concerning mother and child care. Posters can be used to help encourage discussion of what people believe and why. Together this can lead to developing a more positive understanding of healthy mother and child care. Try adapting these posters to use among your community.
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By Sue Hanley. Angong was expecting her third baby. After a good pregnancy she was eagerly awaiting the birth. The birth pains began while she was collecting water. She returned home and prepared for the birth. There were two or three women in her village who helped at the birth of babies, so a message was sent to one of them to come and assist.
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There is a lot to be learned from previous generations as Professor Andrew Tomkins explains... 1. Fermented foods
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by Dr Steve Brown. I would like to open the discussion about the knotty problem of women like Anastausia who are given oxytocics, either by village healers, in the form of roots (‘Knotty Problems’ in Footsteps No.7) or, as I have seen in Bangladesh, by village ‘doctors’, in the form of oxytocin injections or tablets. The problem, of course, is that oxytocics are powerful stimulants of muscles in the womb and that, when given in a high or uncontrolled dose before the baby is delivered can cause ...
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Aids, Sex and Family Planning – A Christian View By Dr K Baker and H Ward, Africa Christian Press, 1989.
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Family planning is a sensitive issue about which Christians may have very different views. This study may help you to think more about your beliefs, and what your attitude should be towards others who may have opposite views.
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There are many ways of helping couples to space their families. The most suitable method depends on what is available, the needs of the couple, and on their beliefs about which methods are appropriate.
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Drs Steve and Margaret Brown with Marian Storkey. Does your area have an effective and caring family planning programme, or are you considering how to improve or set up such a programme? Whatever the situation in your area, here are four key points to think about.
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By Dr Margaret Brown. This is a true story from Bangladesh, helping us to understand several points about a family planning programme.
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The lives of 5.6 million children and 200,000 women could all be saved each year if all the women who wanted to limit their families had access to family planning.
