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Breaking the Stigma: Empowering Mphaki’s Women and Girls Through Menstrual Health Dialogue

calendar_today 10 September 2024

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Breaking the Stigma: Empowering Mphaki’s Women and Girls Through Menstrual Health Dialogue

Imagine having to navigate through your village, whenever you feel a slight dampness in your private parts, searching for an adult woman—someone you trust enough to turn your back…

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Navigating the Highlands: Rantahli’s Dual Role as Herd Boy and Peer Educator

calendar_today 03 September 2024

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Navigating the Highlands: Rantahli’s Dual Role as Herd Boy and Peer Educator

Every morning Rantahli Mosae dons his gray blanket, typically worn by herdboys in Lesotho, to stave off the biting cold. Wearing a balaclava hat and his rubber boots, he sets off…

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Empowering Women in Lesotho: The Power of Choice through Family Planning

calendar_today 27 August 2024

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Empowering Women in Lesotho: The Power of Choice through Family Planning

For some women in Lesotho, the decision to have children, or when to have them, is no longer a question of fate but a choice they can actively make. At the heart of this…

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YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR DIVERSITY CONVERGE OVER THE ICPD

calendar_today 09 April 2024

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YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR DIVERSITY CONVERGE OVER THE ICPD

Young people in their diversity who converged in Maseru, Lesotho for a Youth Dialogue on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) have called for…

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Oxygen Concentrators Save Mothers, Babies During Labour

calendar_today 09 April 2024

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Oxygen Concentrators Save Mothers, Babies During Labour

She left her home at Motsekuoa in the Quthing district at the crack of dawn when her labour pains started. But due to the intense contractions and labour pains, she had to take…

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ICPD IMPLIMENTATION HIGH IN NEAPACOH CONFERENCE AGENDA

calendar_today 01 March 2024

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ICPD IMPLIMENTATION HIGH IN NEAPACOH CONFERENCE AGENDA

Health is life. Life is health. This was the general consensus of most speakers at the start of the Network of African Parliamentary Committees of Health (NEAPACOH two-day…

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HIGH MATERNAL DEATHS FEATURE HIGHLY IN HEALTH MINISTER AND UNFPA REPRESENTATIVE’S DISCUSSION

calendar_today 23 February 2024

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HIGH MATERNAL DEATHS FEATURE HIGHLY IN HEALTH MINISTER AND UNFPA REPRESENTATIVE’S DISCUSSION

The high rate of maternal deaths in Lesotho (566/100 000 livebirths) featured highly when UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund Representative to Lesotho Mr Innocent…

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YOUNG PEOPLE COME IN DROVES TO CONDOM DAY CELEBRATION

calendar_today 21 February 2024

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YOUNG PEOPLE COME IN DROVES TO CONDOM DAY CELEBRATION

Young people came in droves to commemorate condom day at Ha Thetsane in Maseru on Wednesday (14/02/2024) The commemoration started with a march in which the young people…

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Looking at Africa's future through the lens of progress, evidence and foresight

calendar_today 29 November 2023

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Looking at Africa's future through the lens of progress, evidence and foresight

As the sun set over Lusaka, Zambia on 10 November, a vibrant discussion by the Ministers in Charge of Population drew to a close, following two days of receiving reports from the…

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