2023-05-05 08:00:02
Every Friday, we deal with a topic of women’s health, in a practical way. This week, this is our second program devoted to gender inequalities in health. (Replay) We talk with our listeners regarding their daily lives: how to reconcile work, family, couple without ever forgetting anything? What is Mental Load? Mamadou Mbodji, psychologist, psychotherapist in Dakar, Senegal. And Charlie Dupiot’s female palaver.
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“The French Muskoka Fund: Strengthening Health Systems in West and Central Africa with UN Agencies”
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-05-01 04:00:05
Program produced in partnership with the French Muskoka Fund which works to improve the health and well-being of women, newborns, children and adolescents by strengthening health systems by mobilizing the complementary expertise of four United Nations agencies : OMS, UN Women, UNFPA et UNICEF. The French Muskoka Fund operates in nine West and Central African countries.
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Understanding the Right to Abortion in Morocco: Laws, Challenges, and Debates
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-04-29 17:19:28
With our correspondent in Rabat, Nadia Ben Mahfoudh
Arrested in their private clinic by agents of the anti-gang brigade, the doctor and his assistant were placed in police custody at the prefecture of Meknes, in the north of the country. The teenager, her mother and one of their relatives have since been released and placed at the disposal of the judicial inquiry.
« The pregnant woman who aborts is punished in the same way as the people who help her, that is to say the doctors, the nurses, the medical assistants, and it can also be her mother or relatives. No one escapes it “says Ghizlaine Mamouni, president of the Kif mama kif baba association for gender equality.
In Morocco, the right to abortion is only possible in the event of danger to the health of the pregnant woman. This is called medical termination of pregnancy (IMG). Betty Lachgare, spokesperson for the Alternative Movement for Individual Liberties (Mali) regrets that voluntary termination of pregnancy is not an option: ” There is no debate around the right to abortion in Morocco. That it exists as an aside, on Instagram, yes. But an official debate, an open debate or actions in favor of the right to abortion, there is none”.
For the moment, a woman who aborts faces up to two years in prison. People who practice abortion are liable to five years’ imprisonment.
► To read also: Morocco: social networks in mourning following the death of Meriem, clandestinely aborted following a rape
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we must be prepared for an increase in the number of cases of dengue, Zika, chikungunya
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Last summer, the metropolis experienced 65 cases of autochthonous dengue fever. And we must expect, in the years to come, an increase in the number of cases of dengue, Zika et chikungunyadiseases transmitted by mosquitoes vectors “now widely established on the national territory, warns the Committee for monitoring and anticipating health risks (Covars).
In a 60-page notice published Wednesday on “ the health risks of dengue fever and other arboviruses “, the former scientific council recalls that the French tropical territories are confronted with it on a recurring basis. But in recent years, the metropolis has also recorded a growing number of indigenous cases and outbreaks of these viruses.
Because, mosquitoes Temples of the Egyptians et Aedes albopictus, commonly called the tiger mosquito. Since 2010, the number of metropolitan departments colonized by the tiger mosquito has multiplied by ten. In mainland France, no serious form of the disease has been observed to date, unlike overseas territories where populations are repeatedly exposed.
« You will have to adapt »
« Rise in cases is inevitable due to increased travel and climate change “, noted Didier Fontenille, entomologist, one of the authors of the report, during a press briefing. “ Soon all of France will be affected by the tiger mosquito. As for Temples of the Egyptiansit is resistant to insecticides, these are two very bad news “, he added. According to the Covars, these viral diseases “ might become public health problems in mainland France ».
The forthcoming organization of major international sporting events in mainland France, in particular the 2024 Olympics, which are causing significant migration of populations from all over the world, “ increases the risk of outbreaks of dengue fever, Zika and chikungunya “, he adds.
« We were already overwhelmed with 65 cases. If next year there are 300, we won’t be able to cope, we will have to adapt “warned Didier Fontenille. If France has a surveillance, detection and management system for these diseases considered to be “ performant “, he’s staying ” perfectible “, in particular in mainland France, estimates the Covars. In particular, a “ coordination nationale to be informed of the situation in other regions.
« We are not in a disaster scenario but we must take the risk seriously through prevention campaigns or better organization of the actors “, concluded the president of Covars, Brigitte Autran, during the press briefing.
(With AFP)