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October 11, 2024

Bridging the Gap for Equitable Vaccination Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa

The International Center for Equity in Health (ICEH) played a fundamental role in Countdown 2030’s first annual multi-country workshop on immunization coverage and inequalities, which was held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from August 26-30, 2024. Engaging over 50 experts from 26 countries, the workshop's focus on vaccine inequality set the stage for enriching countries' analytical capacities and aiming at more equitable health outcomes across the region. Empowering Dat

June 07, 2024

Learning from successful cases: family planning policies in selected countries

While numerous family planning policies and strategies have been implemented, some have yielded better results than others. While some countries achieved extremely high levels of coverage, even among the harder-to-reach subgroups and based on high-quality services, others are striving for the bare minimum. Although family planning is a multifaceted outcome, successful histories are observed among countries that started from different socioeconomic backgrounds, varying levels of health sector rob

June 06, 2024

Countdown 2030 fellowship program in Dakar, Senegal

The International Center for Equity in Health (ICEH) participated in the first training for the 2024 cohort of the Countdown 2030 fellowship program in Dakar, Senegal. The fellowship has been launched by the Countdown 2030 for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health initiative to strengthen research and analytical capacities for monitoring and tracking the progress of life-saving interventions for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Nutrition

June 06, 2024

Janaina Calu Costa received the 2024 Dame Valerie Beral Fellowship

The International Center for Equity in Health (ICEH) is honored to share that Janaina Calu Costa received the 2024 Dame Valerie Beral Fellowship, awarded by the International Epidemiological Association (IEA). The fellowship awards enable female early-career epidemiologists to attend the upcoming World Congress of Epidemiology, which will be held from 24 to 27 September in Cape Town, South Africa. The fellowship has been created to honor the memory and legacy of Professor Dame Valerie Be

June 05, 2024

Although Muslims lag behind Christians in family planning coverage, empowering women can bridge the gap

A study exploring the intersectional inequalities in demand for family planning satisfied by religion and women's empowerment was recently published in BMJ Global Health.  Using data from 148,989 women from 14 multireligious African countries, the study identified that while Muslim was the religious group with lower levels of women's empowerment, African Christians were on average more empowered than the average of women from all low- and middle-income countries.  Demand

June 03, 2024

Attitudes of women towards intimate partner violence in Guyana: A cross-sectional analytical study

This study assesses women's attitudes towards intimate partner violence (IPV) in Guyana using data from the 2019 MICS for women aged 15 to 49 years. It examines the prevalence of women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife for reasons such as: “goes out without telling him”, “neglects the children”, “argues with him”, “refuses sex”, “burns the food”, “has another partner”, “stays out late/partying

May 20, 2024

Maternal and Newborn Health Exemplars Study: Studies Highlight Exemplars in Reducing Maternal and Newborn Mortality

Results from a landmark study coordinated by the Countdown 2030 with collaboration from the International Center for Equity in Health was recently published in BMJ Global Health. The Maternal Newborn Health Exemplars Study has identified seven countries that have significantly reduced maternal and newborn mortality between 2000 and 2020. These countries—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Niger, India, Morocco, and Senegal—achieved remarkable results through improved maternity services, enh

May 17, 2024

Countdown to 2030 Annual Meeting 2024

This year's Countdown to 2030 Annual Meeting was held in Kigali, Rwanda, from April 22 to 26, entitled “Producing reliable national and subnational health statistics with a focus on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition”. The workshop was organized by the Countdown to 2030 in collaboration with the African Population Health Research Center, University of Rwanda and Global Financing Facility, bringing together over 200 researchers, stak