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New Family Planning Clinic in Kigali Serves Women and Girls… and Pre-service Education
A new family planning clinic at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali/Universuity Hospital Center of Kigali (CHUK) will enhance service to the women and girls in the area and also preservice education for doctors, nurses and midwives at the University...
University of Michigan Provost Visits CIRHT Partners in Ethiopia
The work of the Center for International Reproductive Health Training at the University of Michigan (UM-CIRHT) and its partners in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, were highlighted during a recent visit by university Provost Martin Philbert PhD. The provost was in Ethiopia as...
In Adama, a new Michu clinic expands Comprehensive Family Planning and Safe Abortion Care services
In one room, a line of young women — accompanied by men and in some cases their mothers — await vaccinations for their newborns. In two more down the peach stucco terrace midwives provide antenatal advice and care to women who have just given birth. Meanwhile, in a...
CIRHT’s Approach to Pre-service Training Affirmed in Ethiopia
One woman from the area came in. She was having her 10th baby. The subject of contraception was not raised at all. I asked the local staff and they told me ‘Most clients do not accept contraception. So since this is our experience, we should not waste our time...
University of Rwanda launches Partnership with CIRHT for Preservice Education Training in Family Planning
The University of Rwanda and the Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) at the University of Michigan announce a new partnership for Pre-Service Education Training in Family Planning The University of Rwanda’s School of Medicine and...
CIRHT Founder Dr. Senait Fisseha honored with University of Michigan Bicentennial Alumni Award
For her work as a “global leader in expanding access to reproductive health and reproductive rights,” Dr. Senait Fisseha, MD, JD, founder of the Center for International Reproductive Health Training at the University of Michigan (CIRHT), was honored as one of the...
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