Of Liberia’s approximately one million women of reproductive age, an estimated 31 percent want to delay or space their pregnancies but are not using contraception, often because they lack access. Over a quarter of girls aged 15-19 have already given birth, a risky...
In Mathare Valley, one of Nairobi’s oldest and more impoverished slums, residents are crowded, and many lack access to basic services such as clean running water, electricity, and sanitation. As a result, the population suffers not only from extreme poverty, but also...