The Climate Change: Women’s Health In Focus high level dialogue women-led research at the intersection of climate & health was hosted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with Panorama Global and The International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) on the 17th of June 2025 of which the INERELA+ Executive Director was in […]
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In August 2024, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the recurrence of monkeypox constituted a public health emergency of international concern (USPPI) under the provisions of Regulation SL. The WHO says the African Region is the most affected, with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi and Uganda being the most
Adolescent pregnancy and marriage contribute to high school dropout rates. Girls who drop out of school early tend to have poorer health indicators than those who continue with their education. Early and unwanted pregnancies pose significant risks to teenage mothers and their children thereby increasing the likelihood of maternal and infant mortality. One in four
There is a rapid increase in HIV infection rates reported in Madagascar post-COVID-19, according to official information from (Secretariat Exécutif / Comité National de Lutte contre le VIH/Sida) is the Executive Secretariat / National Committee for the Fight against HIV/AIDS (SECNLS). In 2023, figures indicate that 19,000 people were diagnosed as HIV-positive, with more than
Munya Mandipaza – Executive Director As we reach the mid-point of the year 2025, the month of June has brought a sobering reminder of the challenges we face globally. We are witnessing an uptick in conflict and instability across several regions, developments that disproportionately impact women, children, and adolescents. Women bear a disproportionate and often
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On the 15th–16th of May 2025, at least four Country Networks implementing the HandsOff project participated in a two-day capacity-strengthening workshop facilitated by the INERELA+ Secretariat Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor. The workshop was part of HandsOff activities to be implemented in 2025, and the workshop intended to train and share knowledge with Country Networks on
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INERELA+ Secretariat received an emergency grant from Aidsfonds to address access to healthcare gaps created by the withdrawal of health sector PEPFAR-funded programmes in Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mozambique. The fund covered primary care that benefited vulnerable groups like women/girls, young people, children, LGBTQI, the disabled, the elderly and the underserved population, etc upon
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The session explored the lived realities of technology-facilitated gender-based violence among children, adolescents, and young adults. It unpacked issues of online harm, help-seeking, and innovative tools for prevention. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence is a form of gendered harm that is enabled or carried out through digital platforms. It is an evolving form of violence that has
On the 14th of April 2025, the INERELA+ Secretariat in Johannesburg welcomed Yvette Edichi Ntamon from the “Alliance des Leaders Religieux pour la Sante Integrale et la Promotion de la Personne Humaine” (ARSIP) in Ivory Coast who was on a three-day peer learning exchange visit necessitated and funded through Faith to Action Network. Faith to
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From the SVRI Forum held in 2024 it was shared that there is a climate – violence nexus. Climate change increases the risk of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in countries like Lesotho, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Namibia. In Lesotho in particular there is 11% additional HIV risk for teenage girls post drought. When crops fail due
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