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A4AI’s recent mobile broadband pricing update shows that Africans face the highest cost to connect to the internet — just 1GB of mobile data costs the average user in Africa nearly 9% of their monthly income, while their counterparts in the Asia-Pacific region pay one-fifth of that price (around 1.5...

What do snakes, flat batteries, limited privacy, and identifying a suitable cut-off point have in common? As I recently observed, they are some of the many challenges that can occur when conducting an impact evaluation in a remote village. On a recent trip to Ghana, we observed baseline data...

A new Transfer Project book: "Evidence for Action: The Story of Social Cash Transfers and Impact Evaluations in Sub-Saharan Africa," sheds light on the effect of unconditional cash transfers on economic empowerment in Africa. UNICEF Innocenti social policy specialist Tia Palermo explains the...

Abstract One major problem in Nigeria is unsafe abortion that leads to maternal mortality. This academic report attempts to determine the causes on unsafe abortion, which includes unwanted and unplanned pregnancies, restrictive abortion laws, low socioeconomic status, and cultural factors. Public...

Abstract Part of preventing maternal mortality is ensuring that all mothers have adequate access to health services. This study aims to examine and qualify the relationship between maternity waiting homes and reduction in maternal mortality and stillbirth. This study utilized literature reviews from...

Background: Maternal mortality has for long been a serious problem that is engulfing the lives of many childbearing (pregnant) women mostly in the developing countries as a result of many contributory factors. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 focuses on improving maternal health, with target 6...

Introduction Back in 2009, the United Republic of Tanzania implemented Village Resource Teams (VRTs) within smaller local governments. These groups were meant to improve the socioeconomic and health status of its citizens. This report is meant to assess the impact of the program and determine the...

Background The HIV prevalence rate amongst pregnant women in Namibia has gone down from 18.2 per cent in 2012 to 16.9 per cent in 2014. A significant portion of the pregnant women are adolescent mothers. HIV testing and counselling (HTC) remains a key HIV intervention as an entry point to accessing...