News Archive, News - Marie Stopes Clinics

2012

CEO highlights importance of family planning in reducing unsafe abortion

Commenting on research released today our CEO Dana Hovig reaffirmed the importance of family planning in lowering the number of unsafe abortions across world. 19/01/2012

2011

World AIDS Day Special Report: Empowering women by integrating HIV and family planning

An integrated approach to family planning and HIV programming is essential for accelerating progress towards universal access to HIV and reproductive health services. In a new factsheet published today, World AIDS Day, we explain why it matters to us. 01/12/2011

Self-assessment tool helps increase access to family planning and HIV services

As part of its new partnership agreement with Marie Stopes International, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance has developed a new self-assessment tool. 01/12/2011

Global family planning community gathers for international conference

Marie Stopes International is honoured to have been invited to deliver 21 presentations, panels and posters at the esteemed International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar, Senegal this week. 29/11/2011

Is social franchising the answer to the global unmet need for family planning?

Can the franchise model have a positive transformational effect on health in the developing world? 22/11/2011

Guardian International Development Journalism competition winners announced

Winners of this year’s Guardian International Development Journalism competition, run in partnership with Marie Stopes International, have now been announced. 21/11/2011

New report on increasing family planning access and choice launched

A new report has been launched today which looks at how family planning access and choice is being increased around the world through clinical outreach programmes. 11/11/2011

New outreach team delivers family planning services in Senegal

Today marks the first day of outreach services by our newest country programme – Marie Stopes International Senegal. 03/11/2011

How do you use drama to teach people about family planning?

Through a partnership with Africa Directions, MSI Zambia is successfully educating women so they can access the full range voluntary family planning and legal safe abortion services we offer in their communities. 31/10/2011

State of the World Population report launched

UNFPA has published this year's State of World Population report, People and Possibilities in a World of 7 Billion, today. 26/10/2011

7 Billion Actions campaign builds global awareness and inspires positive action

Marie Stopes International is delighted to be a leading partner in marking a unique moment in the world’s history, when the global population reaches the 7 billion milestone, later this month. 14/10/2011

Uganda team trains public sector workers in war-torn Karamoja

Sister Anne is just one of the public sector health workers we have helped to provide vital family planning services to the underserved communities of Karamoja in the northeast of Uganda. 07/10/2011

How do you get contraceptive supplies where they're needed most?

Our logistics team – ably assisted by our country programme and medical development teams – make sure our centres, outreach teams and social franchisees across the world are fully stocked with everything they need. 30/09/2011

New programme to deliver vital services in Senegal

Marie Stopes International has launched its newest country programme, Marie Stopes International Senegal, today. 19/09/2011

Innovative voucher scheme improves maternal health in Bangladesh

Giving birth without a skilled attendant there can be a risky business, sometimes with disastrous consequences for the mother’s health. 15/09/2011

Education key to sexual health for young people in Sierra Leone

When Sierra Leonean TV journalist Vickie Remoe hit the streets and beaches of Freetown to ask young women and men what they thought about condoms she got some pretty concerning responses. 07/09/2011

Glenda's story: Why we're fighting to prevent unsafe abortion in South Africa

Glenda Bateman, a Marie Stopes International nurse in South Africa, saw the consequences of an unsafe abortion first hand when a young woman flagged her car down, desperate to get help for her 19-year-old sister. 01/09/2011

New programme involves Ethiopian men in reproductive health

Marie Stopes International Ethiopia (MSI Ethiopia) has launched a new programme, Men as Partners, to encourage male involvement in family planning and reproductive health in the country. 30/08/2011

Invitation to tender for vehicles

Marie Stopes International Zambia invites you to submit a bid for a tender for the supply and delivery of three Toyota Hardtop 78 Series and one Toyota Hilux Double Cabin motor vehicles. 30/08/2011

Marie Stopes International issues invitation to tender for vehicles

Marie Stopes International has today issued an invitation to tender for Toyota vehicles. 29/08/2011

Invitation to tender for male latex condoms

Invitation to tender for male latex condoms for Marie Stopes International's programmes 29/08/2011

Why family planning matters: a tale of two mothers

Jahanara and Khadeja both live in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They only live a short distance from each other, but their experience of life is worlds apart. 11/08/2011

Make reproductive health a priority in the Horn of Africa

Marie Stopes International is deeply concerned by the growing famine in the Horn of Africa. 03/08/2011

New partnership to combat HIV and maternal mortality

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance and Marie Stopes International have announced a new partnership which will combine their collective strengths within the sexual and reproductive health arena. 01/08/2011

Delivering family planning choices for women in Madagascar

Nampoina, a community health worker for Marie Stopes International in Madagascar had just completed a visit to a client’s home. 27/07/2011

Guardian International Development Journalism Competition finalists announced

Marie Stopes International has congratulated the 16 finalists in this year’s Guardian International Development Journalism Competition, announced this week. 22/07/2011

New USAID funded team serves unmet need in Ugandan fishing communities

A new Marie Stopes Uganda outreach team has been taking bold new steps in the fishing communities around Lakes Victoria and Kyoga, providing family planning services where they have not been available before. 01/07/2011

Marie Stopes International Tanzania issues invitation to tender for vehicles

Marie Stopes International Tanzania has today issued an invitation to tender for three vehicles. 01/07/2011

Marie Stopes International Mali issues invitation to tender for hardtop vehicles

Marie Stopes International Mali has today issued an invitation to tender for two Toyota hardtop vehicles. 22/06/2011

International Development Achievement Award launched

Marie Stopes International and The Guardian today launched this year’s International Development Achievement Award. 15/06/2011

Global Impact Report launched

We have launched our Global Impact Report 2010 today. It assesses progress during 2010 towards our global mission – children by choice, not chance – and the shared global goal of increasing contraceptive prevalence and decreasing unsafe abortions, particularly for the underserved. 02/06/2011

The people behind the numbers: Tigist's story

Tigist is typical of the 8,000 men and women that work for us, delivering life changing services in some of the most underserved communities in the world. 02/06/2011

Zainabu's decision: a story of family planning outreach in Sierra Leone

Zainabu has nine children to look after. The pressure of coping with life in a remote community in Sierra Leone and an ever expanding family, has led her to consider a life-changing choice, a permanent form of contraception. 20/05/2011

2011 Guardian International Development Journalism Competition launched

The Guardian International Development Journalism Competition for aspiring and professional journalists was launched today. 03/05/2011

Marie Stopes International issues invitation to tender

Marie Stopes International has today issued an invitation to tender for Hyfrecator Machines, Electrosurgical Accessories and Servicing. 27/04/2011

Preventing transmission of HIV to babies: Jacki's story

Our programmes in Uganda and Kenya are helping to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV. 20/04/2011

Bangladesh team reaches out to the unreachable

In a joint initiative with the Bangladeshi government, Marie Stopes Clinic’s Society’s (MSCS) Roving Teams are now delivering sterilisation services in some of the most remote areas in the country. 12/04/2011

Rickshaws help nurses deliver family planning services in Tanzania

Marie Stopes nurses are using two auto-rickshaws in an ambitious attempt to give more women in the Tanzanian island Zanzibar access to family planning services. 08/04/2011

Medical abortion: Getting the help you need

Titled "Not For The Feint Hearted" this candid account is a rare insight into the realities of terminating a pregnancy. 28/03/2011

Ethiopia on International Women's Day

Three stories from our Ethiopia programme about how they're reducing unsafe abortion and reaching local communities. 08/03/2011

Shoktambe's story

Leo Bryant tells the story of Shoktambe, a new mother from Uganda who used a voucher to help her give birth. 08/03/2011

Pakistan on International Women’s Day

Dr Mohsina Bilgrami talks to our cameras about the issues facing women in Pakistan and Dr Laila Shah talks about how her team is changing the lives of Pakistani women today. 08/03/2011

Viet Nam on International Women's day

Providing access to women in Viet Nam's factories and learning from the peer educator system 08/03/2011

2010

Ireland’s abortion law in breach of international human rights

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Irish Government had breached international human rights by failing to provide abortion services 23/12/2010

Development journalism competition winners announced

The Guardian International Development Journalism competition, supported by Marie Stopes International , has announced the winners of the 2010 competition. 25/11/2010

Marie Stopes Society Pakistan delivers hope

Despite severe personal losses of homes and belongings, members of the Marie Stopes Society Pakistan (MSS) are already building bridges to health for survivors of the worst disaster in Pakistan’s short history. 12/10/2010

Make Women Matter campaign launched

London - Make Women Matter - a campaign to show what's being done to stop preventable maternal deaths worldwide, launches today. 13/09/2010

Voting opens to select the 2010 recipient of the Guardian International Development Achievement Award

The five finalists in the Guardian International Development Achievement Award 2010, which is being held in association with Marie Stopes International, have been announced. 07/09/2010

Floods devastate Pakistan

Karachi - Despite the devastation wreaked by the floods last week, Marie Stopes Society (MSS) in Pakistan is continuing to provide much needed health services in many of the affected areas. 11/08/2010

Five by Fifteen: Working in Partnership video launched

London - Marie Stopes International is pleased to share the second of three videos in the Five by Fifteen initiative to highlight the contribution that family planning and reproductive healthcare can make to achieving Millennium Development Goal 5 by 2015. 09/06/2010

First ever TV commercial for unplanned pregnancy advisory services in Britain

Marie Stopes International (MSI) has launched a broadcast campaign to raise awareness of sexual health and confront the taboo of abortion. 24/05/2010

International Development Journalism Competition 2010 launched

London, 3rd March 2010: The Guardian and Marie Stopes International have launched the third annual International Development Journalism Competition. 03/03/2010

Record increase in family planning and safe abortion services in 2009

London - MSI programmes averted nine million unintended pregnancies, 2.6 million unsafe abortions and nearly 35,000 maternal deaths in 2009 alone, reducing global maternal mortality by about six percent.... 03/02/2010

Baroness Kinnock, Minister for Africa, visits Ethiopia programme

Addis Ababa - Baroness Kinnock took time out from her visit to Ethiopia this week (26 January) to visit the Marie Stopes International programme 26/01/2010

2009

Guardian International Development Journalism Award winners announced

London – On 19th November the winners of the prestigious Guardian International Development Journalism Competition were announced at an awards ceremony at the Royal Society for the Arts. 20/11/2009

Murder of Dr George Tiller

Dr Kate Worsley pays tribute to George Tiller, who was shot dead whilst attending a church service in Wichita, Kansas. 04/06/2009

May global news round-up

A round-up of May's sexual and reproductive health news from around the world. 31/05/2009

April global news round up

A round up of April's sexual and reproductive health news from around the world. 30/04/2009

MSI calls for uniform cervical screening programme throughout the United Kingdom

English women currently have to wait until they’re 25 to obtain screening which is available at 20 to women in the rest of the UK. 23/03/2009

2008

Free Christmas condoms

It's coming up to Christmas again and everyone is starting to think about parties and having fun. As you get into the festive spirit, inhibitions can melt away and you may find yourself in a clinch that goes beyond a mere kiss under the mistletoe! 22/12/2008

MSI defends Polish women's right to access abortion services in the UK

National newspapers this week (December 15th) have carried stories alleging the up to 10,000 Polish women every year are accessing abortions in the UK at a cost to the NHS of more than £10 million. 12/12/2008

Stitched up! Government kills pro choice amendments to the Human Fertilisations and Embryology Bill

Government kills pro choice amendments on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill 12/10/2008

Human Fertilisation and Embroyology Bill reaches report stage

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Bill will reach Report stage next week – the final step before making it onto the statute books. 02/10/2008

Commemorative bronze bust of Marie Stopes unveiled

Stopes dynasty and Marie Stopes International unite to observe the 50th anniversary of her death 02/10/2008

Marie Stopes International takes a leading role in World Contraception Day

Marie Stopes International (MSI) has joined together with five other international and regional sexual and reproductive health organisations 26/09/2008

Stamp of approval - a woman of 'firsts'

In the wake of the controversy and debate which has arisen over the inclusion of Marie Stopes, in the Royal Mail’s Women of Distinction series of stamps next month 22/08/2008

The MSI Love Bus hits the V festival

The team from Marie Stopes International Essex recently (August) took the MSI Love Bus to the V Festival in Chelmsford where its distinctive blue livery attracted hundreds. 16/08/2008

MSI launches new STI testing service at its South London Centre

Marie Stopes International has launched a new comprehensive sexually transmitted infection testing service at its centre in south London 22/06/2008

MSI joins forces with The Guardian to launch International Development Journalism Competition

Today (10th March) Marie Stopes international (MSI) has teamed up with The Guardian newspaper and seven other development agencies to launch a groundbreaking journalism competition. 10/03/2008

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill begins passage through the House of Commons

Marie Stopes International will be closely monitoring the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill through the House of Commons this spring. 24/02/2008

2007

Stock up on emergency contraception and condoms

Marie Stopes International (MSI), is offering festive family planning packs (containing emergency contraception and condoms). 22/12/2007

Lord Steel supports reform of his own 1967 Abortion Act

Speaking at Marie Stopes International’s Global Safe Abortion Conference in London on Wednesday (24 October) 24/10/2007

MSI convenes first-ever Global Safe Abortion Conference

London, 22 October – More than 700 public health experts, government representatives and women’s advocates from 52 countries will gather in London this week for the Marie Stopes Global Safe Abortion Conference. 14/10/2007

Vasectomy Awareness Week

For the last four years, Marie Stopes International has held a vasectomy awareness week in September to raise awareness of vasectomy as an effective and popular form of contraception 06/09/2007

What young people think of their sex education

Marie Stopes International were asked to comment on recent surveys which asked young people what they thought of their sex education at school. 19/08/2007

Highest ever abortion figures

Marie Stopes International has recorded its busiest ever month for abortion services in its 32 year history. 16/02/2007

Valentine vasectomy voucher

To mark Valentine’s Day 2007, Marie Stopes International is offering men a special Valentine card to give to their partner bearing the message "I promise to book myself a Valentine vasectomy". 14/02/2007