"As a child I loved the medical profession so much. And I knew one day, I would be wearing one of those uniforms serving my community.”

Nigeria has Africa’s biggest population. And it’s still growing at 3% a year. A lack of family planning is one reason – many women and girls want cont…

"Us people with disabilities have challenges at the main hospitals. People around look at you as if you are not a human being and you don’t fall sick.…

"We open at 8am. From 8am we will be receiving a variety of clients for different services - whether post-abortion care, whether antenatal care -…

Mariame Doumbia is a midwife who provides family planning and sexual health services to Malians in and around the capital.