Senegal
Reporting on reproductive health can lead reporters into a maze of facts and figures. A panel of experts offers advice on finding, interpreting and using data, without losing sight of the story.
Health experts consider legalized abortion in Africa a potential solution to one of the leading causes of death for women. But cultural taboos and colonial laws present challenges.
Eight journalists, five countries, one issue: The Pulitzer Center brings together journalists from disparate backgrounds to report on reproductive health in Africa.
This reporting initiative partners African and US journalists to explore critical challenges in reproductive health and family planning—and what they mean for life, death and socio-economic stability...
At the International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar this month, a new study suggesting that hormonal contraception shots may double the risk of women becoming H.I.V.-positive, created a stir.
Photos from the Isle de Madaleine, an uninhabited island off the coast of Senegal.