Kenyan Hospital Opens Human Milk Bank — a Rarity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Human milk banks collect, pasteurise, test, store, and distribute donated breastmilk. NataBU/Shutterstock Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Brown University April 19, 2019//-Kenya’s first human milk bank has opened at Pumwani Maternity Hospital. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, spoke to the team spearheading APHRC’s research efforts in the establishment of Kenya’s first milk bank.

Call for Urgent Public, Private Sector Action to Support Women Entrepreneurs Heightens 

Abidjan, Ivory Coast, April 17, 2019 – Heads of state, ministers, leaders of multilateral development banks, private sector executives, women entrepreneurs, and contributing governments of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) have discussed concrete ways to strengthen support for women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in West Africa.