Sentences with phrase «access to basic health care for»

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) today commended Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D - NY) for introducing the Global Democracy Promotion Act of 2010 to bar future administrations from reinstituting the so - called Mexico City policy, also known as the global gag rule, which blocked access to basic health care for women worldwide.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Senate Appropriations Committee members passed bills protecting access to basic health care for women and families in the United States and around the world, and blocking many of the dangerous attacks on women's health programs such as the Title X family planning, teen pregnancy prevention programs, and international family planning programs being waged by the Trump Administration and extremists in the House of Representatives.

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More local staff members have been added as Americares expands its working network, developing and implementing plans with local organizations and free clinics to provide access to medicine, relief supplies and basic health care for people in crisis.

In places like Iceland, Germany, and the Neverlands, every mother has access to in home care for 1 - 8 weeks after birth as part of her basic health care plan.

Today, it is estimated that roughly half of all women living in developing countries do not have access to adequate basic maternal health care and that 220 million have an unmet need for family planning.

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Primary Health Care Centre for Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria at Kuchigoro with a promise to ensure access to quality basic healthcare.

According to one of the study's lead authors, Professor Maigeng Zhou, from the National Centre for Noncommunicable and Chronic Disease Control and Prevention in the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, China, «There is an ongoing effort by the Chinese Government to reform the health - care system, especially in terms of ensuring equal access for all to basic public health services.

If well managed, cities offer important opportunities for economic development and for expanding access to basic services, including health care and education, for large numbers of people.

These organizations focus on clients» most basic human needs: preserving housing, protecting subsistence income, obtaining access to health care, providing food and clothing for families and maintaining safety, independence, and dignity.

In a speech to the Canadian Bar Association in August 2007, Justice Beverly McLachlin declared access to justice «a basic right» for Canadians, like education or health care.

We object to the continued funding of fiscally irresponsible abstinence - only programs that have been proven ineffective, while ignoring calls for increased funding for the programs that have been proven to work and help millions of women across the country get access to basic health care, including affordable birth control.

Families who can meet their own basic needs for food, clothing, housing, and transportation - and who know how to access essential services such as childcare, health care, and mental health services to address family - specific needs - are better able to ensure the safety and well - being of their children.

Since 2005, this money — federal dollars passed back through the state to fund services — has paid for health care for an average of 244,000 needy women a year; with the small pot that remains, just $ 19 million this year, the Department of State Health Services estimates that just 60,000 low - income women will be able to access basic health services inhealth care for an average of 244,000 needy women a year; with the small pot that remains, just $ 19 million this year, the Department of State Health Services estimates that just 60,000 low - income women will be able to access basic health services inHealth Services estimates that just 60,000 low - income women will be able to access basic health services inhealth services in 2012.

Put simply, says Randall Ellis, senior director of government relations for the well - respected Houston FQHC Legacy Community Health Services, it takes the entire spectrum of providers, including Planned Parenthood, to meet the needs of the growing population of low - income people without access to reproductive and other basic health care serHealth Services, it takes the entire spectrum of providers, including Planned Parenthood, to meet the needs of the growing population of low - income people without access to reproductive and other basic health care serhealth care services.

«We applaud the Pentagon for ensuring that every woman honorably serving our country and the spouses of military personnel stationed around the world will have access to the same basic reproductive health care available to women in the United States,» said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

This unprecedented wave of attacks could have devastating consequences for women, men and young people across the country in decreasing access to basic health care.

«As essential community providers, we understand firsthand what happens when patients can not access the preventive services they need,» said Lynda Sampson, chair of the MA Family Planning Association and director of Family Planning at Citizens for Citizens, Inc. «Not only do these cuts deprive low - income women the ability to access the basic health care they need and deserve, these cuts are counter to Governor Baker's goal to reduce government spending.»

Without access to Planned Parenthood health centers, many women will have no place to go for affordable, basic, preventive health care.

Planned Parenthood Supports Measure, Taking Away One More Hurdle for Women to Access Basic Health Care, Prevent Unintended Pregnancies

«Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more women now have better access to vital health care services: about 12.8 million women of reproductive age will become newly eligible for health insurance, and insurance plans will soon be required to cover basic care such as pelvic exams and birth control without co-pays,» said RichaCare Act, more women now have better access to vital health care services: about 12.8 million women of reproductive age will become newly eligible for health insurance, and insurance plans will soon be required to cover basic care such as pelvic exams and birth control without co-pays,» said Richacare services: about 12.8 million women of reproductive age will become newly eligible for health insurance, and insurance plans will soon be required to cover basic care such as pelvic exams and birth control without co-pays,» said Richacare such as pelvic exams and birth control without co-pays,» said Richards.

These attacks have terrible consequences for women and families trying to access basic health care.

A child is more at risk for ACEs when the child's parents experience stressors like social isolation, underemployment, lack of health care, depression, or the inability to access basic necessities.