DSW Provides Information and Sensitisation on Health Issues
The dramatic health situation of people living in the poorest countries of the world goes largely unnoticed in Germany and Europe. This is why DSW actively promotes press and PR work in order to put the topics of family planning and health in developing countries onto the public agenda.
On various occasions we motivate citizens and politicians to act.
"Mothers' Night" - Sensitising on Maternal Health Issues
Mothers' Night is an initiative launched by DSW in 2008 to increase awareness of the high global maternal mortality in advance of Mother's Day. We have since successfully brought on board nine other large organisations in support of this important initiative, including CARE, Oxfam and World Vision. With Mothers' Night, we call on the Federal Government to strengthen health systems in developing countries through investments in the training of healthcare professionals and to advocate for universal access to sexual and reproductive health by 2015.
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Africa’s Demographic Challenges: An Advocacy and Awareness Raising Campaign
Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region of the world. 74 per cent of its population live on less than two dollars a day. Rapid population growth is one of the biggest obstacles in fighting extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The health and educational system as well as the food situation already are under considerable strain. With more people having to be provided for in the following years the strain will increase. Africa has the highest population dynamics of the world – according to the latest United Nations projections the African population probably will double by 2015. A lot of women get more children than they wish to get as in many cases they don’t have access to modern methods of family planning. Universal access to sexual and reproductive health is essential to reduce poverty and to enable a sustainable development in Africa.
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