AFRICA; UGANDA SANCTIONED MARIE STOPES FOR FAULTY CONTRACEPTIVES, ALLEGED NEWS. [1] Following complaints from contraceptive users, on November 20th 2019 the National Drug Authority (NDA) ordered Marie Stopes Uganda to issue a recall on more than 1 million Life Guard brand condoms: Alleged News. [1]
High-level employees working for an affiliate of the international abortion giant Marie Stopes International in Uganda have had their licenses suspended by the Ugandan government for allegedly allowing the distribution of untested condom shipments without the required prior authorization from the government: Alleged News. [1]
"False information"
According to the Ugandan Ministry of Health, the employees allegedly gave "false information" to their staff, indicating that approval had been granted by the government to distribute the condom stocks when no such authorization had been issued; Alleged News. [1] The contraceptives were found to be defective: they had holes; Alleged News. [1] As of November 28th 2019, nearly 20% of the condoms from the defective stocks had still yet to be recovered; Alleged News. [1]
High-level employees working for an affiliate of the international abortion giant Marie Stopes International in Uganda have had their licenses suspended by the Ugandan government for allegedly allowing the distribution of untested condom shipments without the required prior authorization from the government: Alleged News. [1]
"False information"
According to the Ugandan Ministry of Health, the employees allegedly gave "false information" to their staff, indicating that approval had been granted by the government to distribute the condom stocks when no such authorization had been issued; Alleged News. [1] The contraceptives were found to be defective: they had holes; Alleged News. [1] As of November 28th 2019, nearly 20% of the condoms from the defective stocks had still yet to be recovered; Alleged News. [1]
Marie Stopes employees sanctioned
The Uganda Ministry of Health has officially sanctioned two employees working for Marie Stopes Uganda, including a director and a top pharmacist responsible for authorizing the distribution of condom shipments in the country; Alleged News. [1]
The Ugandan Ministry of Health's preliminary investigations into the case found that Kohora Ojambo Geofrey, a high-ranking pharmacist at Mare Stopes Uganda, allegedly circulated a memo with Marie Stopes management saying that the defective condom batches had received approval from the NDA; Alleged News. [1]
The Ugandan Ministry of Health's preliminary investigations into the case found that Kohora Ojambo Geofrey, a high-ranking pharmacist at Mare Stopes Uganda, allegedly circulated a memo with Marie Stopes management saying that the defective condom batches had received approval from the NDA; Alleged News. [1]
False information
Testifying before the Ugandan Parliament, former Uganda State Minister for Health (General Duties) Sarah Opendi told lawmakers that the ministry "suspended them having found that the pharmacist gave them false information that the condoms have been cleared," Alleged News. [1] "NDA had not yet written to Marie Stopes to clear those specific batches of condoms and in the meantime, they had told them to keep them until verification is done, but the pharmacist in the process wrote a communication that NDA had cleared the condoms," Ms Opendi told lawmakers; Alleged News. [1]
The health ministry indicated that it would continue the investigation into the case; Alleged News. [1] On December 14th 2019, as part of a government reshuffling of the cabinet, Ms Opendi from moved from her post at the Ministry of Health to another post at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development: Alleged News. [1]
The health ministry indicated that it would continue the investigation into the case; Alleged News. [1] On December 14th 2019, as part of a government reshuffling of the cabinet, Ms Opendi from moved from her post at the Ministry of Health to another post at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development: Alleged News. [1]
PRO-LIFERS CONCERNS
- Culture of Life Africa produced a video focusing on Marie Stopes International's operations in Africa [2]
- Marie Stopes International has been found performing illegal abortions in a number of African countries; Alleged News [3]
- Zambia banned Marie Stopes International from performing abortions after discovering MSI committed 490 illegal abortions in five months; Alleged News [3]
- In Kenya, Population Research Institute investigators discovered that 'manual evacuation' abortions were being performed illegally by Marie Stopes International, Alleged News. [3] The mother organization, Marie Stopes International (MSI) was sponsored by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), Alleged News. [3] Kenya banned Marie Stopes International from offering abortion services, Alleged News [4]
- In Uganda, Ms Desiree Kirabo, a Ugandan nurse and former centre manager of the MSI Clinic in Hoima, Western Uganda, claimed that illegal abortions were carried out by medical assistants (not doctors), Alleged News. Aborted babies before the age of 14 weeks were disposed of by being 'flushed in toilet', after 14 weeks pit latrine [note: pit latrine is open sewage], Alleged News [3]
- In Kenya, Marie Stopes abortion workers allegedly implanted long lasting contraceptive devices Norplant (levonorgestrel) into schoolgirls without their parents' knowledge or consent; Alleged News [5]
- In Niger, two facilities run by the UK-based Marie Stopes International [MSI] were shut down for carrying out abortions contravening a 2006 pro-life law: Alleged News [6]
- In Kenya, the government ordered Marie Stopes to "immediately cease and desist offering any form of abortion services in all its facilities within the republic" ; Alleged News [6]
-In South Africa, nationwide demonstrations held against the abortion law [7]
- In South Africa, March for Life was held in Cape Town in protest against the abortion law [8]
- In South Africa, Pretoria Pro-life Rally protested the abortion law [9]
- In Lagos Nigeria, police shut down Marie Stopes; Alleged News [10]
- In Tanzania, Marie Stopes was ordered to close ten facilities; Alleged News [11]
- In Ghana, Marie Stopes introduced levonorgestrel as BK-1 emergency contraceptive: Alleged News [12]
- In the United Kingdom, Marie Stopes International was queried by the Care Quality Commissions after inspectors found a catalogue of practices in English Clinic, Alleged News [2] 2,600 safety flaws at the Marie Stopes abortion clinics were included in the Care Quality Commission report; Alleged News. [12]
[1] Uganda sanctions Marie Stopes for faulty condoms; Alleged News
[2] Culture of Life Africa has produced a video focusing on Marie Stopes International's operations in Africa; Alleged News
[3] Culture of Life Africa welcomes reinstation of Mexico City policy; Alleged News
[4] Kenya bans Marie Stopes International from offering abortion services, Alleged News
[5] Kenya: pro-abortion activists administer birth control to schoolgirls without parental knowledge or consent: Alleged News
[6] Africa: Niger shuts down Marie Stopes, Kenya orders 'cease and desist', Alleged News
[7] South Africa: Nationwide demonstrations against the abortion law
[8] March for Life Cape Town South Africa; meet the protesters against the abortion law
[9] South Africa: Pretoria Prolife Rally protests abortion law
[10] Africa: Police shut down Marie Stopes in Lagos Nigeria; Alleged News
[11] Tanzania: Marie Stopes ordered to close down ten facilities; Alleged News
[12] Ghana: Marie Stopes introduces levonorgestrel as BK-1 emergency contraceptive; Alleged News
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