The Women's Health Forum is a bi-annual Newsletter of WHARC. It aims at providing information on the social and biological aspects of women's reproductive health to a general readership audience. It educates men and women at all levels on comtemporary issues pertaining to the reproductive health of women, with particular emphasis on women in sub-Saharan Africa. The Newsletter is distrubuted free nationally and internationally. Our audience includes Government and non-Governmental organizations and individuals interested in women's health.

All articles, enquiries and responses should be sent to:

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The Editor
Women's Health and Action Research Centre
Km 11, Lagos-Benin Expressway, Igue-Iheya Quarters
Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.

WHARC Newsletter - Vol1 - Number-1 2009

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, Associates and Staff of the Women's Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC), it is my pleasure to introduce this volume of the Women's Health Forum (WHF), the official newsletter of WHARC. WHF was established in 1998, three years after the founding of WHARC, and it has been published uninterruptedly since then.

This edition of the Forum has provided a broad over-view of the activities carried out in WHARC over the last six months.