Africa: MPs must push for women's access to health services

African parliamentarians need to push public policy to focus more on women's health issues, delegates attending a regional workshop organised by the Parliamentarians for Women's Health (PWH) [www.womens-healthcare.org"> in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, heard this week. "MPs [members of parliament] have the potential to drive the political will to support women's health issues," said Elizabeth Aroka, East Africa regional coordinator of PWH.