Kitui County in Kenya allocated US $161,529 for family planning in its 2015/16 budget. This is the first time the county has included a specific budget line for family planning. Advance Family Planning (AFP) partner Jhpiego Kenya and Kyeni Foundation, an Opportunity Fund recipient, led the advocacy to allocate funding for family planning, working with… Continue reading Kitui County in Kenya Allocates $161,500 to Family Planning
Month: August 2015
FP2020 Awards Indonesia $54,600 Through the Rapid Response Mechanism to Improve Family Planning in 8 Districts
In July, Family Planning 2020 awarded Advance Family Planning partner Yayasan Cipta Cara Padu Foundation a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) grant to support the KB Kencana national family planning revitalization program in Indonesia. The grant will fund advocacy efforts in 8 districts in 4 provinces with some of the greatest family planning needs in the… Continue reading FP2020 Awards Indonesia $54,600 Through the Rapid Response Mechanism to Improve Family Planning in 8 Districts
Three Rural Districts Allocate $20,700 to Family Planning in Tanzania
Three rural districts made budget allocations for family planning totaling US $20,700 in the Lake Zone of Tanzania, which reports some of the lowest contraceptive prevalence rates in the country. Advocacy led by local Advance Family Planning partner Health Promotion Tanzania (HDT) culminated in the Serengeti District and Tarime Town Councils allocating funding from their… Continue reading Three Rural Districts Allocate $20,700 to Family Planning in Tanzania
Ministers discuss Global Strategy at Call to Action meeting in Delhi
The two-day global ‘Call to Action Summit 2015’ concluded with Ministers and senior delegates from more than 22 countries delegations adopting the Delhi Declaration on ‘ending preventable maternal and child deaths’. The declaration was developed as an outcome of the high-level ministerial conclave held at the summit. The Summit was an opportunity for Health Ministers,… Continue reading Ministers discuss Global Strategy at Call to Action meeting in Delhi
Kenya Official Report: Financial, Policy and Political Commitments
The Government of Kenya had a temporary loss of the family planning budget line following devolution, however this is being addressed and the government has allocated USD $500,000 as a line item for family planning commodities in the year 2015-2016, [and] this will be scaled up in coming years. The supply plan requirements for 2015-2016… Continue reading Kenya Official Report: Financial, Policy and Political Commitments
India Official Report
In August 2015, the Government of India shared an update on its commitment to FP2020. Here are the government’s responses. 34 million eligible couples in India have been provided with modern contraceptives in 2014 (3.9 million female sterilization, 0.78 million male sterilization, 5.2 million IUCD insertions, 4.5 million condom users and 3.2 million [oral contraceptive pill]… Continue reading India Official Report
Healthy women and children at the centre of the Sustainable Development Goals
After three years of intense advocacy, women and children’s health is poised to claim a central role in the new post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. The proposed outcome document of the SDG Summit, Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, was published this week. It includes a broad range of targets relating… Continue reading Healthy women and children at the centre of the Sustainable Development Goals
