Advance Family Planning is a global initiative comprising 20 partner organizations working to increase the financial investments and political commitment needed to ensure access to quality, voluntary family planning through evidence-based advocacy. More and more political leaders appreciate the benefits of FP, not only for the health of women and children, but also for improving… Continue reading Advance Family Planning Official Update
Month: September 2015
CARE International Official Update
Care International provided the following updates on progress in achieving its FP2020 commitments: Validating tools to measure the impact of key approaches on health outcomes: CARE has developed three tools to support measurement of women’s empowerment, governance and health outcomes. WEMEASR (Women’s Empowerment- Multidimensional Evaluation of Agency, Social Capital and Relations). WEMEASR is a quantitative survey… Continue reading CARE International Official Update
WHO Official Update
In July 2015, World Health Organization shared an update on progress in achieving its commitments to FP2020. Expanding choice and method mix through contraceptive research and development and assessment of the safety and efficacy of new and existing methods: The WHO supported a clinical study that assesses the effectiveness of the three-year one rod etonogestrel (ENG)… Continue reading WHO Official Update
UNFPA Official Update
In August 2015, UNFPA shared an update on progress in achieving its commitments to FP2020. In the case of UNFPA, tracking how much went specifically into family planning is not easy to do due to the cross-cutting nature of family planning programming vis-à-vis the other areas covered by UNFPA’s mandate. We estimate that the UNFPA… Continue reading UNFPA Official Update
Merck for Mothers Official Update
In August 2015, Merck for Mothers shared an update on progress in achieving its commitments to FP2020. Since last reported, the Informed Push Model in Senegal has been scaled nationally to over 1,300 health facilities in all 14 regions of the country, ensuring reliable access to modern contraceptives for over 32 million women. To date, Merck… Continue reading Merck for Mothers Official Update
Togo Official Update
In August 2015, the Government of Togo shared an update on progress in achieving its policy, financial and program and service delivery commitments to FP2020. The Government of Togo held regional meetings in the country’s six health regions from July 3 to 10, 2015, to disseminate the 2013-2017 Family Planning Repositioning Plan. The preparations for… Continue reading Togo Official Update
Nigeria Official Update
In September 2015, the Government of Nigeria shared an update on progress in achieving its policy, financial and program and service delivery commitments to FP2020. The policy on task shifting and task sharing of responsibilities to community health extension workers (CHEWS) has been endorsed at the last national council on health meeting. This provides the… Continue reading Nigeria Official Update
Mauritania Official Update
In August 2015, the Government of Mauritania shared an update on progress in achieving its financial and program and service delivery commitments to FP2020. The implementation of Mauritania’s national action plan for family planning is underway, in accordance with the country’s commitment. The government has started training contraceptive technology trainers and now has a pool… Continue reading Mauritania Official Update
Mali FP2020 Commitment
Program & Service Delivery The Government of Mali commits to ensuring the availability and accessibility of contraceptives throughout the country. In addition, it pledges to continue and to strengthen national campaigns that have been promoting family planning since 2005 under the aegis of the Prime Minister. Mali commits to ensuring the regular monitoring of the… Continue reading Mali FP2020 Commitment
Bangladesh FP2020 Objective Commitment Update (2015)
In 2012 at the London Summit on Family Planning, Bangladesh made commitments to achieve targets on five key family planning indicators by 2020 based on the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS) 2011 data. As per the results of the BDHS 2014 data, the Bangladesh Country Engagement Working Group (BCEWG) met on 10 May 2015 at… Continue reading Bangladesh FP2020 Objective Commitment Update (2015)
