The Gambia Family Planning recently trained over forty of its volunteers known as Community Based Distributors (CBDs) on reproductive health care delivery. The CBDs are responsible of the distribution of contraceptives and provide counseling services on reproductive health in their communities. The three-day forum held in Pakalinding LRR discussed modern contraceptive methods, prevention of sexually… Continue reading GFPA Sensitizes CBDs on Contraceptives, Reproductive Health
Month: March 2017
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is key to achieving the SDGs
Consider this: As per a study by the World Bank, had the world addressed 90 percent of global unmet need for family planning by 2015, it would have reduced annual births by almost 28 million, consequently preventing 67,000 maternal deaths, 440,000 neonatal deaths, 473,000 child deaths and 564,000 stillbirths. Global data indicates that the greatest… Continue reading Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is key to achieving the SDGs
Family Planning 2020 Welcomes New Government and Institutional Partners to the Reference Group
Leaders from Canada, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, and Uganda, as well as Faith to Action Network, and Population Council join newly expanded governing body for FP2020 Washington, D.C. (March 30, 2017) – Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), the global partnership dedicated to empowering women to access and use quality, rights-based family planning information, services, and supplies, today… Continue reading Family Planning 2020 Welcomes New Government and Institutional Partners to the Reference Group
A New Kind of Male Birth Control Is Coming
Novel treatment may be submitted for Indian approval this year Doctors are on the cusp of launching the first new male contraceptive in more than a century. But rather than a Big Pharma lab, the breakthrough is emerging from a university startup in the heart of rural India. Years of human trials on the injectable,… Continue reading A New Kind of Male Birth Control Is Coming
Nomugisha on her passion for sexual reproductive health and rights
22-year-old Hellen Nomugisha is the president of African Youth and Adolescent Network on Population and Development (AFIYAN), Rwandan Chapter, a network that brings together all-youth led organisations to implement focus areas like demographic dividend, entrepreneurship, gender-based violence, and forced marriages, among other things. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in public health. She spoke to Women… Continue reading Nomugisha on her passion for sexual reproductive health and rights
The dilemma of family planning in Pakistan
The last time the Government of Pakistan took family planning seriously was during the period of the Third Plan in the 1960s. The dawn of democracy in the country also heralded in an era where pacifying a range of stakeholders, including those at the far right of the spectrum, became de rigueur. The government began… Continue reading The dilemma of family planning in Pakistan
Clarifying Terminology: Performance Monitoring and Evidence Working Group Statement on the Term 'Additional users'
At its semi-annual meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in March 2017, the FP2020 Performance Monitoring & Evidence Working Group (PME WG) acknowledged the confusion around the term “additional users,” – FP2020 Core Indicator 1 – and sought to clarify the terminology with the following statement: “The term “additional users” does not apply to individuals, but refers to the… Continue reading Clarifying Terminology: Performance Monitoring and Evidence Working Group Statement on the Term 'Additional users'
Uganda's Overburdened Midwives
The caseload for a midwife in the Kotido district of Karamoja, tucked in a remote part of north-eastern Uganda, strains belief: with just 18 midwives serving 9,600 mothers, according to district health officials, each midwife cares for at least 533 mothers a year. That’s more than triple the number recommended by the WHO (1 midwife/175… Continue reading Uganda's Overburdened Midwives
Q&A: UNFPA West Africa director on the security benefits of family planning
Family planning in West Africa has increased in popularity in recent years, as local religious leaders, community groups and health outreach programs have gotten behind the message. This multi-pronged approach is responsible for rising contraceptive use, according to the United Nations Population Fund West Africa Regional Director Mabingue Ngom. Places such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar… Continue reading Q&A: UNFPA West Africa director on the security benefits of family planning
Promoting the rights of girls and women
The situation for girls and women in Bangladesh is changing for the better, especially in terms of economic participation. The past decades have brought in significant improvements, including in terms of labour force participation or access to better sexual and reproductive health care, as evidenced by a drop in maternal mortality ratios. However for women… Continue reading Promoting the rights of girls and women
