We Are The Present – flash mob was organized by Public Health Ambassadors Uganda with support from Pathfinder International, Guttmacher Institute, Women Deliver and IYAFP during the International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali Rwanda.
Month: February 2019
New Survey Shows Improvement in Maternal and Child Health in Pakistan
Families in Pakistan are getting healthier according to the newly released 2017-18 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS). The 2017-18PDHS is the fourth DHS survey conducted in Pakistan since 1990-91. The survey results, released today at a national seminar in Islamabad organized by NIPS, highlight major improvements in child survival and maternal health care, while progress has been slower in nutrition and family planning use among women.
Not your typical door-to-door sales: the family-planning ladies of Nigeria
MS ladies are trained health extension workers. Nigeria committed to task shifting to FP2020 and through their Family Planning Blueprint for 2014–2018, which included a roadmap for training Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) on implants insertion/removal. The Rapid Response Mechanism supported the process through two grants.
