May 2020 - Page 2 of 2 - Family Planning 2030

The paradigm shift for family planning in Uganda

Roselline Achola looks at the lessons for frontline health workers

Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

A mother holds her newborn twins, who were delivered under the supervision of trained health professionals at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, a public health facility. Institutional births are one of the government of India's key strategies to reduce infant and maternal mortality, and to improve the overall health of the mother and child. An average of 7,000 births take place at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital each year.

Although mortality rates for COVID-19 appear to be low in children and in women of reproductive age, these groups might be disproportionately affected by the disruption of routine health services, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Weekly COVID-19 Updates & Resources from FP2020

Family planning is an essential health service, and the need for it does not diminish in a crisis—even as obstacles to health care mount.

Gender-based Violence is Surging & Family Planning is Threatened. We can do better.

As the COVID-19 pandemic makes stay-at-home orders the new normal, the world is seeing another global surge: violence against women and girls. Countries across the globe are experiencing dramatic increases in reports of sexual offenses, calls to helplines, and demand for emergency shelter.

UNFPA Supplies COVID-19 Update

Halima Umubyeyi is a health worker who often participates in Kasha's community outreach programs. Kasha is an e-commerce company that enables confidential purchases of health care products, including contraceptives, pregnancy tests, and HIV oral self-test kits. Given the stigma frequently associated with requesting these products, this confidentiality facilitates access to sexual and reproductive health information and counseling, particularly for youth. Kasha holds community outreach programs to sensitize people to its confidential services.

COVID-19 is already causing disruptions in family planning services. UNFPA estimates that 47 million women may lose access to modern contraception if the situation continues for 6 months and could lead to nearly 7 million unintended pregnancies.

Reaching First-Time Parents in the TCIHC-Supported Youth-Friendly Cities of Uttar Pradesh

Young family with child posing on the background of an abandoned building

The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities (TCIHC) in India worked strategically through its adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) program to reach first-time parents with informed-choice counseling and modern contraceptive services over a six-month period ending June 2019 in five cities in Uttar Pradesh (Allahabad, Firozabad, Gorakhpur, Saharanpur and Varanasi).

Joint press statement Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Promoting Gender-responsiveness in the COVID-19 crisis

A Middle African Descent Woman Speaking into a Microphone

Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Promoting Gender-responsiveness in the COVID-19 crisis

Updates from the Secretariat

As we head into the week it’s been remarkable to see how our community is collaborating and innovating to ensure ongoing access to family planning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Practice family planning amid ECQ, couples urged

A mobile clinical outreach team from Marie Stopes International, a specialized sexual reproductive health and family planning organization on a site visit to Laniar health center, a rural area, where they offer many sexual reproductive health services and counseling, including the full range of family planning options, emergency contraception, pre- and post natal care, and cervical cancer screening and treatment.

Following the warning of the United Nations Population Fund that the lockdowns may result in seven million unwanted pregnancies worldwide, the Department of Health (DOH) yesterday reminded couples to practice family planning during the enhanced community quarantine.