Dear colleagues, A mainstay in the global fight against COVID-19 is the use of data to inform all types of decisions, from how often to get tested, to who should be prioritized for testing, to how quickly to reopen businesses and schools. It is clear that data are critical to the global health community’s… Continue reading News and Updates from FP2020
Month: August 2020
Senegal Leads the Way through a “Peer Assist”
In response to challenges faced by Chad in the process of developing a Global Financing Facility (GFF) investment case, FP2020, in partnership with the Knowledge SUCCESS project, facilitated a peer assist dialogue session via Zoom that allowed experts from Senegal to share their experiences around the process and to make key recommendations.
Identifying Inequity in Family Planning Programs at National and Subnational Levels: A New, Replicable Approach
Despite improvements in family planning programs, millions of women are still not receiving quality information and services. Among these women are adolescents, the least educated, ethnic and religious minorities, and others whose disadvantages are unfair and unjust. Better directing information and services for those who need them most across the essential elements of care—the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of information and services—could not only bolster uptake, but also address longstanding inequities and improve allocative efficiency.
Protect Adolescent Health in Pandemic Response
À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la jeunesse, nous sommes heureux de partager notre nouvelle déclaration commune, rédigée avec l’Association internationale pour la santé des adolescents (IAAH) et plusieurs autres associations cliniques mondiales qui appellent les pays et les cliniciens à protéger la santé et le bien-être des adolescents tout au long de la période de lutte contre la pandémie.
Resources for International Youth Day
International Youth Day is this Wednesday, August 12th. To mark the occasion, our social media channels will be devoted entirely to adolescent and youth content — on our website, Twitter, and Facebook, as well as our brand new Instagram account, which is run by the youngest staff members on the Secretariat. All day Wednesday, we will be showcasing content created by young people, for young people, starting with our daily Instagram takeovers, where a different youth focal point will take over the handle each day.
Match Words with Action: Dramatic Shift Needed in Funding and Partnerships with Youth-led Organizations
On International Youth Day, there will be a lot of talk about meaningful youth engagement (MYE) – a shorthand way of referring to all the steps needed to achieve equitable partnerships with young people. The fact that many donors, iNGOs, and other decision makers are identifying meaningful youth engagement as a priority for their organizations is one sign of progress. However, many partners in the FP2020 community, especially youth partners, are asking: Is there depth to these discussions? Is there real action toward making young people equitable partners in their work?
News and Updates from the FP2020 Secretariat
Dear Colleagues, I’m Isha Datta, an associate on the Family Planning 2020 team, and for the past three years I’ve had the pleasure of helping my colleagues manage FP2020’s small grants program, the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM). As we continue to build the next phase of the FP2020 partnership, I wanted to take a… Continue reading News and Updates from the FP2020 Secretariat
The COVID-19 pandemic is another barrier to HIV/FP integration. We can’t let that stop us.
The ECHO trial demonstrated the urgent need for investment in woman-centered programs that offer a full range of contraceptive choices and HIV prevention strategies at the same site, time, and with the same provider, and through an approach that is centered on women’s informed choice.
COVID-19 Could Set Back Decades on Family Planning Progress in Uganda and Beyond
COVID-19 remains one of the fastest-growing public health concerns across the globe. Ever since the virus was declared a pandemic by the World Health organisation, it has disrupted the status quo of governance systems and access to family planning information and services has not been spared.
Youth Centric Participatory FP2030 Goals Demanded
Family planning remains one of the top priorities in the Bangladesh’s 4th Health Sector Programme 2017-2021, as a path toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Bangladesh has prioritized implementing the national action plan for postpartum family planning, reducing social and geographical disparity through providing regional family planning packages in Sylhet and Chittagong divisions, and addressing unmet needs among adolescents and youth by operationalizing the national adolescent health strategy.
