In October 2016, Tharaka Nithi county in Kenya initiated a tracking mechanism to capture data on community health volunteers’ provision of DMPA injectable contraceptives. Advance Family Planning local partner Jhpiego Kenya advocated for its establishment so that local leaders could track uptake of the method. The 2011 national policy that enabled community health volunteers (CHVs)… Continue reading Kenya’s Tharaka Nithi County Initiates Data Monitoring to Track and Strengthen Community-based Distribution of DMPA
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FP Voices Profiles Three TCI Hub Leaders
Family Planning Voices recently profiled three of the Initiative’s hub leaders: Therese Maye Diouf BA, Director, The Challenge Initiative (TCI), West Africa Francophone Hub, IntraHealth International Sanjay Pandey, Senior Director of Programs, Acting Chief of Party, The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities, PSI India Mukesh Sharma, Director of Programs, The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities, PSI… Continue reading FP Voices Profiles Three TCI Hub Leaders
What is Family Planning without STI & HIV prevention?
For us at the Female Health Company it is a given; the best way to protect yourself is with dual protection. The FC2 Female Condom combines it all in one package: HIV prevention, a barrier against STIs, and protection against unplanned pregnancies. So perhaps that is why it comes as an unpleasant surprise to us that at… Continue reading What is Family Planning without STI & HIV prevention?
A Need We Can No Longer Ignore: Family Planning in Humanitarian Emergencies
The global community must act and make family planning a bigger part of humanitarian response.
Guardian Podcast: Why We Need to Get Contraceptives to Teenagers
For 1.8 billion young people – the largest cohort ever – family planning will be vital in shaping lives and livelihoods. As leaders prepare for the London Family Planning Summit, Lucy Lamble looks at the challenges ahead in this Guardian podcast.
Family planning on back-burner, health dept admit lack of focus
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand, like its neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, has reported a decline in adoption of family planning measures, says the latest report of the National Family Health Survey-4. Health authorities are concerned over failure to popularise contraception methods aimed at controlling population. Uttarakhand director general (health) DS Rawat accepted that the department had put family planning… Continue reading Family planning on back-burner, health dept admit lack of focus
U.S. to Provide Family Planning for Adolescents
The US government intends to dedicate a portion of its Shs 1.7 trillion health budget on providing family planning services to adolescents and women, but admits it is facing challenges getting Ugandan authorities to buy into the idea. The USAID Mission director in Uganda, Mark Meassick, told journalists at the US mission on Wednesday that… Continue reading U.S. to Provide Family Planning for Adolescents
African Leaders and 4,200 Midwives Unite to Call for Urgent Global Policy Reform and Recognition to Help Save One Million Lives Per Year
The International Confederation of Midwives, Toyin Saraki and former Tanzanian President, Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete have united health leaders at a high-level health forum to address the global state of midwifery. Skilled and educated midwives can provide 87% of essential healthcare needed during pregnancy and following birth – even in low resource settings. It is… Continue reading African Leaders and 4,200 Midwives Unite to Call for Urgent Global Policy Reform and Recognition to Help Save One Million Lives Per Year
Soon, Maharashtra government to roll out injectable contraceptive
PUNE: Injectable contraceptive, which was within the reach of affluent few till recently, will soon be made available for the underprivileged at public hospitals for free. The state government has received 80,000 injectable contraceptive doses through the Union government under its National Family Welfare Programme. It will be made available at government-run medical colleges attached hospitals,… Continue reading Soon, Maharashtra government to roll out injectable contraceptive
Why many Kenyans are opting for unsafe abortions
According to Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organisation that seeks to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights, Kenya recorded 469,690 cases of induced abortion in 2012. This corresponded to induced abortion ratio of 30 abortions per 100 births in the same year. Abortion remains a highly stigmatised issue in the society. Even though the… Continue reading Why many Kenyans are opting for unsafe abortions
