The WHO FP Accelerator project continues to support partners and ministries of health (MoH) to accelerate quality and rights-based family planning (FP) services within the broader frameworks of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the WHO 13th Global Programme of Work (GPW13).
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Redesigning the FP2020 Secretariat Requires Rethinking Power and Partnerships
Working as a Black woman in international development is complicated. Working in family planning is even more complicated—because what is more politicized than sex? And whose bodies have been more politicized, sexualized and traumatized than those of Black and Brown women? It’s no wonder then, that these women have led the movement to reframe our understanding of health, wealth, and development and have rejected power dynamics that would trivialize, dehumanize — silo — us. Transitioning the FP2020 Secretariat into the partnership beyond 2020 requires breaking down those silos.
Family planning, reproductive health to be declared ‘essential services’
The services related to family planning and reproductive health are being declared ‘essential services’ so that they are not discontinued in any situation arising out of pandemic or natural disaster.
Call to Action: Uphold the human rights of pregnant women and their families everywhere, including Mória!
As a global organisation representing 143 Midwifery Associations and advocating on behalf of over one million midwives worldwide, the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) calls on all governments to uphold the human rights of all women and their families to quality and respectful midwifery care.
Senegal: A Leader in Access to FP/RH Care During COVID-19
COVID-19 is demonstrating the impact of epidemics on the continuity of care provision, particularly for FP/RH. This is why, in addition to the measures taken to fight COVID-19, we realized the importance of carrying out parallel actions that guarantee the availability and continuity of essential RMNCAH services.
How Are Governments Ensuring That Voluntary Family Planning Remains an Essential Service during COVID-19?
Amid an inconsistent designation of “essential” services, overburdened health facilities, lockdowns, supply chain interruptions, and travel restrictions, without decisive action, provision of voluntary family planning will inevitably decline, with potentially devastating effects.
Opportunities and Challenges of Delivering Postabortion Care and Postpartum Family Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is poised to cause infection and death in millions of people across the globe at a stunning pace.
Mityana inter-faith leaders push for allocation of family planning funds
Senior Inter faith leaders from Mityana have committed to work with the district local government leaders to truck the integrated family planning funds up to the intended user.
The Great Disruptor: COVID-19 Threatens Essential Health Services for Women and Children
“The world is at risk of losing millions of women and children due to reductions in coverage of essential services, reversing hard-earned progress towards the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals] to date and posing catastrophic consequences for households and communities,” said Dr. Koki Agarwal, Project Director of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership award, at a recent event on the importance of ensuring continuity of maternal, newborn, and child health services, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was the first in a series of virtual country knowledge exchange discussions organized by USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, led by Jhpiego and partners.
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.
