Guttmacher Institute has engaged in the following activities in support of its commitment to FP2020. Generating estimates of unmet need: In December 2014, the Guttmacher Institute published Adding It Up: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2014, which provides updated estimates of unmet contraceptive need in the developing world and the costs… Continue reading Guttmacher Institute Official Update
Category: FP2030 Updates
EngenderHealth Official Update
EngenderHealth has engaged in the following activities in support of its commitment to FP2020. West Africa: EngenderHealth has been working intensively in West Africa, where the need for family planning outweighs access to and use of contraceptives. In collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/West Africa, and our local partners , EngenderHealth is managing… Continue reading EngenderHealth Official Update
Advance Family Planning Official Update
Advance Family Planning is a global initiative comprising 20 partner organizations working to increase the financial investments and political commitment needed to ensure access to quality, voluntary family planning through evidence-based advocacy. More and more political leaders appreciate the benefits of FP, not only for the health of women and children, but also for improving… Continue reading Advance Family Planning Official Update
CARE International Official Update
Care International provided the following updates on progress in achieving its FP2020 commitments: Validating tools to measure the impact of key approaches on health outcomes: CARE has developed three tools to support measurement of women’s empowerment, governance and health outcomes. WEMEASR (Women’s Empowerment- Multidimensional Evaluation of Agency, Social Capital and Relations). WEMEASR is a quantitative survey… Continue reading CARE International Official Update
WHO Official Update
In July 2015, World Health Organization shared an update on progress in achieving its commitments to FP2020. Expanding choice and method mix through contraceptive research and development and assessment of the safety and efficacy of new and existing methods: The WHO supported a clinical study that assesses the effectiveness of the three-year one rod etonogestrel (ENG)… Continue reading WHO Official Update
UNFPA Official Update
In August 2015, UNFPA shared an update on progress in achieving its commitments to FP2020. In the case of UNFPA, tracking how much went specifically into family planning is not easy to do due to the cross-cutting nature of family planning programming vis-à-vis the other areas covered by UNFPA’s mandate. We estimate that the UNFPA… Continue reading UNFPA Official Update
Merck for Mothers Official Update
In August 2015, Merck for Mothers shared an update on progress in achieving its commitments to FP2020. Since last reported, the Informed Push Model in Senegal has been scaled nationally to over 1,300 health facilities in all 14 regions of the country, ensuring reliable access to modern contraceptives for over 32 million women. To date, Merck… Continue reading Merck for Mothers Official Update
Mauritania Official Update
In August 2015, the Government of Mauritania shared an update on progress in achieving its financial and program and service delivery commitments to FP2020. The implementation of Mauritania’s national action plan for family planning is underway, in accordance with the country’s commitment. The government has started training contraceptive technology trainers and now has a pool… Continue reading Mauritania Official Update
Mali FP2020 Commitment
Program & Service Delivery The Government of Mali commits to ensuring the availability and accessibility of contraceptives throughout the country. In addition, it pledges to continue and to strengthen national campaigns that have been promoting family planning since 2005 under the aegis of the Prime Minister. Mali commits to ensuring the regular monitoring of the… Continue reading Mali FP2020 Commitment
Togo Official Update
In August 2015, the Government of Togo shared an update on progress in achieving its policy, financial and program and service delivery commitments to FP2020. The Government of Togo held regional meetings in the country’s six health regions from July 3 to 10, 2015, to disseminate the 2013-2017 Family Planning Repositioning Plan. The preparations for… Continue reading Togo Official Update
