The fifth International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from November 12 to 15, 2018. The announcement was made today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Rwanda, the conference co-hosts. The ICFP will be held… Continue reading Fifth ICFP Will Take Place in Kigali, Rwanda, November 12-15, 2018
Category: FP2030 Updates
Clarifying Terminology: Performance Monitoring and Evidence Working Group Statement on the Term 'Additional users'
At its semi-annual meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in March 2017, the FP2020 Performance Monitoring & Evidence Working Group (PME WG) acknowledged the confusion around the term “additional users,” – FP2020 Core Indicator 1 – and sought to clarify the terminology with the following statement: “The term “additional users” does not apply to individuals, but refers to the… Continue reading Clarifying Terminology: Performance Monitoring and Evidence Working Group Statement on the Term 'Additional users'
UNFPA Providing Frontline Emergency Response to Families Fleeing West Mosul
As more people flee the current fighting in the West of Mosul city reaching around 97,000 individuals, UNFPA is stepping up efforts to meet their reproductive health needs and gender-based violence concerns. In Qayarra and Jadaa camps currently hosting over 50,000 individuals and still receiving more families from West Mosul, UNFPA is supporting a delivery… Continue reading UNFPA Providing Frontline Emergency Response to Families Fleeing West Mosul
New Web Resource: Rights-Based Family Planning
Rights-based family planning is an approach to developing and implementing programs that aims to fulfill the rights of all individuals to choose whether, when, and how many children to have; to act on those choices through high-quality sexual and reproductive health services, information, and education; and to access those services free from discrimination, coercion, and violence.
FP2020 statement on WHO guidance on hormonal contraception and HIV
Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) commends the World Health Organization (WHO) for continuing to closely monitor research and evidence and update guidance on hormonal contraception and HIV acquisition. The WHO released new guidance March 2, 2017 stating that women at high risk of acquiring HIV can use progestogen-only injectables, but when considering use they should… Continue reading FP2020 statement on WHO guidance on hormonal contraception and HIV
WATCH – 120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders
120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders recognizes and highlights the achievements of the next generation of family planning leaders worldwide. Meet the 120 Under 40 Winners!
Senegal aims to increase modern contraceptive use to 45% by 2020
A ceremony in late January, 2017 marked the launch of Senegal’s brand-new Costed Implementation Plan (CIP)—including a new target to increase modern contraceptive use by in-union women to 45% by 2020. This ambitious goal builds upon commendable progress made since the London Summit on Family Planning in 2012: Since then, use of modern contraceptives by Senegalese women… Continue reading Senegal aims to increase modern contraceptive use to 45% by 2020
With young people, for young people: IYAFP and FP2020 partner to empower the next generation of family planning leaders
Ramya Jawahar Kudekallu, 27, of Bangalore, India, summed it up: “Sexual and reproductive health rights are human rights. It is that simple, inalienable, and non-negotiable. Access to contraceptives speaks to the expansion of this right for young women and girls… In order for us to promise that these services are available to every single woman, the… Continue reading With young people, for young people: IYAFP and FP2020 partner to empower the next generation of family planning leaders
FP2020 Executive Director Beth Schlachter: A Community United in the Face of Uncertainty
Less than three months into 2017, political transitions at the global and country levels signal changes to the international development framework that will, at best, prove challenging to the global health community, including family planning, and sexual and reproductive health and rights writ large. The U.S. government’s recent reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy (also known as… Continue reading FP2020 Executive Director Beth Schlachter: A Community United in the Face of Uncertainty
Restoring reproductive health access for millions in Boko Haram-affected areas
A brutal attack by Boko Haram forced Zainab Abubakar, 28, and her six children to flee their home in northern Nigeria. “I was one month pregnant when I left Gamboru Ngala,” Ms. Abubakar told UNFPA from the Dalori displacement camp in Maiduguri. “During my escape, I lost my pregnancy.” Ms. Abubakar’s tragic miscarriage took place… Continue reading Restoring reproductive health access for millions in Boko Haram-affected areas
