Tag: Family Planning

resources / WISH2ACTION
Influencing public sector investment in family planning through budget monitoring and tracking: Lessons from six low- and middle-income countries
by Share-Net Intl | Leave a CommentWISH2ACTION aims to expand access to family planning and integrated sexual and reproductive health and rights (FP/SRHR) for women, men and young people across Africa and Asia. Central to this ambition is that, by the end of the programme, the government in each supported country is fully committed to and has leadership of the SRHR […]
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Improving public sector investment in family planning in Malawi
by Share-Net Intl | Leave a CommentThis learning brief outlines how the Women’s Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) programme increased visibility of the family planning budget in Malawi and helped to raise domestic funding for family planning commodities The brief describes how the WISH2ACTION programme in Malawi played an important and catalytic role in the Government’s decision to raise its allocation to […]
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Effect of Male Involvement on Family Planning Uptake Among Women
by Share-Net Intl | Leave a CommentAbstract The drive to include men in family planning programming has been one of the reproductive health strategies employed by the Ugandan Government to reduce maternal mortality rates related to the pregnancy and childbirth period. The recognition of gender equity as a requirement for improved health has facilitated more attention on calculatingly engaging men, including […]
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Tracking what counts: A Trends Analysis of European Donor Support to SRHR and Family Planning 2022-2023
by Share-Net Intl | Leave a CommentThis new report by Countdown 2030 shows that 14 European donors prioritized investments in SRH/FP within the overall SRHR agenda and against other key components. While the level of funding for SRH/FP has significantly increased (+14%, providing a total of 1.622 billion Euros), the level of funding to overall SRHR was kept at the same level as […]
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Thinking Outside The Docs: Non-Health Sector Linkages across Education, Economic Empowerment, Climate Change and Family Planning/Sexual and Reproductive Health
/ by Shannon Mathew | Leave a CommentWhat do education, economic growth, and climate change have to do with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)? How can the SRHR community leverage linkages to non-health sectors, to advance programming in family planning and other SRHR topics? How can we move beyond the development of guideline documents to implement and operationalize evidence-based programming […]
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resources / Intrahealth
Government Implementation and Institutionalization of the Universal Referral Approach for Family Planning in francophone West Africa
by Rhian Farnworth | Leave a CommentINTRODUCTION West Africa has one of the highest fertility rates in the world at 5.5 children per woman (Ouagadougou Partnership 2011). The region also has one of the lowest contraceptive prevalence rates (19.1%) and one of the highest rates of unmet need for contraception (27.2%) in the world (Ouagadougou Partnership 2011). The resulting large number […]
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resources / FPTraining
Video: Training Resource Package for Family Planning
/ by Share-Net Intl | Leave a CommentA new video showcasing the Training Resource Package (TRP) by www.fptraining.org has been pubished. The Training Resource Package (TRP) for Family Planning is designed to address the dynamic professional needs of health workers across all clinical and community-based cadres and for adaptation and use for ‘in-service’ and ‘pre-service’ competency-based training. The Package includes modules, training […]
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resources / Global Health: Science and Practise
FIELD ACTION REPORT Increasing Contraceptive Use Through Free Family Planning Special Days in Poor Urban Areas in Francophone West Africa
by Rhian Farnworth | Leave a CommentIntroduction: In francophone West Africa (FWA), contraceptive uptake remains limited, often due to geographic, economic, and social barriers. With technical support from The Challenge Initiative (TCI), municipalities and health systems implemented Family Planning Special Days (FPSDs) to improve family planning (FP) uptake and reduce high unmet need. The FPSD intervention consisted of organizing free FP […]
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resources / Guttmacher Institute
Interactive Tool: Estimates the Benefits of Investing in Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Share-Net Intl | Leave a CommentThe Guttmacher Institute is pleased to announce the release of the Family Planning Investment Impact Calculator, an interactive tool designed to help advocates, donors and governments estimate the benefits that would accrue from investing in family planning programs and services in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).This tool offers a new way to showcase how access […]
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Webinar Recording: How Can SBC Programming Address Equity and Social Determinants of Health Considerations in FP/RH?
by Rhian Farnworth | Leave a CommentThis webinar presented on April 26, 2022, focused on how social and behavior change programming is well suited to addressing equity and social determinants of health in family planning/reproductive health. It also explored how to apply these to efforts for social and structural change pertaining to contraceptive autonomy and reproductive empowerment. Presentations featured the voices and […]
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