Tag: West Africa
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Committed to Leaving No One Behind: Disability Inclusive SRHR in West and Central Africa
by Share-Net Intl | Leave a CommentMSI Reproductive Choices have made persons with disabilities an important segment of their global agenda: Leave No One Behind. The MSI 2030 Strategy3 commits to placing a strong focus on reaching adolescents, those living in extreme poverty and marginalised communities who have little or no access to public sexual reproductive health (SRH) services. A key […]
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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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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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