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20 Essential FP/RH Resources for Francophone Programs


A collection curated by Knowledge SUCCESS and Family Planning 2020 for family planning professionals who design and implement programs in low- and middle-income French-speaking countries.

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The newest collection in our “20 Essentials” series focuses on francophone programs. We curated this collection in collaboration with Family Planning 2020 to provide voluntary family planning and reproductive health professionals who design and implement programs in low- and middle-income Francophone countries with the tools they need to improve health and accelerate development.

Why did we create this collection?

“There is a diversity of important resources on family planning and reproductive health, but they are only available in English.” This is the sentiment that FP/RH professionals working in French-speaking African countries often express, and was echoed by participants of our Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa regional co-creation workshop in May. We created the collection to remove this barrier, providing FP/RH professionals working in French-speaking regions—notably West Africa, Central Africa, Madagascar and Haiti—access to French resources on a range of priority topics and in a variety of formats. Finally, this collection aims to highlight and promote local FP/RH resources developed by experts from the region.

There are many essential and high quality materials for francophone programs beyond what we have included in this collection. Our goal was to create a solid foundation of resources that will support professionals to become more informed and better equipped for the proper implementation of their activities.

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What resources are included in the collection?

The resources in this collection highlight evidence, guidelines and best practices from global and regional experts on priority topics such as approaches to self-care, the integration of voluntary family planning and HIV care, and social and behavior change strategies. The collection also includes resources on functional areas such as advocacy, strategic planning, and knowledge management for voluntary family planning.

How is the collection intended to be used?

The 20 resources are curated in a single hub, making it easy for you to navigate technical topics and functional areas.

The collection includes a variety of formats, such as reports, videos, infographics, and journal articles, to meet the needs of different learning styles.

Each resource page includes an explanation of why that resource is essential, to help you decide if it is relevant and timely for your own work.

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Knowledge SUCCESS is putting francophone voluntary family planning and related reproductive health programs in the spotlight with its latest “20 Essentials” collection, curated in collaboration with Family Planning 2020.

“There is a diversity of important resources on family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) but they are only available in English.” This is the sentiment that many FP/RH professionals in French-speaking countries often express.

The collection was developed to remove this barrier, providing FP/RH professionals working in French-speaking regions—notably West Africa, Central Africa, Madagascar and Haiti—access to French resources on a range of priority topics and in a variety of formats, from websites to publications to online courses.

Discover the new collection for francophone programs:

https://my.knowledgesuccess.org/20-essential-resources-for-francophones-programs/p/1

Aïssatou Thioye

West Africa Knowledge Management and Partnerships Officer, Knowledge SUCCESS, FHI 360

Aïssatou Thioye est dans la division de l'utilisation de la recherche, au sein du GHPN de FHI360 et travaille pour le projet Knowledge SUCCESS en tant que Responsable de la Gestion des Connaissances et du Partenariat pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Dans son rôle, elle appuie le renforcement de la gestion des connaissances dans la région, l’établissement des priorités et la conception de stratégies de gestion des connaissances aux groupes de travail techniques et partenaires de la PF/SR en Afrique de l’Ouest. Elle assure également la liaison avec les partenaires et les réseaux régionaux. Par rapport à son expérience, Aïssatou a travaillé pendant plus de 10 ans comme journaliste presse, rédactrice-consultante pendant deux ans, avant de rejoindre JSI où elle a travaillé dans deux projets d’Agriculture et de Nutrition, successivement comme mass-media officer puis spécialiste de la Gestion des Connaissances.******Aïssatou Thioye is in the Research Utilization Division of the GHPN of FHI 360 and works for the Knowledge SUCCESS project as the Knowledge Management and Partnership Officer for West Africa. In her role, she supports the strengthening of knowledge management in the region, setting priorities and designing knowledge management strategies at the FP/RH technical and partner working groups in West Africa. She also liaises with regional partners and networks. In relation to her experience, Aïssatou worked for more than 10 years as a press journalist, then as an editor-consultant for two years, before joining JSI where she worked on two Agriculture and Nutrition projects, successively as a mass-media officer and then as a Knowledge Management specialist.

Sophie Weiner

Program Officer II, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

Sophie Weiner is a Knowledge Management and Communications Program Officer II at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs where she is dedicated to developing print and digital content, coordinating project events, and strengthening capacity for storytelling in Francophone Africa. Her interests include family planning/reproductive health, social and behavior change, and the intersection between population, health, and the environment. Sophie holds a B.A. in French/International Relations from Bucknell University, an M.A. in French from New York University, and a master’s degree in Literary Translation from the Sorbonne Nouvelle.