Author:
Anne Kott
After three years, we’re ending our popular “That One Thing” email newsletter. We share the history of why we started That One Thing in April 2020 and how we decided it was time for the newsletter to come to a close.
The International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) is the world’s largest convening of family planning and SRHR experts—and an amazing resource for knowledge exchange.
Reflecting on the common assumption that once a website is built, people will come—or put another way, that once you build it, you’re done—with ideas for how to bring people to a website and ensure its content is used.
How do common web user behaviors affect how people find and absorb knowledge? What did Knowledge SUCCESS learn from developing an interactive website feature presenting complex family planning data? How can you apply these learnings in your own work? This post recaps a May 2022 webinar with three sections: Online Behaviors and Why They Matter; Case Study: Connecting the Dot; and a Skill Shot: Developing Visual Content for the Web.
Today, Knowledge SUCCESS is pleased to announce the first in a series that documents “What Works in Family Planning and Reproductive Health.” The new series will present, in depth, essential elements of impactful programs The series uses innovative design to address some of the barriers that traditionally discourage people from creating or using documents that share this level of detail.
The Global Health Science and Practice Technical Exchange (GHTechX) will take place virtually from April 21 - 24, 2021. The event is curated through a partnership between USAID, the George Washington University, and the Global Health: Science and Practice journal. GHTechX seeks to convene speakers and technical sessions that highlight the latest and greatest in global health, with participants spanning global health experts, students, and professionals from across the global health community.
There is increasing consensus that adolescent-friendly health services—as currently implemented—are not consistently scalable nor sustainable. In an adolescent-responsive system, each building block of the health system—including public and private sectors and communities—respond to adolescent health needs.
This new collection will provide the population, health, and environment community with quality, easy-to-find resources to foster knowledge exchange.
What psychological and behavioral drivers influence how people find and share knowledge? Our recent webinar explores this question, drawing from our own formative research among FP/RH professionals.
Injectables are the most popular family planning method in Uganda but, until recently, were offered only by community health workers and at health facilities and hospitals. In contrast, the country’s 10,000 drug shops, which provide greater access in hard-to-reach rural areas, were authorized to supply only short-acting, nonprescription methods. FHI 360 supported the government of Uganda in training drug shop operators to offer injectables as well.
Listen to “Inside the FP Story”
Grab a cup of coffee or tea and listen in on honest conversations with family planning program experts around the world as they share what has worked in their settings — and what to avoid — in our podcast series, Inside the FP Story.
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