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Initiated in 2015, the Implant Removal Task Force brings together implementing partners, implant manufacturers, ndị nchọpụta, and donors on issues related to quality implant removal.
Breakthrough ACTION ignites collective action and encourages people to adopt healthier behaviors—from using modern contraceptive methods and sleeping under bed nets to being tested for HIV—by forging, testing, and scaling up new and hybrid approaches to social and behavior change (SBC).
Firmly grounded in proven practices, Breakthrough ACTION works in partnership with governments, civil society, and communities around the world to implement creative and sustainable SBC programming, nurture SBC champions, mainstream new techniques and technologies, and advocate strategic and sustained investment in SBC.
Breakthrough RESEARCH catalyzes social and behavior change by conducting state-of-the-art research and evaluation and promoting evidence-based solutions to improve health and development programs around the world. In partnership with a range of stakeholders, Breakthrough RESEARCH is identifying key evidence gaps and developing consensus-driven research agendas to guide priority investments in SBC research, mmemme, and policy. Using cutting-edge research and evaluation methods, Breakthrough RESEARCH is addressing key questions related to SBC programming such as “What works?” “How can it work best?” “How much does it cost?” “Is it cost-effective?” “How can it be replicated, scaled, and sustained locally?” Ultimately, the project will equip governments, implementing partners, service delivery organizations, and donors with the data and evidence they need to integrate proven and cost-effective social and behavior change approaches into their programs.
Breakthrough RESEARCH is a five-year cooperative agreement funded by the Ụlọ ọrụ United States maka mmepe mba ụwa. The consortium is led by the Kansụl ndị mmadụ in partnership with Avenir Health, ideas42, Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, Ụlọ ọrụ ntụaka ndị mmadụ, na Tulane University.
FP2030 (formerly Family Planning 2020) is a core convening partner on the High Impact Practices for Family Planning. The vision of FP2030 is a future where women and girls everywhere have the freedom and ability to lead healthy lives, make their own informed decisions about using contraception and having children, and participate as equals in society and its development. FP2030 is based on four guiding principles: voluntary, person-centered, rights-based approaches, with equity at the core; empowering women and girls and engaging men, boys, and communities; building intentional and equitable partnerships with adolescents, ntorobịa, and marginalized populations to meet their needs, including for accurate and disaggregated data collection and use; and country-led global partnerships, with shared learning and mutual accountability for commitments and results.
The IBP Network (formerly known as the Implementing Best Practices initiative) convenes partners to share best practices, experiences. and tools to support family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) mmemme. Activities focus on supporting knowledge exchange, documentation, and implementation research efforts. Its objectives are to:
Learn more (and join the Network) na https://ibpnetwork.org/.
Led by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Challenge Initiative is a “business unusual” platform that empowers local governments to rapidly and sustainably scale up best-practice health interventions to benefit urban poor communities. The Initiative builds on the demonstrated success of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (URHI)—a 2010-2016 effort to improve the reproductive health of the urban poor in India, Kenya, Naijiria, and Senegal.
There are 580 million children with disabilities worldwide; 80% of them live in lower- na mba ndị na-akpata ego n'etiti. Most of these children are neglected, abused, and excluded from community life. Kupenda for the Children is a non-profit organization that envisions a fully integrated society where people of all abilities have access to health, education, and a loving community. Each year, through partnership with local professionals (primarily in Kenya), Kupenda trains thousands of families, ntorobịa, and leaders as disability advocates who help 40,000 children with disabilities access the education, medical care, and inclusion they deserve.
Next Gen RH is a Community of Practice for adolescent and youth reproductive health (AYRH). Its mission is to provide technical leadership in the effective implementation of AYRH programming and research. Next Gen RH seeks to achieve its mission through the advancement of three strategic themes:
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With its global office in Nairobi, Kenya, Living Goods aims to save lives at scale by supporting digitally empowered community health workers. The organization works with governments and partners to leverage smart mobile technology, rigorously strengthen performance, and relentlessly innovate to cost-effectively deliver high-quality, impactful health services.
MOMENTUM is a suite of innovative awards funded by the U.S. Ụlọ ọrụ maka mmepe mba ụwa (USAID) to holistically improve maternal, nwa amụrụ ọhụrụ, and child health services, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health (MNCH/FP/RH) care in partner countries around the world.
We envision a world where all mothers, umuaka, ezinụlọ, and communities have equitable access to respectful quality MNCH/FP/RH care so they reach their full potential. MOMENTUM works alongside governments, building on existing evidence and experience implementing global health programs and interventions, so we may help foster new ideas, mmekorita, and approaches, and strengthen the resiliency of health systems.
Kansụl ndị mmadụ na-eme nyocha iji dozie nsogbu ahụike na mmepe dị oke egwu. Ọrụ anyị na-enye ndị di na nwunye aka ịhazi ezinụlọ ha na ịhazi ọdịnihu ha. Anyị na-enyere ndị mmadụ aka izere nje HIV ma nweta ọrụ HIV na-azọpụta ndụ. Na anyị na-enye ụmụ agbọghọ ike ichebe onwe ha ma kwuo okwu na ndụ ha. Anyị na-eme nyocha na mmemme na karịa 50 mba. Isi ụlọ ọrụ anyị dị na New York na-akwado netwọkụ nke ụlọ ọrụ zuru ụwa ọnụ na Africa, Asia, Latin America, na Middle East. Site na mmalite ya, Kansụl ahụ enyela ndị na-adịghị ike n'ụwa olu na visibiliti. Anyị na-amụba mmata maka nsogbu ndị ha na-eche ihu ma na-enye azịza dabere na ihe akaebe. Na mba na-emepe emepe, gọọmentị na ndị otu obodo na-achọ enyemaka anyị iji ghọta na imeri ihe mgbochi na ahụike na mmepe. Anyị na-arụkwa ọrụ na mba ndị mepere emepe, ebe anyị na-eji sayensị biomedical ọgbara ọhụrụ na-emepụta ọgwụ mgbochi ọhụrụ na ngwaahịa iji gbochie mgbasa nke nje HIV..
The Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG), established in 1997, is a network of multiple nongovernmental organizations, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), cooperating agencies, and the Bureau for Global Health of USAID. The GBV Task Force organizes events such as technical updates, plenaries, and brown-bags, and meets periodically to strategize on gaps in needed materials and research related to GBV.
Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (Ụlọ ahịa) Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health. The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in family planning, HIV / AIDS, ahụike nne na nwa, and other health areas. SHOPS Plus supports the achievement of US government health priorities and improves the equity and quality of the total health system.
The Evidence to Action (E2A) Project is USAID’s global flagship for strengthening family planning and reproductive health service delivery. We partner with governments, local NGOs, and communities to increase support, build evidence, and facilitate the scale-up of what works for expanding access to quality health services that can transform families, communities, and nations.
Established in 2018, the Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG) builds the evidence base and advocates for the adoption of WHO’s Self-Care Guidelines for Sexual and Reproductive Health, national guidelines and practices to advance self-care with the input of the larger community of ministry officials, healthcare providers, activists and consumers.
The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition is a global partnership of public, private, and non-governmental organizations dedicated to ensuring that all people in low- and middle-income countries can access and use affordable, high-quality supplies to ensure their better reproductive health.
Jhpiego’s goal is to ensure that all individuals’ sexual and reproductive health and rights are respected, protected and fulfilled. Our initiatives and efforts aim to overcome barriers to access and bend the curve toward ensuring high-quality, safe and effective family planning and reproductive health services for all.
PSI envisions a world in which consumers can move seamlessly through a marketplace with the widest range of options and opportunities available to them in an environment that supports them on the health journeys that shape their lives.
The mission of the Center on Gender Equity and Health is to improve population health and development by improving the status, opportunities and safety of women and girls, globally. The Center focuses on conducting innovative global public health research, medical and academic training, and development and evaluation of evidence-based policies and practices related to gender inequities (girl child marriage, son preference and daughter aversion) na ime ihe ike dabere na nwoke (partner violence, sexual assault & exploitation, sex trafficking).
Passages project is a USAID-funded implementation research project (2015-2021) that aims to address a broad range of social norms, at scale, to achieve sustained improvements in family planning, ike ịmụ nwa, na ime ihe ike dabere na nwoke. Passages seeks to build the evidence base and contribute to the capacity of the global community to strengthen normative environments that support reproductive health and well-being, especially among young people at life course transition points, including very young adolescents, newly married youth, and first-time parents.
Amụma ahụike Plus (HP+) strengthens and advances health policy priorities at global, mba, and subnational levels. The project aims to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy design, mmejuputa iwu, and financing. Taken together, evidence-based, inclusive policies; more sustainable health financing; improved governance; and stronger global leadership and advocacy will lead to improved health outcomes worldwide.