East Africa
Our Work in East Africa
The East Africa region faces many health risks that transcend borders. The health and development context within the region emphasizes strengthening cross-border health systems and tapping into a strong network of regional intergovernmental organizations (RIGOs), who play a convening role in previous and ongoing health investments. Gender inequity in the region continues to shape power and decision-making in the region and as such gender equality work is of high priority. Additionally, youth – and increasing their representation in decision-making roles – is of utmost importance. Family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) goals need to be met within the framework of these priorities, and knowledge management (KM) has a big role to play in this work. The goal for Knowledge SUCCESS in East Africa is to improve access to and quality of FP/RH programs by strengthening KM capacities for audiences ranging from practitioners and health care organizations to policymakers.
We’re sharing country and regional experiences.
We publish technical content highlighting FP/RH programs and experiences from the East Africa region.
We’re connecting East Africans for peer-to-peer learning.
We manage TheCollaborative, a regional community of practice for FP/RH professionals.
We’re training a new generation of KM champions.
We conduct regular trainings on key KM techniques for people working in FP/RH programs throughout the region.
We’re infusing KM within national FP/RH frameworks.
We partner with governments and other stakeholders to incorporate KM activities into their national FP/RH policies and frameworks, like FP2030 re-commitments.
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We work primarily in USAID family planning priority countries. Is your country not listed? Contact us. We’d be happy to explore a potential collaboration.
Faith and family planning may seem like unlikely partners, but in Uganda and across the East Africa region, faith-based organizations play a transformative role in advancing reproductive health. This was demonstrated during a recent knowledge café hosted in Uganda, a collaboration among the IGAD RMNCAH/FP Knowledge Management Community of Practice (KM CoP), Knowledge SUCCESS, and the Faith For Family Health Initiative (3FHi).
In March 2021, Knowledge SUCCESS and Blue Ventures, a marine conservation organization, collaborated on the second in a series of community-driven dialogues on People-Planet Connection. The goal: to uncover and amplify the learnings and impact of five national PHE networks. Learn what network members from Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, and the Philippines shared during the three-day dialogue.
With more and more young people in Kenya accessing mobile devices and onboarding technology, mobile technology is becoming a promising method to disseminate important family planning information and services, especially among young girls and women.
Through a long-term partnership, FP2030 and Knowledge SUCCESS have used KM techniques to summarize country commitments in shareable formats that anyone can easily understand and expand documentation expertise among FP2030 Focal Points.
In September 2021, Knowledge SUCCESS and the Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health (PACE) project launched the first in a series of community-driven dialogues on the People-Planet Connection Discourse platform exploring the links between population, health, and the environment. Representatives from five organizations, including youth leaders from PACE’s Population, Environment, Development Youth Multimedia Fellowship, posed discussion questions to engage participants around the globe on the links between gender and climate change. The one week of dialogue generated dynamic questions, observations, and solutions. Here’s what PACE’s youth leaders had to say about their experience and their suggestions for how the discourse can be translated into concrete solutions.
Through a long-term partnership, FP2030 and Knowledge SUCCESS have used KM techniques to summarize country commitments in shareable formats that anyone can easily understand and expand documentation expertise among FP2030 Focal Points.
Through a long-term partnership, FP2030 and Knowledge SUCCESS have used KM techniques to summarize country commitments in shareable formats that anyone can easily understand and expand documentation expertise among FP2030 Focal Points.
Knowledge SUCCESS East Africa KM Champion, Fatma Mohamedi, recently shared how she has used the knowledge management training modules in her organization's work in providing health education to people living with disabilities in Tanzania.
Knowledge SUCCESS interviewed Kaligirwa Bridget Kigambo, founder and CEO of Girl Potential Care Centre, a youth-led organization that creates interactive visuals for adolescents to learn about sexual and reproductive health in Uganda.
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Meet the East Africa Regional Team
Irene Alenga
Irene is a Knowledge Management and Communications Lead at Amref Health Africa’s Institute of Capacity Development.
Diana Mukami
Diana is the Digital Learning Director and Head of Programmes at Amref Health Africa’s Institute of Capacity Development.
Collins Otieno
Collins is a FP/RH Technical Officer at Amref Health Africa’s Institute of Capacity Development.
Elizabeth Tully (“Liz”)
Liz is a Senior Program Officer at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.
Natalie Apcar
Natalie is a Program Officer II at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communications Programs.
Opportunities
Please contact us if you would like to contribute content to our website, or if you:
- Have a challenge related to learning, knowledge sharing, or collaboration.
- Are interested in learning how knowledge management can help you achieve your goals and support strategic investments.
- Have feedback on what you’d like us to feature in our newsletter and technical content.
Events in the East Africa Region
Our team hosts regular webinars on relevant FP/RH topics for the East Africa region. We also host trainings on knowledge management approaches and tools.
Upcoming Events for East Africa
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