In July 2023, as part of the Asia region Learning Circles cohort 3, twenty-two professionals working in various capacities in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) came together to learn, share knowledge, and connect.
Blue Ventures started integrating health interventions, addressing a huge unmet need for family planning. We came to understand that we were addressing a health need which is part of a broader ecosystem consisting of conservation, health, livelihood, and other challenges.
Season 6 of Inside the FP Story highlights the importance of considering the larger sexual and reproductive health context when providing family planning and contraceptive services.
Descriptive analysis of financial data trends in Nigeria, specifically in Ebonyi State, painted a rather gloomy picture for family planning (FP). Dr. Chinyere Mbachu, Doctor at Health Policy Research Group, College of Medicine at the University of Nigeria, and co-author of this research discussed how financing has an impact on reproductive health (RH) family planning.
La Communauté de pratique (CdP) régionale d'Afrique de l'Ouest pour la planification familiale du post-partum (PPFP) intégrée à la santé et à la nutrition de la mère, du nouveau-né et de l'enfant (MNCH-N), en partenariat avec le réseau IBP et Knowledge SUCCESS, a organisé un webinaire sur les meilleures pratiques et les leçons apprises en Afrique de l'Ouest, tout en explorant l'importance des soins intégrés centrés sur la personne et les défis communs en Côte d'Ivoire et au Niger.
In 2022, Knowledge SUCCESS collaborated with 128 Collective (formerly Preston-Werner Ventures) to conduct a rapid stock-taking exercise to document the impact of HoPE-LVB, an integrated Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) project in Kenya and Uganda. During a recent webinar, panelists shared how HoPE-LVB activities continue in the two countries.
This spotlight series will focus on our valued KM champions in East Africa and shed light on their journey to working in FP/RH. In today’s post, we spoke with Mercy Kipng'eny, a program assistant for SHE SOARS project at the Center for Study of Adolescence in Kenya.
During all stages of reproductive life, men play an important role in conversations and decisions about contraceptive use, family size, and spacing of children. Yet, even with this decision-making role, they are often left out of family planning and contraceptive programming, outreach, and education efforts.
Knowledge SUCCESS’ Brittany Goetsch chatted recently with Dr. Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Professor, Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahit, the principal investigator (PI) of the research team, to learn how they used secondary data sources to explore the similarities and differences in facility readiness to provide FP services across 10 countries.