Project News
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).
Knowledge SUCCESS hosted a webinar on the strengths and potential for local resource mobilization in Asia on August 8, 2024, attracting 200 registrants. The webinar panel included four speakers who were part of a recent Learning Circles cohort facilitated by the Knowledge SUCCESS Asia Regional Team to share successes and challenges with mobilizing resources for family planning programs.
In October 2024, Knowledge SUCCESS attended CORE Group’s Global Health Practitioners Conference (GHPC), during which we had the opportunity to highlight the project’s knowledge management (KM) innovations.
Knowledge SUCCESS developed a tool that helps countries to assess the way they develop, implement, and evaluate their family planning Costed Implementation Plans and ensure that knowledge management is integrated throughout the process.
Knowledge SUCCESS a accueilli une cohorte bilingue de Learning Circles avec les points focaux jeunesse du FP2030 de l'Afrique de l'Est et du Sud (ESA) et de l'Afrique du Nord, de l'Ouest et du Centre (NWCA). En savoir plus sur les connaissances acquises lors de cette cohorte axée sur l'institutionnalisation des programmes de santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescents et des jeunes.
Knowledge SUCCESS hosted a bilingual Learning Circles cohort with FP2030 Youth Focal Points from the East and Southern Africa (ESA) and North, West and Central Africa (NWCA) Hubs. Learn more about the insights uncovered from that cohort focused on institutionalizing adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health programs.
Knowledge SUCCESS applies a systems perspective to our KM capacity strengthening work. Learn about what the project found during a recent evaluation on how our work has strengthened KM capacity and improved KM performance among FP/RH stakeholders in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Abhinav Pandey from the YP Foundation in India, emphasizes the importance of knowledge management (KM) in enhancing youth-led initiatives. Through his experiences as a KM Champion, he has integrated strategies like knowledge cafes and resource sharing to improve family planning and reproductive health programs across Asia, fostering collaboration among diverse organizations.
The Safe Love initiative (India) by the Centre for Catalyzing Change (C3) (and with support from the Packard Foundation and TrulyMadly) leverages a popular Indian dating app to provide young people with essential sexual and reproductive health information, focusing on safer sex practices, contraceptive methods, and STI prevention. This project aims to educate and empower young people, particularly women, by offering accurate, confidential, and engaging SRH information in a non-judgmental and inclusive manner.
Knowledge SUCCESS, in collaboration with the WHO/IBP Network, is featuring implementation stories that showcase implementers who have successfully navigated complexities to deliver impactful outcomes. This feature story on the Heroes for Gender Transformative Action Program (Heroes4GTA).
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