Quick Read
Held on May 15-16, 2024 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity and Sustainable Development focused on how our world's changing demographics impact sustainable development, with a special emphasis on promoting gender equality, advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
In April 2024, United Nations Population Fund hosted the ICPD30 Global Youth Dialogue in Cotonou, Benin. The dialogue provided a unique platform for youth activists, policymakers, and regional and intergovernmental organizations to collaborate on sexual and reproductive health and rights, education, human rights, and gender equality.
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience (MIHR), in collaboration with the government of Mali, is implementing demand creation and social behavior change interventions to promote positive attitudes and supportive cultural norms for family planning and related health services, particularly for youth.
Le 11 juin 2024, le projet Knowledge SUCCESS a facilité une session bilingue d'assistance par les pairs entre une communauté de pratique (CdP) nouvellement formée sur la santé reproductive, le changement climatique et l'action humanitaire soutenue par Niger Jhpiego et TheCollaborative.
On June 11, 2024, the Knowledge SUCCESS project facilitated a bilingual peer assist session between a newly-formed community of practice (CoP) on reproductive health, climate change, and humanitarian action supported by Niger Jhpiego and the East Africa CoP, TheCollaborative.
In June 2024, twenty professionals working in various capacities in Family Planning and Reproductive Health (FP/RH) joined a Learning Circles cohort to learn, share knowledge, and connect on a topic of emerging importance, Domestic or Local Resource Mobilization for Family Planning in Asia.
This article explores the impact of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on improving access to health services, particularly in family planning and sexual reproductive health. It highlights the findings from a series of regional dialogues organized by Knowledge SUCCESS, FP2030, PAI, and MSH, which examined the integration of family planning into UHC programs and addressed challenges and best practices across different regions.
Self-care for sexual and reproductive health has advanced significantly in the last two years, following the publication of the World Health Organization's (WHO) self-care guidelines in 2018, recently updated in 2022. According to Senior Technical Advisor for Self-Care Sarah Onyango, remarkable progress has been made at national levels, with several countries developing and adopting national self-care guidelines.
The Young and Alive Summit 2023 in Dodoma, Tanzania, empowered over 1,000 youth leaders by fostering discussions on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and providing crucial services like HIV/AIDS testing and counseling. This transformative event highlighted the importance of youth involvement in shaping SRHR policies and showcased innovative approaches to addressing youth poverty and mental health.
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