In this section, we cover trending topics in family planning and reproductive health. Our team takes complex ideas that are relevant to FP/RH programs and makes them easier to understand.
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Acceleration of Self-Care in the Time of COVID-19
How can self-care measures better equip us to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic? Guest contributors from PSI and Jhpiego offer insight and guidance.
What Do Successful Partnerships in Family Planning Look Like?
How can your group build successful partnerships to benefit the family planning and reproductive health community? Our Partnerships Team Lead shares best practices and lessons learned.
We Know HIV and Family Planning Service Integration Works. But Are We Doing It?
This article explores recent research on the extent that family planning has been incorporated into HIV services in Malawi and discusses implementation challenges throughout the world.
How Do We Mainstream Meaningful Youth Engagement in Family Planning Programs?
Explore key findings from YIELD Project’s report on youth engagement, and learn how to use the results and recommendations to better design and implement youth family planning and reproductive health programs.
We Are the Same Woman
While quality of care and client-centered approach to care are not new words in the family planning lexicon, they are being used more regularly post-ECHO. Equally important is ensuring that the words “rights-based” are more than aspirational.
Young People Gain from Sharing Family Planning Stories
A new study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs finds that storytelling initiatives can motivate and create community and opportunity among young people working in family planning.
Family Planning Knowledge in Africa
Find out what Amref Health Africa sees as East Africa’s greatest strengths and weaknesses in knowledge sharing, and why we should all aspire to be lazy people in this interview with our colleagues Diana Mukami and Lilian Kathoki.
Which PHE Resources Are Right For You?
Whether you’re new to PHE or a seasoned professional, finding relevant and reliable resources can be a daunting task. Our quick quiz will help you figure out where to start.
Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings
During a humanitarian crisis, the need for reproductive health services doesn’t go away. In fact, it increases significantly.
Understanding Provider Bias in Family Planning
This interactive article summarizes the different types of provider bias in family planning services, how widespread provider bias is, and how it can be effectively addressed.
How We Reach Family Planning Professionals
Our Communications and Digital Strategy Team Leads explain how the private sector inspired a new approach to sharing tools and resources with the family planning community.
Improving Knowledge Around Hot Topics in Family Planning
Our FHI 360 colleagues explain how they’re filling knowledge gaps in the latest and most pressing issues for people working in family planning and reproductive health around the world.
How Can We Ensure Universal Access to Contraceptives?
We can work together to ensure that all women and girls have access to contraceptives. Read RHSC’s 4-point plan to learn more.
Top 5 Family Planning Articles of 2019
These are the top 5 family planning articles of 2019 published in the Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP) journal, based on readership.
Ten Defining Family Planning Achievements of the Last Decade
As the decade comes to a close, Knowledge SUCCESS reflects on 10 defining achievements that have shaped and continue to inform family planning programs and services.
Gender and Family Planning: Lessons from MCSP Mozambique
We explore a study from the USAID-funded Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), and how its findings on gender bias can inform the design of family planning programs.
The Microneedle Contraceptive Patch
The microneedle patch consists of hundreds of tiny needles in a device the size of a coin. A microneedle contraceptive patch is being developed by FHI 360 and other partners.
How People Find and Share Knowledge
We asked our Busara colleagues, Sarah Hopwood and Salim Kombo, to explain why behavior is at the heart of how people find, share, and process information.
What is the Method Information Index?
Find out what the Method Information Index (MII) is, how it’s different from the MIIplus, and what both can (and can’t) tell us about the quality of reproductive health counseling.
