Trending News and Knowledge
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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Mentoring Equips Girls and Young Women with the Knowledge, Skills, and Support to Overcome Challenges
Worldwide, girls and young women face a wide array of challenges to their health and well-being. Research on the impact of mentoring demonstrates the importance of positive role models and social support systems for improving health knowledge and outcomes. Our colleagues at FHI 360 share how they developed and implemented a multicomponent mentoring program Anyaka Makwiri (Smart Girl).
Are We Staying True to Our Commitments to Young People?
In October 2018, more than 100 organizations signed on to the Global Consensus on Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement (MAYE). The question remains: what has been the impact of MAYE? We asked a few young leaders in the family planning movement to share their views.
Integrating Family Planning and Reproductive Health Programs: Lessons from Kenya
This piece summarizes the experience of integrating family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) in the AFYA TIMIZA program, implemented by Amref Health Africa in Kenya. It provides insights to technical advisors and program managers that there is no one-size-fits-all approach in FP/RH service provision, access, and utilization: context is a critical factor in design and implementation.
How Should We Measure Contraceptive Use Among Unmarried Women?
This article features key insights from one of the authors of a recent study, which examined standardizing measurement of contraceptive use among unmarried women. The study found that sexual recency (the last time women report being sexually active) is an important indicator to determine unmet need and contraceptive prevalence among unmarried women, but not among married women.
20 Essential Resources on Social Norms and Family Planning
Our inaugural 20 Essential Resources collection, curated with USAID’s Passages Project, pulls together what you need to know to understand and measure social norms and social norms-shifting interventions and incorporate it into your work.
The Open Birth Interval Tells a Story
The open birth interval reveals a pattern that varies by a woman’s age, the number of living children she has, her residence, and her socioeconomic level. More importantly, the open interval could reveal a lot about her reproductive behavior, status, and contraceptive needs.
Monitoring COVID-19’s Effects on Family Planning: What Should We Measure?
On the supply side, we may be able to monitor availability of family counselors and contraceptives to meet needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what of the demand side? How can we monitor shifts in women’s family planning needs and preferences in light of the social and economic shocks they are facing due to the pandemic?
Accélération de l’offre de l’auto-prise en charge au temps de COVID-19 : Ce que cela signifie pour aujourd’hui et pour l’avenir.
Comment les mesures d’auto-prise en charge peuvent-elles mieux nous équiper pour lutter contre la pandémie de COVID-19 ? Les contributeurs invités de PSI et Jhpiego offrent un aperçu et des conseils.
Designing Solutions to Get Evidence and Best Practices Into Family Planning Programs
In this Q&A, our Knowledge Solutions Team Lead breaks down how Knowledge SUCCESS is putting people front and center to design solutions that work best for the family planning and reproductive health community.
Going Virtual: Tips for Hosting an Effective Virtual Meeting
More and more of us find ourselves working remotely and connecting online rather than (or in addition to) face-to-face. Our colleagues at the IBP Network share how they successfully convened their regional meeting virtually when the COVID-19 pandemic changed their plans.
Q&A on Contraception in the Era of COVID-19
How is the COVID-19 global pandemic affecting family planning and reproductive health services? We spoke with authors of a recent GHSP article, which outlines how health care providers can adhere to social distancing guidelines while adapting services to meet clients’ needs.
My Event Moved Online, Now What?
Are you suddenly moving an event or working group meeting to a virtual platform? We share tips on how to adapt a participatory agenda for the online space.
A Multisectoral Approach to Addressing Women’s Barriers to Family Planning: How the APC Project Did It in Uganda
USAID’s Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) project in Uganda implemented a multisectoral approach to family planning. What lessons from APC’s work can be applied to similar future efforts?
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.
