West Africa
Our Work in West Africa
In the past, there has been a tendency across West Africa for each country to conduct their own family planning (FP) pilot before making bold policy improvements such as authorizing task-sharing or self-injection of the injectable contraceptive DMPA-SC. This impression that each country’s operating environment is unique enough to require its own pilot has for many years been enforced by a lack of information sharing beyond formal end-of-project reports that take many years to appear and are not written as how-to guides to start a program. A series of similar pilots repeated in one country after another is one example of how a lack of efficient information sharing can slow progress and waste time and funds, ultimately affecting quality of care.
The Knowledge SUCCESS West Africa team addresses these challenges by using knowledge management (KM) tools and techniques to improve documentation, and information sharing, use, and dissemination, to make programs more effective and promote best practices and lessons learned. Appreciation for this model of KM as a tool to achieve a country’s FP goals is increasing at national and regional levels.
FP/RH Documentation
We document and share lessons from FP/RH program implementation, in collaboration with FP/RH partners in West Africa.
CIP support
We support Ministries of Health to integrate KM activities and indicators into their new costed implementation plans (CIPs).
KM Advocacy
We collaborate with regional leaders, like the Ouagadougou Partnership, to promote and use KM tools as a means to advance FP goals in the region.
KM Skills Advancement
We conduct KM trainings in response to demand from partners who want to more effectively use the latest FP/RH knowledge, tools, and guidelines.
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We work primarily in USAID family planning priority countries. Is your country not listed here? Contact us. We’d be happy to explore a potential collaboration.
A few weeks before the annual meeting of the Ouagadougou Partnership to be held from December 11 to 13 in Abidjan, the director of the Ouagadougou Partnership Coordination Unit (OPCU), Marie Bâ lifts the veil on the successes and challenges of the Ouagadougou Partnership (OP), 12 years after its founding.
On August 17, Knowledge SUCCESS and the FP2030 NWCA Hub hosted a webinar on postpartum and post-abortion family planning (PPFP/PAFP) indicators that promoted recommended indicators and highlighted successful implementation stories from experts in Rwanda, Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
A brief introduction of the new endeavors underway with USAID's reproductive health project, PROPEL Adapt.
A brief introduction of the new endeavors underway with USAID's reproductive health project, PROPEL Adapt.
A brief introduction of the new endeavors underway with USAID's reproductive health project, PROPEL Adapt.
On August 17, Knowledge SUCCESS and the FP2030 NWCA Hub hosted a webinar on postpartum and post-abortion family planning (PPFP/PAFP) indicators that promoted recommended indicators and highlighted successful implementation stories from experts in Rwanda, Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
On August 10, 2022, the Knowledge SUCCESS project and PATH hosted a bilingual peer assist to address the issues and challenges identified by Senegal’s group of Self-Care Pioneers to better advance their progress in the field.
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Meet the West Africa Team
Pour nos collègues francophones : veuillez noter que tous les membres de l’équipe d’Afrique de l’Ouest parlent français.
Aissatou Thioye
Aissatou is the West Africa Knowledge Management and Partnerships Officer for Knowledge SUCCESS and a member of FHI 360’s Research and Technical Unit. She is based in Senegal.
Alison Bodenheimer Gatto
Alison is the Technical Advisor for Knowledge SUCCESS and a member of FHI 360’s Research and Technical Unit. She is based in the U.S.
Sophie Weiner
Sophie is a Program Officer at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs. She is based in the U.S.
Opportunities
Please contact us if you would like to contribute content to our website, or if you:
- Have a challenge related to learning, knowledge sharing, or collaboration.
- Are interested in learning how knowledge management can help you achieve your goals and support strategic investments.
- Have feedback on what you’d like us to feature in our newsletter and technical content.
Upcoming West Africa Events
Our team hosts webinars on relevant FP/RH topics for the West Africa region. We also host trainings on knowledge management approaches and tools.
Upcoming Events for West Africa
