Faith and Family Planning
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
Strengthening Emergency Preparedness and Response in Family Planning
Learning Circles are highly interactive small group-based discussions designed to provide a platform for global health professionals to discuss what works and what doesn’t in pressing health topics. In the most recent cohort in Anglophone Africa, the focus was addressing emergency preparedness and response (EPR) for family planning and sexual and reproductive health (FP/SRH).
Creating Comics to Promote Positive Sexual and Reproductive Health for Adolescents in Uganda
Knowledge SUCCESS interviewed Kaligirwa Bridget Kigambo, founder and CEO of Girl Potential Care Centre, a youth-led organization that creates interactive visuals for adolescents to learn about sexual and reproductive health in Uganda.
Local Resource Mobilization: Building on Strengths and Potential in Asia
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
Reflecting on ICPD30: The Importance of Involving Youth in Reproductive Health Programs and Decision Making
Knowledge SUCCESS interviewed global health professionals on progress made since the 1994 ICPD Cairo Conference. The second in a three-part series features Eva Roca, Implementation Science Advisor on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego.
Trends in Technology-Aided Family Planning Among Young People in Kenya
With more and more young people in Kenya accessing mobile devices and onboarding technology, mobile technology is becoming a promising method to disseminate important family planning information and services, especially among young girls and women.
Ensuring Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings
Humanitarian crises disrupt basic services, making it difficult for people to access basic care, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Given this is an urgent priority in the Asia region, in particular due to the elevated risk of natural disasters, Knowledge SUCCESS hosted a webinar on September 5 to explore SRH in times of crises.
Repenser l’audit social dans le projet Jeunes en Vigie
Le programme Jeunes en Vigie vise à combler les lacunes dans la disponibilité et l'accessibilité de services de santé sexuelle et reproductive de qualité pour les jeunes femmes en intégrant une perspective féministe et des droits de l'homme dans ses audits sociaux. Ce reportage sur le programme Jeunes en Vigie est l'un des trois reportages sur
The Jeunes en Vigie Program
The Jeunes en Vigie program aims to address gaps in the availability and accessibility of quality SRHR services for young women by integrating a feminist and human rights perspective into its social audits. This feature story on the Jeunes en Vigie program is one of the three implementation stories selected for a 2024 series on expanding
“A Rolling Thunder of Events”
A Call to Action for stakeholders to join forces to advance PPFP and PAFP was launched in December 2023. To provide a deeper understanding of the events and insights that led to this action, Knowledge SUCCESS interviewed key members of the coalition behind it. This post highlights the pivotal moments in their collaboration, lessons learned along