Cervical Cancer Prevention: A Life-Course Approach to SRH
Recently, Brittany Goetsch, a Program Officer on the Knowledge SUCCESS project, chatted with TogetHER for Health’s Executive Director, Dr. Heather White, and Population Services International’s (PSI’s) Global Medical Director, Dr. Eva Lathrop, on the integration of cervical cancer into broader SRH programming and what cervical cancer can teach us about a life course approach to SRH. In
Youth, Faith, and Contraception in Francophone Africa
In francophone Africa, young people ages 15–24 have difficulty accessing quality family planning (FP) information and services. In addition, they have a higher contraceptive discontinuation rate than older women and are particularly sensitive to adverse effects. In March 2022, Population Reference Bureau (PRB) convened a series of four webinars as a follow-up to the dialogue on
Jeunesse, Religion et Contraception en Afrique francophone
En Afrique francophone, les jeunes âgés de 15 à 24 ans ont difficilement accès aux informations et services de planification familiale (PF) de qualité. De plus, ils affichent un taux d’abandon de la contraception supérieur à celui de leurs aînées et sont particulièrement sensibles aux effets indésirables. En mars 2022, PRB a tenu une série de
Accelerating Young People’s Access to Contraceptive Services
Pharmacies play a critical role in providing access to reproductive health services in low-resource settings in Kenya. Without this private-sector resource, the country would not be able to meet the needs of its young people. Kenya’s National Family Planning Guidelines for Service Providers allow pharmacists and pharmaceutical technologists to counsel, dispense, and provide condoms, pills, and
In Uganda, a New Approach to Ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence: Training Men
Women continue to experience various forms of violence across Uganda, can training men help to shatter cultural perceptions of gender and correspondingly work to prevent gender based violence?
Premarital Family Planning and Reproductive Health Counseling in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has the highest rate of child marriage in Asia. Early marriage leads to a poorer quality of life for girls. It is detrimental to their agency and ability to obtain or continue education. So, in order to improve young couples’ quality of life and encourage them to make informed decisions, the Bangladesh Center for Communication
Meaningfully Engaging Youth: A Snapshot of the Asia Experience
On March 22, 2022, Knowledge SUCCESS hosted Meaningfully Engaging Youth: A Snapshot of the Asia Experience. The webinar highlighted experiences from four organizations in the Asia region working to co-create youth-friendly programs, ensure quality FP/RH services for youth, develop youth-friendly policies, and meet the FP/RH needs of youth at different levels of the health system. Did
Inside the FP Story’s Third Season Launches
The Inside the FP Story podcast explores the fundamentals of designing and implementing family planning programming. Season 3 is brought to you by Knowledge SUCCESS, Breakthrough ACTION, and the USAID Interagency Gender Working Group. It will explore how to approach gender integration in family planning programs—including reproductive empowerment, gender-based violence prevention and response, and male engagement.
Skilled Birth Attendants: The Last Mile Link
Safe Delivery Safe Mother aims to address high fertility and reduce maternal mortality in Pakistan. Recently, the group implemented a pilot project that trained over 160 government-deployed Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs) in the Multan district of the Punjab province. The six-month pilot project concluded in February. The Safe Delivery Safe Mother team is in the process
Le Partenariat de Ouagadougou tient son deuxième dialogue régional des jeunes
Le Partenariat de Ouagadougou (PO) a tenu la deuxième édition de son dialogue régional des jeunes du 13 au 15 septembre 2021 à Abidjan. Sous le thème " Les jeunes agissent pour populariser des normes sociales favorables à la SRA ", le PO et ses partenaires ont produit des supports de communication adaptés pour faciliter l'accès