{"id":6427,"date":"2022-12-06T19:05:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmtraining.org\/burkina-faso-and-niger-improving-family-planning-outcomes-through-knowledge-management\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T19:05:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:05:18","slug":"burkina-faso-and-niger-improving-family-planning-outcomes-through-knowledge-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtraining.org\/fr\/burkina-faso-and-niger-improving-family-planning-outcomes-through-knowledge-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso and Niger: Improving Family Planning Outcomes through Knowledge Management"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Burkina Faso and Niger are two francophone West African countries that have developed Costed Implementation Plans (CIPs) for family planning. In French, the acronym that is typically used to describe these plans is \u201cPANB,\u201d short for Plans d’actions nationaux budg\u00e9tis\u00e9s<\/em>. In the CIPs, countries describe their family planning (FP) strategies, itemize activities, and cost them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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According to FP2030, CIPs<\/a> are multi-year roadmaps for action to help governments achieve their FP goals\u2014goals that, if met, will save millions of lives and improve the health and well-being of women, families, and communities.<\/p>\n

Burkina Faso has significantly improved its FP outcomes over the past decade. The modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) among married women increased from 22.5% in 2015 to 31.9% in 2020. The rate of unmet need for family planning for the same demographic decreased between 2016 and 2020, from 28.8% to 21.29%.<\/p>\n

In its FP2030 targets, Burkina Faso seeks to increase the mCPR among married women from 31.9% in 2020 to 41.3% in 2025 and 50.7% by 2030. The country aims to achieve this by ensuring that all couples, individuals, adolescents, and youth have access to a full range of affordable, quality FP services. Niger, on the other hand, seeks to raise its mCPR from 21.8% in 2020 to 29.3% in 2025, and 36.8% by 2030.<\/p>\n

Inclusion of Knowledge Management in National Budgeted Action Plans<\/h3>\n

Robust knowledge management (KM) frameworks are crucial in developing and implementing effective CIPs. In collaboration with Breakthrough Action in West Africa<\/a>, Knowledge SUCCESS<\/a> assisted Burkina Faso and Niger in including KM in their CIPs. Through training, Knowledge SUCCESS introduced KM concepts to the Technical Working Groups (TWGs) in charge of the plans, after which the TWGs of both countries decided to integrate knowledge management into their new CIPs. Aissatou Thioye, Senior Technical Officer for Research Utilization at FHI 360 and West Africa Knowledge Management and Partnerships Officer for Knowledge SUCCESS, facilitated the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not propose to them what to do. I only oriented them by sharing information and facilitating discussions. When they understood what knowledge management is, its tools and techniques, and related that to their needs and the challenges they faced, they made the propositions to include knowledge management activities in the plans,\u201d explained Thioye.<\/p>\n

The Case of Burkina Faso<\/h3>\n

Burkina Faso included four priority KM activities in its 2021\u20132025 CIP:<\/p>\n