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).
Using WhatsApp Business in Global Health Programs
WhatsApp Business may help programs communicate with users at scale, through a popular app that creates a seamless knowledge management (KM) experience in their daily lives.
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
The Impact of Knowledge Management Innovations to Improve Equitable and Effective Learning and Collaboration in Global Health Programs
In October 2024, Knowledge SUCCESS attended CORE Group’s Global Health Practitioners Conference (GHPC), during which we had the opportunity to highlight the project’s knowledge management (KM) innovations.
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.
New Tool for Integrating Knowledge Management in Family Planning Costed Implementation Plans
Knowledge SUCCESS developed a tool that helps countries to assess the way they develop, implement, and evaluate their family planning Costed Implementation Plans and ensure that knowledge management is integrated throughout the process.