Date   

Webinar Invitation: Social Marketing High Impact Practice, January 20th, 2022, 09:00 Washington / 15:00 Geneva / 17:00 Kampala / 19:45 Kathmandu

Ados May
 

 

 

 

Dear Colleagues and Partners,

 

Please join us on January 20th, 2022, from 09:00 Washington / 15:00 Geneva / 17:00 Kampala / 19:45 Kathmandu for Social Marketing: Using marketing principles and techniques to improve contraceptive access, choice, and use webinar, the latest installment of our High Impact Practices webinar series.

 

Click here for the local time zone for the webinar.

Social marketing seeks to leverage marketing concepts to influence behaviors that benefit individuals and communities for the greater social good. It uses behavior change theory, market research, and consumer insight to inform the delivery of health information, products, and services that are attuned to client’s needs, values, and preferences. Social marketing success is ultimately about creating sustained behavior change, which goes beyond changing knowledge and attitudes around family planning. What distinguishes social marketing from other behavior change approaches is the notion of value exchange, or the idea that the target audience will adopt or select—a contraceptive method, product, or service—in exchange for perceived benefits.

Download the Social Marketing Brief here, and register for the webinar today! We look forward to your participation.

 

For more information about the HIPs and to view previous webinars, please visit: https://www.fphighimpactpractices.org/.

 

 

Twitter: #HIPs4FP and @IBP_network

 

 

 

 

Ados V. May, MPA | WHO/IBP Network | Senior Technical Advisor

m: +1 202 999 8816 |email: ados.may@... |www.ibpnetwork.org

 

 

horizontal IBP

 

 

 


The Year in Pictures

Ados May
 

 

 

 

 

UNFPA

 

The Latest

 

Wednesday, 29 December 2021

The UNFPA Latest newsletter closes with a look back at the 2021 in photographs, focusing on themes from COVID-19 to climate change to crises and conflict. We also highlight work on the ground in the Philippines following Super Typhoon Rai, the recently-launched annual Humanitarian Action Overview report and efforts in promoting sexual and reproductive health around the globe. Thanks for reading this year. 

 

 

 

2021: A look back at a year of assistance amidst adversity

UNITED NATIONS – If 2020 was defined by the pandemic, 2021 was to be the year of the vaccine. Yet the promise of a world returning to normal, of faces unmasked and social lives resumed, remains just beyond reach –  and for some entirely elusive. With vaccines came inequality, apprehension, misinformation, mutations: with the close of another year, an uncertain one beckons.  

View the year in pictures

 

Humanitarian aid rushed to Philippines following record-setting typhoon

Philippines – Super Typhoon Rai made landfall in the Philippines on 16 December. It was the third strongest storm ever recorded in the northern hemisphere.

Look at Super Typhoon Rai's aftermath

 

Women and girls’ needs require urgent attention as climate shocks, conflict and COVID fuel humanitarian crises

Natural disasters, intensified by climate change, conflict and the continuing coronavirus pandemic, are driving up humanitarian needs and displacement worldwide, taking a devastating and disproportionate toll on women and girls who are less able to access life-saving services and less likely to be part of decision-making that affects their lives.

UNFPA has launched its largest ever humanitarian appeal to reach over 54 million women, girls and young people in 61 countries in 2022. UNFPA’s humanitarian support to countries will focus on the provision of integrated sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services and comprehensive support for survivors of violence, including mental health and psychosocial support. The total appeal is for $835 million.

Learn more about the humanitarian appeal

 

Mobile health units are saving lives in Libya

GHAT, Libya – Rahma was delivering at home when complications arose: obstructed labour, internal bleeding and low haemoglobin levels. The 18-year-old, a migrant from Niger, was rushed to a mobile health unit in Ghat, where after undergoing a Caesarean section and blood transfusion, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy she named Ahmed. “I feared for the life of my child more than my own but thankfully we both were saved,” Rahma said.

See how mobile health units support a fragile health system

 

Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan

Kabul, AFGHANISTAN – One evening in August, Firoza, a 34-year-old mother of five, was rushed from her village of Chesht-Sherat in Herat Province to a UNFPA-supported Family Health House. She was in labour but had developed complications and was in severe pain.

Family Health Houses help people in hard-to-reach areas to access otherwise scarce maternity services, and have supported more than 15,000 women in delivering their babies safely across Afghanistan so far in 2021. After being treated by staff at the health centre, Firoza was able to give birth safely. But her midwife, Amina, noticed there was something different about this delivery – it wasn’t over. Firoza had another baby on the way. 

Read how family health houses fill health-care facility gaps

 

In Pakistan’s remote areas, midwives ensure care beyond safe birth

KARACHI, Pakistan – During the pandemic, 24-year-old Seema moved to Koohi Goth, an urban slum on the outskirts of Pakistan’s largest city, to be closer to her parents. She had three daughters, the youngest of whom died as a newborn because of the lack of neonatal services in her former neighbourhood of Karachi City, a few miles from the Rehri Goth, coupled with limited prenatal care to address pregnancy complications. Now she is pregnant again, but this time, she started visiting the midwifery-led care unit at the Koohi Goth Hospital, where she receives regular checkups for free. 

Discover how midwifery-led care is making a difference

 

Adolescents with questions find answers via live-streamed sexuality education in China

QINGHAI PROVINCE, China – “I never talked about sex with my friends or my parents,” said 15-year-old Cairen, a 9th-grader in China’s Qinghai Province. “Sexuality is a taboo topic.” Her experience is shared by many adolescents across China as they struggle to negotiate the transition to adulthood. In Yunnan Province, 14-year-old Tu confided, that once in a while, he would talk with his friends about sex. But after a word or two, “the conversation was over.” 

Take note of the benefit of sexuality education

 

 

 

 

 

Follow us 

 

 

 

This email was sent by: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
605 3rd Ave, New York, NY, 10158 US


 


New Scoping Review on Contraceptive Counseling - GHSP

Ados May
 

 

GHSP recently published an article written by PSI exploring the evidence around contraceptive counseling approaches and the linkages to contraceptive discontinuation. This scoping review serves as a precursor to PSI’s upcoming research on our Counseling for Choice approach to contraceptive counseling.

 

A snapshot of the key points and implications is included below. The full paper, titled Leveraging the Client-Provider Interaction to Address Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Scoping Review of the Evidence That Links Them  can be accessed here: https://www.ghspjournal.org/content/early/2021/11/08/GHSP-D-21-00235

 

 

All the best,

Kendal Danna

 

Kendal Danna

she/her

Technical Advisor

Sexual and Reproductive Health ​ | PSI

 


Two new articles - A focus on contraception in Pakistan

Ados May
 

Dear colleagues

Hope you are staying well and keeping safe. Sharing two new articles that just got published.

 

The links are provided as under:  

Azmat SK, Lashari T, Ali M, Awan MA, Karim A. Contraceptive access, choices, and discontinuation among the urban users in Karachi, Pakistan: Findings from a comparative analysis of Pakistan demographic and health survey 2012-12 and 2017-18. J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Nov;71(Suppl 7)(11):S38-S44. PMID: 34793427. https://jpma.org.pk/PdfDownloadsupplements/650

 

Abstract

Introduction. To explore and assess the contraceptive access, choices, and discontinuation among the urban users in Karachi using the last two Demographic and Health Surveys in Pakistan.

Methods: A comparative analysis of the six districts of Karachi (Urban only) using Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 (sample size 2324) and 2017-18 (sample size 2896) of the currently married women of reproductive age 15-49 years was designed and conducted. For the current study, we used descriptive statistics on contraceptive use, method-mix, unmet need for family planning, method-specific discontinuation, sources of modern contraceptive use by channel (public and private), and exposure to family planning messaging. Results: The analysis of the PDHS indicated that the mCPR for Karachi Urban remained stagnant at 35%. However, CPR (all methods) improved from 48% to 52% mainly because of an increase in the traditional contraceptive methods. On the other hand, there was an increase in unmet need between the two DHS surveys from 13% to 16%. The possible explanation is inadequate resource allocations, affordability of the services, poor quality of care, and fear of side effects, among other factors. The supply-side situation indicates that the private sector holds a significant share of family planning service delivery. However, the decline of 15% in the current share of services from the private sector in Karachi's urban areas since 2012-13 PDHS data. The desire for pregnancy, method failure, and side effects remained three significant reasons for the method discontinuation.

Conclusion: The present study reports a high unmet need for family planning and a stagnant mCPR for urban Karachi between the two demographic surveys. In addition, the data reveals private sector taking over the public sector for the delivery of modern contraceptive methods while the major reasons for method-specific discontinuation illustrates a similar trend at national and urban Karachi level.

 

Azmat SK, Temmerman M, Ali M. Accessibility and uptake of modern contraceptive methods in Pakistan - a critical view on what works? J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Nov;71(Suppl 7)(11):S20-S32. PMID: 34793425. https://jpma.org.pk/PdfDownloadsupplements/648

 

Abstract

Background: In Pakistan, there is a clear imbalance between the population's needs and available resources to cater for spacing and limiting childbirth as desired by couples. More than two-thirds (70%) of the Pakistani population are now paying out-of-pocket for overall health costs. This critical review is guided by the aim to increase access and utilization of modern contraceptives in the underserved Pakistan. The research question explores the effects of multi-pronged health financing model "using vouchers" for increase in contraceptive access and uptake among married women in rural Pakistan. Methods: The review comprised studies that were published inclusive and after 2000 on implementation research on family planning. The international scientific databases searched included PubMed, SCOPUS, and MEDLINE until December 2016. Related articles were found using key terms and based on a review of the titles and abstracts of the published papers, a total of eight published studies met the criteria and were included for this review. Results: This critical review of key private sector intervention demonstrated that the use of multi-pronged health financing mechanisms targeting underserved communities such as 1) using demand-side free vouchers complemented by mid-level social franchise providers along with community health worker support to connect clients with facility and 2) using public sector trained community midwives and engaging a dedicated community health worker with them to generate demand and bridge the gap between clients with the local facility (financing CMW trainings and CHW salaries; and 3) expanding outreach services to reach out to underserved communities (financing free services) - has a positive and favorable impact. The findings show that free vouchers used alongside social franchising (multi-pronged health financing model) was able to increase the overall contraceptive uptake and also increased method specific uptake mainly for intrauterine device (IUD) and condoms in the intervention group in three different studies. Conclusions: The multi-pronged health financing mechanisms exclusive to FP not only were able to increase the uptake of modern FP services in underserved areas but also facilitated the long-term continuity of modern FP methods, while promoting method-specific switching behavior. The models, using voucher based social franchising, community midwives coupled by CHWs, and the outreach services have a tangible effect on modern family planning uptake within communities.

 

Thought these will be of interest to you. Feel free to share it among your networks.

 

Warm wishes for the New Year and Merry Christmas

Moazzam

Moazzam Ali MBBS, PhD, MPH, PG Diploma | Epidemiologist. Medical Officer | UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) | WHO Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research | World Health Organization. Avenue Appia 20, Geneva 27, CH-1211 Switzerland | Tel: +41 (22) 791.3442  |  Mobile +41 (79) 477 0431 |  E-mail: alimoa@...   | Twitter: @Moazzam2000 | Personal profile | Moazzam’s ORCID |

 

 


Tomorrow: Webinar Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Infographic Country Snapshots - 16 December, 2021, 09:00 Washington/ 15:00 Geneva/ 17:00 Nairobi

Ados May
 

 

16 December, 2021 – 09:00 Washington / 15:00 Geneva / 17:00 Nairobi

 

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Infographic Country Snapshots

Register today! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8000713326956076299

 

 

 

Realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) requires the provision of comprehensive, people-centred services, that address different, often interconnected components of SRHR, and that are supported by an enabling environment, quality health systems, and meaningful community engagement. Data on SRHR is routinely collected but it is often difficult to get the scope and complexity at the country level of the interconnected components.

 

In December, a set of country-specific infographic snapshots on SRHR are being launched for all 194 WHO member states that will provide a ‘one-stop’ overview bringing together publicly available SRHR data from verified sources. By highlighting the national SRHR situation – including successes, areas for improvement, data gaps, and innovative approaches such as self-care interventions – these infographic snapshots can be used by policy makers, researchers and civil societies for determining priorities, planning programmes, resource mobilization, and strengthening health systems, service delivery and community engagement.

 

WHO and UNFPA invite you to this webinar, hosted by The IBP Network, where the SRHR infographic snapshots will be presented and where we will unpack the importance of having comprehensive SRHR data.

 

Host- Ados May, IBP Network

Moderator – Manjulaa Narasimhan, WHO 

 

Presenters:

Jon Hopkins, Independent Consultant – Introduction to the SRHR country infographics  

Tumie Komanyane, Frontline AIDS 

Karthik Srinivasan, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Khurshed Nosirov, WHO

Q+A and Closing remarks – Tim Sladden, UNFPA

 

 

 

 

 

Ados V. May, MPA | WHO/IBP Network | Senior Technical Advisor

m: +1 202 999 8816 |email: ados.may@... |www.ibpnetwork.org

 

 

horizontal IBP

 

 

 


Happening tomorrow: Celebrate UHC Day with Dr. T & ICFP

Ados May
 

 

ICFP2022 | December 2021 | En français? cliquez ici et sélectionnez l'onglet 'translate' 

 


A Note from ICFP's Secretariat


After two conference postponements, and almost two years living through a pandemic, we are excited to report the ICFP Secretariat is moving forward planning and programming the sixth International Conference on Family Planning being held in Pattaya City, Thailand 14-17 November 2022.

We look forward sharing with our community the essential work the 2022 ICFP, its partners, and members of the community are doing to promote voices, initiatives, and perspectives of the FP community.

And we look forward to welcoming you to Thailand next November!




ICFP Quick Links


>> Youth Trailblazer Award


>> ICFP Key Dates & Links


>> ICFP's The Pulse


>> Share the #PowerofFP


>> Become a sponsor 


>> Join an ICFP subcommittee


 

 

Celebrate #UHCDay with Dr. T & ICFP

 

Get the pulse on family planning with Dr. T

 

Join us for the second episode of ICFP's The Pulse of Family Planning with Dr. T tomorrow 830 ET (registration required for this exciting event)!


The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health inequalities and hastened the call for more robust and resilient health systems. The second episode of “The Pulse of Family Planning with Dr. T” will convene sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) advocates from Kenya, South Africa and the United States for a conversation about universal health coverage (UHC) goals, the importance of protecting sexual and reproductive health rights and ensuring access to family planning globally.

Host: Dr. Tlaleng MofokengUnited Nations Special Rapporteur, Author, and Reproductive Rights Activist

Esteemed panelists include:

  • Nomtika Mjwana, Digital Health Project Manager at Global Network of People Living with HIV (South Africa)
  • Thoai Ngo, Vice President of Social and Behavioral Science Research and Founding Director of the Girl Center for Innovation, Research and Learning at the Population Council (USA)
  • Nerima Were, Deputy Executive Director at Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS; Women and Human Rights Activist (Kenya)

Happening tomorrow at 830 ET! Learn more at ICFP2022.org
 

 

 

 

 

Deadline Extended for Youth Trailblazer Award

 

The Power of You(th)

 

Deadline for ICFP's fully-funded Youth Trailblazer Award now 17 December


The organizers of the 2022 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) are proud to support the fourth ICFP Youth Trailblazer Award, which aims to amplify and highlight the voices of young leaders in the family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SHRH) field through active planning and participation in the 2022 ICFP.

Young leader applicants, between the 18-35, are invited to submit a maximum 3-minute video corresponding to the 2022 conference theme, “Family Planning & Universal Health Coverage: Innovate. Collaborate. Accelerate”.

Young leaders who are awarded the 2022 ICFP Youth Trailblazer Award will be funded to attend the 2022 ICFP in Pattaya, Thailand in November 2022. Awardees will also actively participate in planning activities for ICFP, have speaking roles at ICFP, and engage in other conference opportunities that raise the voices, perceptive, and experiences of youth in the family planning community.

 

 

 

Share the #PowerofFP

 

Share the #PowerofFP

 

How do you describe the power of family planning?


You are invited to share your story on the power of family planning in your life, your family’s life and the life of members in your community. Your stories will be added to the FP Story Wall and will be shared across ICFP channels.


To participate, simply click play on the welcome video. Dr. T will host your submission process for our latest community action. ICFP Community Actions are designed to leverage the expertise and reach of ICFP partners and supporters to highlight the solutions, contributions, and innovations of the family planning and reproductive health communities.
 

 

 

 

Community News

opportunities and announcements from the global family planning and SRHR communities

 

Congrats, Dr. T!


Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health and ICFP2022 co-chair, was honored on BBC’s 100 Women 2021 list.

This year 100 Women is highlighting those who are hitting "reset" - women playing their part to reinvent our society, our culture and our world.

 

>> View this year's full list of honorees!

 

Family Planning For All

 

This year's Universal Health Coverage Day (December 12) is fast approaching, and the digital toolkit is officially LIVE!

Together, we can make UHC Day 2021 a memorable moment that can catalyze tangible, lasting change for people around the world. Join us!

 

 

 

Were you forwarded this email?

Subscribe to our e-newsletter to receive the latest news, information, and updates from ICFP2022.

 

 

ICFP Hosts

 

 

ICFP Core Organizing Group

 

 

ICFP2022 Sponsors

 

 

 

Facebook

Twitter

Link

Website

Email

 

Copyright © Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
615 N. Wolfe St
Baltimore, MD 21205

 


Webinar: Role of Multi-Sectoral Partnerships in UHC

Ilayda Orankoy
 

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening! Apologies for cross-posting.

 

Passing along the below invitation for Universal Health Coverage: Role of Multi Sectoral Partnerships, a UHC Day celebration hosted by Pathfinder International. Please see below to learn more and register. Please share with anyone who might be interested! Thank you.  

 

Ilayda Oranköy (she/her)
GLOBAL AFFAIRS SPECIALIST
iorankoy@...
(202) 804-4608

Available in English and French | Interprétation en anglais et en français disponible

 

Each year on December 12th, the world celebrates the International Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, an official UN-designated day, to raise awareness of the need for strong, equitable and resilient health systems and universal health coverage. Leave No One’s Health Behind: Invest in Health Systems for All is the theme for UHC Day 2021. To end this crisis and build a safer and healthier future, we must invest in health systems that protect us all — now. UHC Day Campaign on December 12, 2021 will mark 2 years since the first case of COVID-19 was reported.

This year Pathfinder is joining the global movement in celebration of this year’s UHC day by hosting a virtual webinar. The aim of the webinar is to celebrate the universal health coverage day and use it as an advocacy platform to host a multi-sectoral panel to discuss the importance of UHC and the role of multi sectoral partnerships to achieving UHC in low- and middle-income countries. The webinar will host panelists from different regions to share experience on progress towards achieving UHC.  

 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

  • Crystal Lander, Chief of Strategic Engagement, Pathfinder
  • Dr. Tabinda Sarosh, Country Director, Pathfinder Pakistan
  • Dr. Habeeb Salami, Global Advocacy Director, Global Affairs, Pathfinder
  • Dr. Amina Dorayi, Country Director, Pathfinder Nigeria
  • Dr. Asnake Mengistu, Senior Country Director, Pathfinder Ethiopia
  • Mohammad Abdus Salam Khan, Joint Secretary, Medical Education and Family Welfare Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
  • Dr. Mercy Onsando, Chief Executive Officer, Health NGOs’ Network (HENNET), Kenya
  • Md. Mizanur Rahman, Deputy General Manager, Marketing, Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Bangladesh
  • Dr. Olumide Okunola, Technical Advisor to the Minister of Health, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Dr. Akhtar Rashid, Chief Executive Officer, Health NGOs’ Network (HENNET), Kenya
  • Dr. Sidbéwendé Pierre Yameogo, Technical Secretary, One Health and Universal Health Coverage, Office of the Minister of Health, Burkina Faso

 


The Pitch Regional Competitions: Application Deadline is December 10

Ados May
 

 

Dear colleagues,

 

The Pitch Season 2 is now in full swing! The deadline to submit an application for The Pitch Season 2 is Friday, December 10, at 11:59 P.M. EST. Before submitting an application, head over to The Pitch webpage to review guidelines, application guidance, and frequently asked questions. Applications can be submitted in English or French. https://knowledgesuccess.org/the-pitch/

 

Missed our launch event on November 30? As a reminder, The Pitch is a series of regional competitions in which a panel of judges awards funding to knowledge management (KM) champions working in FP/RH at the national and regional level. FP/RH organizations in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia will be awarded up to USD $50,000 to implement their innovative ideas, changing how we share knowledge and experiences in the FP/RH sector. 

 

--

 

Chers collègues,

 

La saison 2 de The Pitch bat son plein ! La date limite pour soumettre une demande pour la saison 2 de The Pitch est le vendredi 10 décembre à 23 h 59, heure normale de l'Est. Avant de soumettre une demande, rendez-vous sur la page web du Pitch pour consulter les lignes directrices, les conseils de candidature et les questions fréquemment posées. Les candidatures peuvent être soumises en anglais ou en français. https://knowledgesuccess.org/the-pitch-en-francais/

 

Vous avez manqué notre événement de lancement du 30 novembre ? Pour rappel, The Pitch est une série de concours régionaux dans le cadre desquels un panel de juges accorde des financements à des champions et des championnes de la gestion des connaissances (GC) qui travaillent dans la PF/SR aux niveaux national et régional. Des organisations de PF/SR d’Afrique subsaharienne et d’Asie recevront jusqu’à 50 000 US dollars pour concrétiser leurs idées innovantes, qui changeront la façon dont nous partageons les connaissances et les expériences dans le secteur de la PF/SR. 

 


FW: Register for Dec 9 webinar on COVID-19 and FP data

Sophie Weiner
 

Dear colleagues,

 

Knowledge SUCCESS analyzed PMA data from seven countries in Africa and Asia to find out the impact of COVID-19 on family planning in the first year of the pandemic.

 

Please join us for a webinar on December 9th, 2021 (8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET) to explore the findings.

 

See below for details—or click here to register.

 

Thanks,

Sophie

 

Sophie Weiner

KM & Comms Program Officer, Knowledge SUCCESS

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

ccp.jhu.edu | knowledgesuccess.org | 410-659-6331

CCP logo

 

 

 

 

We’ll review data from seven countries in Africa and Asia

wordmark_grayscale(1)

 

Connecting the dots

Faites défiler la page pour lire cet e-mail en français.

 

COVID-19 was expected to have devastating impacts on family planning. Did it?

 

Dear Family Planning champion,

 

Though COVID-19 resulted in many disruptions to health services including family planning (FP) services, the pandemic has also led to some positive FP-related policy, supply chain, program and service delivery adaptations around the world. So what impact, if any, have these adaptations had on contraceptive use dynamics during the pandemic?

 

Knowledge SUCCESS analyzed Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) data from seven countries in Africa and Asia to answer this question. Join us as we explore the impact of COVID-19 on family planning in the first year of the pandemic, answering such questions as:

  • Did pregnancy intentions or contraceptive use change during the first year of the pandemic?
  • How did family planning programs respond?
  • What lessons can be applied to future pandemics or crisis situations

We’ll also share FP programmatic experiences from three countries - Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, and Nepal - that showed exceptional resilience and opportunity in their response.  

 

WEBINAR

Connecting the dots between COVID-19 and family planning

Thursday, December 9, 2021
8:00-9:00 am EST

This event will be simultaneously interpreted in French.

 

Introduction and welcome

Moderated by Ruwaida Salem, Knowledge Solutions Team Lead, Knowledge SUCCESS

 

Presentation of data from Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC (Kinshasa), Kenya, India (Rajasthan), Nigeria (Lagos), and Uganda

Presented by Catherine Packer, Research Associate III, FHI 360, SUCCESS

 

Discussion of data findings and questions from the audience

Featuring experts from PMA, Breakthrough ACTION, Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN), and DMPA-SC Access Collaborative

 

 

On s'attendait à ce que COVID-19 ait des effets dévastateurs sur la planification familiale. L'a-t-il été ? 

 

Cher/chère Sophie,

 

Bien que l'épidémie COVID-19 ait entraîné de nombreuses perturbations dans les services de santé, y compris les services de planification familiale (PF), la pandémie a également entraîné des adaptations positives des politiques, de la chaîne d'approvisionnement, des programmes et de la prestation de services liés à la PF dans le monde entier. Quel impact, le cas échéant, ces adaptations ont-elles eu sur la dynamique de l'utilisation des contraceptifs pendant la pandémie ?

 

Knowledge SUCCESS a analysé les données de Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) de sept pays d'Afrique et d'Asie pour répondre à cette question. Joignez-vous à nous pour explorer l'impact de COVID-19 sur la planification familiale au cours de la première année de la pandémie, en répondant à des questions telles que :

  • Les intentions de grossesse ou l'utilisation de contraceptifs ont-elles changé au cours de la première année de la pandémie ?
  • Comment les programmes de planification familiale ont-ils réagi ?
  • Quelles leçons peuvent être appliquées aux futures pandémies ou situations de crise ?

Nous partagerons également les expériences programmatiques de PF de trois pays - la Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar et le Népal - qui ont fait preuve d'une résilience et d'une opportunité exceptionnelles dans leur réponse.

 

 WEBINAIRE

Les liens entre COVID-19 et la planification familiale

Jeudi 9 décembre 2021
8h00-9h00 HNE
Cet événement sera interprété simultanément en français.
.

Introduction et bienvenue 

Modéré par Ruwaida Salem, chef d'équipe des solutions de connaissances, Knowledge SUCCESS

 

Présentation des données du Burkina Faso, de la Côte d'Ivoire, de la RDC (Kinshasa), du Kenya, de l'Inde (Rajasthan), du Nigeria (Lagos) et de l'Ouganda.
Présenté par Catherine Packer, Associée de recherche III, Knowledge SUCCESS

 

Discussion des résultats des données et questions de public

Avec des experts de la PMA, de Breakthrough ACTION, de Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN), et de DMPA-SC Access Collaborative 

 

 

 

SUCCESS partner logos

This email is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Knowledge SUCCESS Project. Knowledge SUCCESS is led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP). The contents of this email are the sole responsibility of CCP. The information provided in this email does not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government, or the Johns Hopkins University.

 

Knowledge SUCCESS, 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA

Manage preferences


Celebrate Human Rights Day with poetry

Alexane Bremshey
 

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) is pleased to invite you to join us on Human Rights Day (December 10) for the launch of our poetry collection on sexual and reproductive justice.

The event will be moderated by Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, a poet, medical doctor and sexologist who specializes in the care and support of transgender and gender non-conforming persons. The panel includes SRHR experts who are also poets as well as three guest poets from our recent call for poetry. Following the event, poems from our poetry collection will be published weekly until the anthology is available on Women's Day in March.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JtDkjuHgSUKrPfAcBuu8sQ

DATE: December 10, 2021
TIME: 7am Los Angeles / 10am New York / 3pm London / 4pm Geneva / 5pm Cape Town / 8:30pm New Delhi / 11pm Manila


New Handbook from R4S: Drug Shop Operators' Provision of Injectable Contraception

Ados May
 

 

Chart, pie chart

Description automatically generated

 

 

If the link above isn’t working, please click here to download the new handbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reana Thomas, MPH (she, her)

Technical Officer II, Research Utilization, Global Health and Population Research

359 Blackwell Street | Suite 200 | Durham, NC 27701

O: 919.321.3729| rthomas@...www.fhi360.orgFHI 360 Facebook

 


Reminder: Webinar Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Infographic Country Snapshots - 16 December, 2021, 09:00 Washington/ 15:00 Geneva/ 17:00 Nairobi

Ados May
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


16 December, 2021 – 09:00 Washington / 15:00 Geneva / 17:00 Nairobi

 

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Infographic Country Snapshots

Register today! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8000713326956076299

 

 

 

Realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) requires the provision of comprehensive, people-centred services, that address different, often interconnected components of SRHR, and that are supported by an enabling environment, quality health systems, and meaningful community engagement. Data on SRHR is routinely collected but it is often difficult to get the scope and complexity at the country level of the interconnected components.

 

In December, a set of country-specific infographic snapshots on SRHR are being launched for all 194 WHO member states that will provide a ‘one-stop’ overview bringing together publicly available SRHR data from verified sources. By highlighting the national SRHR situation – including successes, areas for improvement, data gaps, and innovative approaches such as self-care interventions – these infographic snapshots can be used by policy makers, researchers and civil societies for determining priorities, planning programmes, resource mobilization, and strengthening health systems, service delivery and community engagement.

 

WHO and UNFPA invite you to this webinar, hosted by The IBP Network, where the SRHR infographic snapshots will be presented and where we will unpack the importance of having comprehensive SRHR data.

 

Host- Ados May, IBP Network

Moderator – Manjulaa Narasimhan, WHO 

 

Presenters:

Jon Hopkins, Independent Consultant – Introduction to the SRHR country infographics  

Tumie Komanyane, Frontline AIDS 

Karthik Srinivasan, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Khurshed Nosirov, WHO

Q+A and Closing remarks – Tim Sladden, UNFPA

 

 

 

 

 

Ados V. May, MPA | WHO/IBP Network | Senior Technical Advisor

m: +1 202 999 8816 |email: ados.may@... |www.ibpnetwork.org

 

 

horizontal IBP

 

 

 


Webinar: Covid-19, vacunas y embarazo/Covid-19, immunization and pregnancies

Ados May
 

 

 

COVID-19 IMMUNIZATIONS IN PREGNANCY

What does the experience suggest?

 

Based on the latest evidence and on the recommendations on immunization against COVID-19 for pregnant women, as well as on the lessons learned from country experiences, following a question and answer format, this webinar, organized by the Regional Task Force on Maternal Mortality Reduction (GTR, for its acronym in Spanish), aims to present the regional panorama of COVID-19 vaccination among pregnant women and the different national strategies implemented to promote vaccination in this population.

 

GTR is an interagency mechanism formed by technical United Nations agencies, bilateral and multilateral cooperation organizations, non-governmental organizations and regional professional networks created in 1998 to promote collaboration and regional synergies to promote evidence-based policies and programs to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its members include the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund, the Latin American Center of Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Management Sciences for Health, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United States Agency for International Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, the International Confederation of Midwives, the Latin American Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology Societies, Fòs Feminista, and the Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Initiative.

 

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

10:00hs (Panama City) | 10:00hs (WDC) | 12:00hs (Asunción, Montevideo)

 

Simultaneous translation Spanish English will be provided

 

Register here*

 

 

Simultaneous Spanish-English translation available

*After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar.

If the virtual room capacity is exceeded, you can follow the session on the PAHO YouTube channel

©OPS/Uruguay

 

 

 

INMUNIZACIONES CONTRA LA COVID-19 EN EL EMBARAZO

¿Qué sugiere la experiencia?

 

A partir de la presentación de las últimas evidencias y recomendaciones sobre la inmunización contra la COVID-19 para las embarazadas y de las estrategias implementadas para lograr mayor cobertura, las lecciones aprendidas en los países y en una dinámica de preguntas y respuestas, este seminario web organizado por el Grupo de Trabajo Regional para la Reducción de la Mortalidad Materna (GTR) busca contribuir a que las personas que participen en la reunión dispongan de un análisis de la situación de las vacunas contra la COVID-19 y las embarazadas, y que conozcan diferentes estrategias para promover la vacunación que algunos Estados están impulsando.

 

El Grupo de Trabajo Regional para la Reducción de la Mortalidad Materna es un mecanismo interagencial formado por agencias técnicas de las Naciones Unidas, organismos bilaterales y multilaterales de cooperación, organizaciones no gubernamentales y redes profesionales de la región. Sus miembros incluyen UNFPA/LACRO, el Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatología, Salud de la Mujer y Reproductiva de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organización Mundial de la Salud, Management Sciences for Health, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia, la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, el Banco Mundial, la Confederación Internacional de Matronas, la Federación Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Fòs Feminista e Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Initiative.

 

 

 

Martes 30 de noviembre de 2021

10:00hs (Ciudad de Panamá) | 10:00hs (WDC) | 12:00hs (Asunción, Montevideo)

 

Traducción simultánea en español e inglés

 

Registro aquí*

 

 

*Luego de la inscripción, recibirá un correo electrónico de confirmación con información para unirse al seminario web

Si se supera la capacidad de la sala virtual, podrá seguir la sesión en vivo a través del canal de la OPS en YouTube

 

 

 

 

.


Basic Psychosocial Skills: Training for COVID-19 Responders

Michele Rumsey
 

Dear Colleagues,

I am glad to inform you about this FREE online course and certificate - Basic Psychosocial Skills: Training for COVID-19 Responders , developed to support the mental health and wellbeing of first responders in the region by further developing a set of basic psychosocial skills in response to COVID-19. We hope the course will provide support for the mental health and wellbeing of first responders in the region.

 

“The training is timely and important during this time. We need to have more of this training”

This FREE course has been adapted from the IASC Basic Psychosocial Skills: A Guide for COVID-19 First Responders Guide, in collaboration with the World Health Organization Pacific Working Group.

 

“Thank you so much. I enjoyed the course and I would like to say that the course's instructional design was exceptional. Congratulations to the team!”

We had over 600 participants in the first  few weeks from across the world.

If you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to get in contact with the Centre  whocc@...

 

Basic Psychosocial Skills: Training for COVID-19 Responders 

The Basic Psychosocial Skills online Training is a FREE program for those affected by the pandemic designed to build resilience and mental health wellbeing for first responders and frontline health staff.  

 

The FREE online course: 

  1. Focuses on personal well-being 
  2. Explores supportive communication in everyday interactions 
  3. Provides a practical framework to enable first responders to support others to problem-solve and make healthy decisions 
  4. Examines how to recognise emotional patterns and provide support to individuals 
  5. Provides a certificate on completion 

View a detailed video on how to sign up: https://youtu.be/-Cguw2SCHOQ 

Enrol for this FREE online course: here 

Read instructions on how to sign up: https://bit.ly/3bEJGkx  

Read more about the basic psychosocial skills course: https://bit.ly/3sgZpf7  

You will need an email account to register and log in for the online course. 

 

For more information and full Power Point https://bit.ly/3cZCGy2 with facilitation notes, please contact michele.rumsey@... 

 

FAQs 

   Which Brower is better to use for this course?

   It is recommended to use Google Chrome for this online course.

 

   How many resources are provided in the Basic Psychosocial Skills training program? 

   The program provides 3 resources. Guidance report, short online course
   and
presentation with facilitation notes. 

 

   How many languages is the guidance offered in? 

   While the online course is only in English, the guidance report is provided in 28 languages.  

 

   Is the online course time-bound? 

   No. The online course is self-paced and takes an average of 3 hours to complete with a short quiz
   and a certificate awarded.  

 

 

 

_

Michele Rumsey FACN
Director,

WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development,

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health
University of Technology Sydney
M. +61 417933519 PNG M.
+675 7433 8851
uts.edu.au SPCNMOA: www.spcnmoa.com

WHO CC UTS: https://bit.ly/2TP0kqc @whoccmichele

UTS Logo

 

 

 

I acknowledge the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, upon whose ancestral lands UTS stands.

I pay my respects to the Elders past, present and emerging, and acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for this land.

 

 


UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.


Request for literature on implementation strategies to scale up self-administered DMPA-SC injections

Adeniyi Aderoba
 

Dear Colleagues,

 

The Contraception and Fertility Care Unit of the UNDP–UNFPA–UNICEF–WHO–World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual Reproductive Health and Research, at the World Health Organization has commissioned a scoping review on the strategies to scale up self-administered subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) injections. This will aid a better understanding of the barriers that prevent effective implementation of self-administered DMPA-SC programs and provide solutions to these implementation problems.

 

Research has shown that the self-administration of DMPA-SC is a feasible, safe, and effective contraceptive method. Users who self-administered DMPA-SC show higher continuation rates at one year compared with those who had provider-administered injections. DMPA-SC has been registered for self-injection in many countries. Still, there are challenges to interventions to roll out this new efficacious contraceptive method, and major implementation issues have been encountered for scale-up. Another challenge is that many of these interventions are described in the grey literature and not published in peer-reviewed publications.

 

Therefore, we are keen to identify any literature, including academic articles, white papers, (project) reports, measurement tools or topic guides, etc., covering issues related to implementation strategies to scale up self-administered DMPA-SC injections. If you are aware of this literature, kindly share the electronic file with us (adeniyi.aderoba@... or steynp@...) before 7th December 2021.

 

The protocol for the scoping review can be accessed by clicking here, and the results will be shared with you once it is completed.

 

Thanks in advance for your contributions,

 

The Scoping Review Team



--
Dr. Adeniyi Aderoba - MBBS, MSc.(Oxon), FWACS, FMCOG
Email: adeniyi.aderoba@...
Twitter: @ade_aderoba


Save the date: Webinar Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Infographic Country Snapshots - 16 December, 2021, 09:00 Washington/ 15:00 Geneva/ 17:00 Nairobi

Ados May
 

 

 

 

 

 

 


16 December, 2021 – 09:00 Washington / 15:00 Geneva / 17:00 Nairobi

 

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Infographic Country Snapshots

Register today! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8000713326956076299

 

 

 

Realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) requires the provision of comprehensive, people-centred services, that address different, often interconnected components of SRHR, and that are supported by an enabling environment, quality health systems, and meaningful community engagement. Data on SRHR is routinely collected but it is often difficult to get the scope and complexity at the country level of the interconnected components.

 

In December, a set of country-specific infographic snapshots on SRHR are being launched for all 194 WHO member states that will provide a ‘one-stop’ overview bringing together publicly available SRHR data from verified sources. By highlighting the national SRHR situation – including successes, areas for improvement, data gaps, and innovative approaches such as self-care interventions – these infographic snapshots can be used by policy makers, researchers and civil societies for determining priorities, planning programmes, resource mobilization, and strengthening health systems, service delivery and community engagement.

 

WHO and UNFPA invite you to this webinar, hosted by The IBP Network, where the SRHR infographic snapshots will be presented and where we will unpack the importance of having comprehensive SRHR data.

 

Host- Ados May, IBP Network

Moderator – Manjulaa Narasimhan, WHO 

 

Presenters:

Jon Hopkins, Independent Consultant – Introduction to the SRHR country infographics  

Tumie Komanyane, Frontline AIDS 

Karthik Srinivasan, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Khurshed Nosirov, WHO

Q+A and Closing remarks – Tim Sladden, UNFPA

 

 

 

 

 

Ados V. May, MPA | WHO/IBP Network | Senior Technical Advisor

m: +1 202 999 8816 |email: ados.may@... |www.ibpnetwork.org

 

 

horizontal IBP

 

 

 


Save the date: Supporting Providers to Address PPH (English & French)

Ados May
 

 

The Partnership to Advance Post-Partum Hemorrhage Care led by USAID’s Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD), (based at University Research Co., LLC), and Breakthrough Research, (based at Population Council), invites you to join us on Monday, December 6th from 8:00-9:30 AM EST/ 1:00-2:30 PM GMT to learn about how to better support providers and strengthen systems to address emergency obstetric complications.

We will highlight how our partnership and collaborators from Malawi and Madagascar (see below) advance implementation learning around mentorship models and tools, provider mental health, respectful maternity care, delivery of blood, maternal death surveillance and response systems—and lesson learned while implementing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This webinar is part of the Accelerating Evidence to Use in Policy and Programs: Strengthening & Sustaining RMNACH Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa series, co-hosted by the East, Central, and Southern Africa Health CommunityAfrican Academy of Public Health. and the University of California San Francisco.

DECEMBER 2021

6

 

8:00-9:30 am EST 
1:00-2:30 pm GMT

 

French translations will be provided during the webinar

Missed the previous webinars in the series?
Visit our YouTube channel to view the webinar repository, which includes videos of our featured speakers, panel discussion, and stakeholder highlights from each webinar in the Strengthening and Sustaining RMNCAH Systems series.

APPHC Partnership and Collaborators

 

 

 

Copyright © 2021 University Research, Co. LLC, All rights reserved.

 

 

Le Partenariat pour l'avancement des soins d'hémorragie post-partum dirigé par USAID’s Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD), (basée à University Research Co., LLC), et Breakthrough Research, (basée à Population Council), vous invite à nous rejoindre le lundi 6 décembre de 8h00 à 9h30 HNE/ 13h00 à 14h30 GMT pour découvrir comment mieux soutenir les prestataires et renforcer les systèmes pour faire face aux complications obstétricales d'urgence.

Nous soulignerons comment notre partenariat et nos collaborateurs du Malawi et de Madagascar (voir ci-dessous) font progresser l'apprentissage de la mise en œuvre autour des modèles et des outils de mentorat, de la santé mentale des prestataires, des soins de maternité respectueux, de l'administration du sang, des systèmes de surveillance et de réponse aux décès maternels et des leçons apprises lors de la mise en œuvre pendant la pandémie de COVID-19.

Ce webinaire fait partie de la série Accelerating Evidence to Use in Policy and Programs: Strengthening and Sustaining RMNCH Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, co-organisée par le East, Central, and Southern Africa Health CommunityAfrican Academy of Public Health. et le University of California San Francisco.

Décembre 2021

6

 

8:00-9:30 am EST 
1:00-2:30 pm GMT

 

Ce webinaire sera en anglais avec traduction en français.

Vous avez manqué les précédents webinaires de la série ?
Visitez notre chaîne Youtube 
consultez le référentiel de webinaires, qui comprend des vidéos de nos conférenciers vedettes, des discussions de groupe et des points saillants des parties prenantes de chaque webinaire de la série Renforcement et pérennisation des systèmes de RMNCAH.

APPHC Partenariat et Collaborateurs

 

 

 

Copyright © 2021 University Research, Co. LLC, All rights reserved.

 

 

EMILY PECA, DrPH, MA

Technical Director for Program Development and Implementation

O  301-941-8474    

epeca@...  |  www.urc-chs.com

University Research Co., LLC

5404 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800
Chevy Chase, MD 20815 USA

 


Schedule change: Knowledge Cafe at ECOWAS Forum on Best Practices in Health - 24 November, 2021 16:20 to 17:40 Praia (12:20 Washington/18:20 Geneva)

Ados May
 

 

Dear IBP Partners,

Our apologies, but for reasons beyond our control, the Forum is running late. The café has been moved to 16:20 local time, 12:20 Washington / 18:20 Geneva.

I hope you are still able to join us and again apologies for the inconvenience.


Best regards,


Ados

 

 

 

 

Ados V. May, MPA | WHO/IBP Network | Senior Technical Advisor

m: +1 202 999 8816 |email: ados.may@... |www.ibpnetwork.org

 

 

horizontal IBP

 

 

 


Tomorrow: Knowledge Cafe at ECOWAS Forum on Best Practices in Health - 24 November, 2021 15:20 to 16:40 Praia (11:20 Washington/17:20 Geneva)

Ados May
 

Dear IBP Partners,

The WHO/IBP Network is hosting a Knowledge Café tomorrow at the 4th ECOWAS Forum on Best Practices in Health/4ème Forum CEDEAO des Meilleures Pratiques en Santé. This event will feature tools and resources from selected partners.

Join us on 24 November, 2021 15:20 to 16:40 Praia (11:20 Washington/17:20 Geneva. Please consult your local time here. The link to join the Knowledge café: https://ghstar.zoom.us/j/84116816003 password: 241121.

Tools will be featured in English, French and Portuguese. Please see below for more information. No registration needed for this event. We hope to see you there!

 

 

Ados V. May, MPA | WHO/IBP Network | Senior Technical Advisor

m: +1 202 999 8816 |email: ados.may@... |www.ibpnetwork.org

 

 

horizontal IBP

 

 

 


Calling all early and mid-career researchers! FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Suzanna Bright
 


As part of the Making Abortion Safe programme, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, in partnership with 
Africa Research Excellence Fund, is excited to offer 12 fully-funded places on a research grant-writing workshop to junior researchers from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

Workshop participants will be supported by senior researchers to develop proposals for research within the field of abortion and/or post abortion care with seed-funding of up to $30,000 available for the top two proposals.

Full details of the programme, eligibility requirements and application details can be found here: Click for full details