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From Dakar to Uganda to South Sudan:
  Family Planning for Greater Health Impact 
November 2011

Highlights

Join MSH at the International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar, Senegal


Senegal, mother and children Join MSH in Dakar, Senegal for a lively discussion about the future of global family planning and a reception honoring 40 years of MSH's family planning work. Panelists include Jill Sheffield of Women Deliver, Faustin Yao of UNFPA, and Marguerite Farrell of USAID. Learn more about the event and MSH staff presenting at the conference. Read More.

New Paper Explores Use of Information & Communication Technology in Family Planning

 

The MSH-led AIDSTAR-Two Project, funded by USAID, has published a new technical paper which focuses on how new technology - particularly mobile technologies - has the capacity to improve access to family planning and reproductive health information and services. Read More. 

Mobile Clinic Brings Reproductive Health Services to Remote Villages in Togo


Family planning reaches people in remote Togolese villages through mobile clinics. Mrs. Lonlonyo, a 42-year-old mother of five, had given up hope of ever receiving reproductive health services in her village -- until a mobile clinic visited her community. Read more.

In Peru, Family Planning Through Radio Programs


Family planning radio program in Peru. The MSH-led Healthy Communities and Municipalities II project, funded by USAID, is using radio programs in Peru to disseminate and promote information on contraceptive family planning methods.  Read More. 

Donation of Bicycles Increases Family Planning Outreach in Democratic Republic of Congo


A community-based distribution agent provides family planning to people in DRC. For many people in rural communities in the developing world, information about contraceptives comes from community-based distribution agents, locally-based individuals trained in family planning. Read more.

Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Information and Services in Malawi

 

The Community-based Family Planning and HIV & AIDS Services (CFPHS) project integrated gender-based violence into the training of community health workers in Malawi through behavior change communication activities. Read More.

New Family Planning & Reproductive Health Fact Sheet from MSH

 

MSH applies 40 years of experience in health systems strengthening to help bring family planning and reproductive health back to the forefront of the global health agenda. Updated 2011.
Read more (PDF).

Finding New Innovations to Addressing Family Planning

 

Jessica Poni, a midwife in Aweil South, South Sudan. Jessica Poni is a midwife in Panthou Primary Health Care Center (PHCC), the only primary care center in Aweil South County in Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan. When she started at PHCC, she realized that none of her clients used modern family planning methods. Read More.

MSH Selected as Partner for E2A Project

 

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is pleased to announce an award as sub-recipient for USAID's global Evidence to Action for Strengthened Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services for Women and Girls (E2A) project, led by Pathfinder International.
Read more.
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Issakha Diallo: Harnessing the Power of Civil Society for Family Planning in West Africa

 

Issakha Diallo MSH spoke with USAID AWARE II Project Director Issakha Diallo about the role of civil society organizations in expanding access to family planning. Read More.
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The Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Malawi Project
K4Health Malawi video, 2011
Funded by USAID and led by MSH, the K4Health Malawi project provides access to and promotes the use of evidence-informed information and best practices for family planning/reproductive health and HIV/AIDS health workers, managers and service providers.


Health is Our Priority: A Story of Community Leadership in Haiti
MSH in Haiti, family planning, priority health
To improve family planning services in Haiti, the USAID-funded Leadership, Management and Sustainability (LMS) project, led by MSH, is working to provide better health services in partnership with the Women's League of Cité Soleil.  

 
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A Note from Dr. Quick
Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH
MSH's President and CEO writes that we must integrate family planning services with other essential health services to maximize the synergies among health initiatives. Read More.
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