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The second International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices, November 29–December 2, 2011 in Dakar, Senegal, brought together participants to share research, best practices, and national strategies to reach universal access to family planning. The conference was co-hosted by The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Ministry of Health and Prevention in Senegal.
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SPECIAL EVENT Family Planning: It Takes a Health Worker All of the contraceptive technologies in the world will not make a difference if there are not skilled health workers to deliver them. IntraHealth International invited conference participants to celebrate and explore the vital role of health workers in increasing the accessibility and use of family planning services. This networking reception honored health workers, the true heroes of family planning successes. |
OFFICIAL ICFP TWITTER CHAMPIONS President Pape Gaye and IntraHealth were official Twitter Champions for the International Conference on Family Planning. Conference organizers also named Pape Gaye one of six official family planning Opinion Leaders, helping to build momentum around universal access to contraceptives. Follow both @pgaye and @IntraHealth.
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Political Support and Popular Opinion on the Largest-Ever Family Planning Conference Laura Hoemeke, Director, Communications and Knowledge Management From Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade’s unprecedented plenary speech to discussions with religious leaders and impromptu conversations with adolescents, this two part blog explores the national and personal stories behind the recent International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar, Senegal. » Read more |
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Family Planning in West Africa: Courage and Conviction Can Make the Difference Pape Gaye, President & CEO As someone who has worked in this field for over 25 years, it is with mixed emotions that I prepare for the International Family Planning Conference in Dakar later this month. I can’t help but think about the progress that was made in the 1980s around family planning such as the vibrant . . . » Read more |
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Talk Early and Talk Often Sara Stratton, Director, West and Southern Africa Programs Many people consider “family planning” an adult topic. While it is a topic that affects adults, it should not be an adults-only topic. Adolescence is a period of major physical and psychological change, as well as great changes in social interactions and relationships. Young people need factual and age-appropriate. . . » Read more |
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From Cairo to Dakar: Population Dynamics in Mali Sara Pacqué-Margolis, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, CapacityPlus Twenty years ago I arrived in Bamako, Mali, and discovered a capital city settling into relative calm following a military-led coup. My first images of Bamako were of cows, cars, and citizens grazing, grinding gears, and gridlocked on Bamako’s main artery through town—the Route de Koulikoro . . . » Read more |
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The Seven-Billionth Person: A Global Health Workforce Perspective Sara Pacqué-Margolis and Sarah Dwyer, Communications Manager, CapacityPlus On October 31st the world welcomed Danica in the Philippines, Nargis in India, and numerous other babies who symbolize the seven-billionth person on our planet. It’s a timely moment to shine some light on the implications of population growth for the health and well-being of all our children and the . . . » Read more |
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Family Planning: Be an Example Boniface Sebikali, Senior Clinical Training Advisor This week, I am in Dakar for the 2011 International Conference on Family Planning. What I hope to see come out of this conference is a plan to make real change and an action plan for how we will measure and monitor that change . . . » Read more |
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Family Planning and Access to Health Workers Maurice I. Middleberg, Director, CapacityPlus Amid the worldwide health worker shortage, some low-income countries are managing to show impressive levels of modern contraceptive use. How does access to skilled health workers affect family planning use, and what are some countries doing differently? Fifty-seven countries have . . . » Read more |
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INTRAHEALTH AND CAPACITYPLUS LEADERS AT THE FORUM
 Pape Gaye, MBA |
Sara Pacque-Margolis, MPH |
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Maureen Corbett, MIA |
Sara Stratton, MPH |
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Rebecca Kohler, MPH |
Babacar Gueye, MD |
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Maurice I. Middleberg |
 Cheick Oumar Touré, MD |
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Perle Combary, PhD |
 Cheikh Seck, MD |
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Laura Hoemeke, MPH |
 Boniface Sebikali, MD, MPH |
RELATED RESOURCES: FAMILY PLANNING
- Family Planning in Rwanda: How a Taboo Topic Became Priority Number One
- Planification Familiale au Rwanda: Comment un sujet tabou est devenu la priorité numéro un
- Population Growth and the Global Health Workforce Crisis