family-planning-reproductive-health

• Family Planning: Real Stories from Dakar

  A special summary of media coverage, new resources, photos, blogs and more following the 2011 International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar, Senegal, November 29–December 2, 2011. FEATURED BLOG AND SLIDESHOW Political Support and Popular Opinion on the...

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• Reaching into the Community: Health Workers and Population Growth

  Now that the Earth’s population is seven billion and growing every day—women in Mali, for example, have an average of 6.4 children —how do we help ensure that people will have access to lifesaving health care? The WHO breaks it down like this: 2.3 doctors, nurses, and...

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• New Project to Engage West African Civil Society in Family Planning

  Recently, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation awarded IntraHealth International a two-year grant to support collaboration with civil society organizations and leaders in French-speaking West Africa—particularly Benin, Mali, and Senegal—to encourage greater commitment to...

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• Making Family Planning and HIV Services More Accessible to All

  Claver Kamali is a 52-year-old man living with HIV. He lives in a small village nestled in Rwanda’s hilly landscape with his wife and four children. Every month, Claver walks from his village to the nearest health center in Mukono to get his antiretroviral therapy (ART). While...

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• IntraHealth Partners on New USAID Flagship Family Planning Project

  Last month, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded the global Evidence to Action for Strengthened Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services for Women and Girls (E2A) project to a Pathfinder International -led consortium that includes IntraHealth...

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• IntraHealth Partnerships in Reproductive Health and Knowledge Management and Sharing

  Earlier this month, IntraHealth became a member of the Reproductive Health Coalition , a global partnership of public, private, and nongovernmental organizations dedicated to ensuring that all people in low- and middle-income countries can access and use affordable, high-quality reproductive...

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• Pape Gaye on Capitol Hill Meeting with US Government about the Future of Global Health and Family Planning

  IntraHealth president and CEO Pape Gaye is in Washington, DC, this week on Capitol Hill, meeting with congressional delegates and staffers to educate them about the state of reproductive health care and family planning investments in West Africa—including in Gaye’s native country,...

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• New UNFPA Report Highlights Need for 350,000 More Midwives

  Last week, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partner agencies released The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011 report, which shows the world is short 350,000 midwives—nearly the same number of women who die each year from complications of pregnancy or childbirth:...

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• Rwanda: First African Country to Offer National Prevention Program for Cervical Cancer

  Last month, the Rwandan Ministry of Health launched the first national cervical cancer prevention program in Africa. Cervical cancer, which is caused by certain types of the human papillomavirus (HPV), is ranked by the World Health Organization as the leading cause of cancer-related death among...

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• Senegalese Musicians Support an End to Early Marriage and Pregnancy

  The French language paper Agence de Presse S én égalaise reported on a recent concert by the rap artists from the Daara J. Family in Kolda, Senegal. The artists performed in support of a project led by IntraHealth International aimed at reducing the prevalence of early...

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