Urban Reproductive Health Initiative in Senegal (ISSU)

Over the Counter: The Potential for Easing Pharmacy Provision of Family Planning in Senegal

cbishopp — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 16:09:02 +0000

Over the Counter: The Potential for Easing Pharmacy Provision of Family Planning in Senegal 2018 cbishopp December 28, 2018

This research assessed the potential for expanding access to family planning through private sector pharmacies in Senegal, by examining the quality of the services provided through private sector pharmacies, and pharmacy staff and client interest in private sector pharmacy-based family planning services.

https://gatesopenresearch.org/articles/2-29/v2

Projects Urban Reproductive Health Initiative in Senegal (ISSU)

Topics Family Planning & Reproductive Health

Publisher Gates Open Research

Association of Men’s Exposure to Family Planning Programming and Reported Discussion with Partner and Family Planning Use: The Case of Urban Senegal

cbishopp — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 15:34:28 +0000

Association of Men’s Exposure to Family Planning Programming and Reported Discussion with Partner and Family Planning Use: The Case of Urban Senegal 2018 cbishopp December 28, 2018

Family planning programs increasingly aim to encourage men to be involved in women’s reproductive health decision-making as well as support men to be active agents of change for their own and the couple’s reproductive health needs. This study contributes to this area of work by examining men’s exposure to family planning (FP) program activities in urban Senegal and determining whether exposure is associated with reported FP use and discussion of family planning with female partners.

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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0204049

Countries Senegal

Projects Urban Reproductive Health Initiative in Senegal (ISSU)

Topics Family Planning & Reproductive Health

Publisher PLOS ONE

By Ilene S. Speizer, Meghan Corroon, Lisa M. Calhoun, Abdou Gueye, David K. Guilkey

Contraception Is a Collective Effort

intrahealth — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 19:32:19 +0000

Contraception Is a Collective Effort intrahealth November 15, 2016

September 25, 2016

Elle reports on the progress Senegal has made increasing the use of contraceptives—and the pioneers making it happen.

Family planning in Senegal is not a novel idea, but as Elle recounts, effective strategies to make contraceptives accessible and affordable have been hard won, and only recently.

After decades of stagnant progress, Senegal put reproductive health and family planning at the center of its national health agenda in 2012. Elle reports that the country now sets aside $680,000 and $1.7 billion annually for contraceptives and related health workers, respectively, with encouraging outcomes. In just two years (2012 to 2014), the contraceptive prevalence rate in the country jumped from 12 to 22%. The goal is to increase that rate to above 40% by 2020.

So why the success? Minister of Health Awa Marie Coll Seck credits not only resource investments, but also IntraHealth International’s 2010 family planning campaign as helping change the way the country looks at family planning, something that was lacking in previous attempts to increase usage. Everyone—from religious leaders to teachers to peers—must play a part in promoting reproductive health. The campaign’s goal was to raise contraceptive prevalence rates in eight poor, urban areas from 25% to 40% in five years. They achieved it at the beginning of 2016.

And health workers are seeing a difference. Gabrielle Déguénovo, a midwife who works on IntraHealth’s family planning programs, notices that more girls are going to school and more women are working these past few years, and that a brighter future is possible when everyone is working toward a common goal. Even marriage relations are changing, she says, as she has talks with her husband about family planning —a subject once taboo.

Read more about Senegal’s promising progress and the people behind it in the links below. (Articles are in French).

Planning familial à Dakar: la parole est aux militants (Family planning in Dakar: Voices of the Activists)
Comment la contraception va changer l’avenir du Sénégal (How Contraception Will Change Senegal’s future)
Planning familial: les pionnières de Dakar (Family Planning: The Pioneers of Dakar)

IntraHealth’s work mentioned above was part of the Senegalese Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

By Dottie Blyth

Former communications and advocacy intern, IntraHealth International

Urban Reproductive Health Initiative in Senegal (ISSU) Family Planning World Contraception Day Senegal

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Informed Push Distribution of Contraceptives in Senegal Reduces Stockouts and Improves Quality of Family Planning Services

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:02:47 +0000

Informed Push Distribution of Contraceptives in Senegal Reduces Stockouts and Improves Quality of Family Planning Services 2014 Anonymous (not verified) October 06, 2016

Authors: Daff BM, Seck C, Belkhayat H, and Sutton P

Description: Dedicated logisticians restocked contraceptives monthly at facilities to maintain defined minimum stock levels, freeing up clinic staff. High stockout rates were virtually eliminated. Also, quality and timely data on contraceptives distributed allowed for better program management.

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Countries Senegal

Projects Urban Reproductive Health Initiative in Senegal (ISSU)

Topics Health Workforce & Systems Family Planning & Reproductive Health

Publisher Global Health Science and Practice