Witness Firsthand How Sexual and Reproductive Health is Being Shaped in Colombia
The ICFP Secretariat is proud to offer four site visits in the Bogotà area for ICFP delegates on November 1st, 2025. Read the information below and sign-up by October 27 to secure your spot on the site visit. All of the site visits have a transportation fee associated with them, except for the visit to the Profamalia clinic, which is offered free of charge. Click on the individual button for each visit to register.
Come and discover how Bogotá is building a model of care that inspires Colombia and the world.
Visit to Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Hospital
A national benchmark in sexual health, reproductive rights, and humanized care
Visit organized by: Secretary of Health of Bogota with the support of Fecolsog Location: Carrera 4A Este No. 5–20
Day: November 1st
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Group size: 10–15 participants
Number of visits per day: 1
Languages: Spanish / English (simultaneous interpretation available)
Cost: The transportation cost for this visit is USD $14.00 or COP $54,000 to be paid in cash on November 1 when boarding the bus.
General Overview In the heart of Bogotá, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Hospital has become a symbol of transformation and leadership in upholding sexual and reproductive rights in Colombia. Part of the Centro Oriente Integrated Health Services Network, the hospital represents a model of comprehensive, ethical, and deeply humanized care — where every life story is met with respect, empathy, and clinical excellence. This Hospital has played a key role in shaping Colombia’s public health history:
- In 2010, the Centro Oriente Sub-network pioneered the first Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy (VTP) procedures in compliance with Constitutional Court Ruling C-355 of 2006.
- In 2012, it performed the first VTP at an advanced gestational age in a public hospital in Colombia.
- To date, it has supported more than 12,300 VTP cases, 46% of which involved pregnancies beyond 20 weeks — establishing itself as a national reference center for high-complexity cases.
What Visitors Will Experience Visiting Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Hospital is an immersive experience where public health and human rights converge with the sensitivity of compassionate care.
- Guided tour through obstetric hospitalization and postpartum recovery areas.
- Demonstration of the family planning counseling process — from admission to discharge.
- Technical exchange with the medical and nursing teams on immediate post-event contraception.
- Reflection on sexual and reproductive rights as an integral part of public health care.
Key Learnings
- How health services are coordinated to ensure safe and ethical care pathways.
- The clinical and psychosocial protocols that guide each process.
- Training and coordination strategies that strengthen this replicable model across the country.
Why Choose This Visit Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Hospital does more than provide medical services — it opens a window into a human-centered vision of health, where the right to choose is supported with care, science, and compassion.
Visit to Profamilia Flagship Clinic
Visit organized by: Profamilia
Location: Calle 34 # 14 – 52
Day: November 1st
Time: 8:00am to 4:20pm
Group size: 36 participants
Number of visits per day: 8
Languages: Spanish / English
Cost: As co-host of ICFP 2025, Profamilia is sponsoring transportation for this visit at no cost to you!
Would you like to witness firsthand how the future of Sexual and Reproductive Health is being shaped in Colombia?
Profamilia welcomes you to its Flagship Clinic — a space that embodies over 60 years of experience, innovation, and commitment to advancing Sexual and Reproductive Rights. We are a private, non-profit organization, and a pioneer in delivering care with quality, empathy, and an inclusive approach. Our model of care integrates clinical excellence, public policy advocacy, comprehensive sexuality education, and applied research — enabling us to reach millions of people across the country.
Over the decades, we have served millions throughout Colombia, reaching even the most remote regions and helping to bridge access gaps. This visit offers an opportunity to witness how our model of care is implemented in practice, and how, from Colombia, we continue contributing to global progress in Sexual and Reproductive Health.
During the visit, participants will have the opportunity to explore:
- Profamilia’s comprehensive model of care and its five strategic lines of work: IPS (Health Services), Farma (Pharma), Educa (Educate), Incidencia (Advocacy), and Proyectos (Projects).
- The Youth Center, a pioneering space that provides education and youth-friendly health services.
- Our Program for the Prevention and Care of Unintended Pregnancy, including the telemedicine abortion initiative — MIA: My body, my autonomy.
- The Trans Health Program, designed to ensure respectful, stigma-free, rights-based healthcare.
- Surgical services, including vasectomy and innovative procedures developed by our medical specialists.
- The clinical laboratory, offering vaccination, diagnostic testing, and counseling on STIs and PrEP.
- The Farma line, which broadens access to sexual and reproductive health products under the Caiclos and Piel brands.
- Mental health and psychosocial support services, which complement our holistic approach to well-being.
This experience will allow participants to see firsthand how Profamilia has built a sustainable, people-centered model that combines science, innovation, and human rights — empowering everyone to make informed choices about their bodies and their lives.
We look forward to welcoming you to Profamilia’s Flagship Clinic to share our history, our practices, and our ongoing commitment to advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health in Colombia!
Visit to Visit to Casa de la Juventud de Los Martires (Los Martires Youth Center)
Visit organized by: Social Integration Secretary of Bogota
Location: Calle 24 # 27A – 31
Day: November 1st
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Duration of the visit: approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Group Size: 40 participants
Number of visits per day: 1
Languages: Spanish / English (simultaneous interpretation available)
Cost: The transportation cost for this visit ranges from $8 to $10 dollars, which must be paid in cash on November 1 when boarding the bus.
Overview
Los Mártires Youth Center is part of the district network of Youth Centers, a strategy of the Social Integration Secretary of Bogota aimed at strengthening young people’s life projects through the comprehensive development of their skills, promoting their participation in the social, cultural, and productive spheres of the city, from a differential perspective of rights, prevention, and gender.
These spaces are consolidated as environments that foster autonomy, participation, and youth expression, offering spaces for socio-occupational and psychosocial guidance, artistic and cultural activities, and training processes in sexual and reproductive rights, prevention of psychoactive substance use, prevention of gender-based violence, and mental health.
Purpose of the visit:
To raise awareness of Youth Centers as safe spaces for dialogue, education, and the promotion of sexual and reproductive rights, highlighting their role in strengthening young people’s life plans through educational strategies aimed at developing social-emotional skills and autonomous, informed decision-making.
What to expect:
The visit will include a tour of three themed stations that showcase specific experiences and results related to the promotion of sexual and reproductive rights through youth action:
- Gallery – “Menstrual Art” Contest
Exhibition of illustrations created by young people as part of Andean Week, focusing on menstrual rights and demystifying menstruation. The tour will present the contest experience and its contribution to cultural transformation on the subject.
- Sharing the results of the contest “Youth Initiatives for the Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Rights”
Presentation of the two winning groups—in the established and emerging categories—who will share their projects, methodologies, and lessons learned regarding sexual and reproductive rights.
- Experience in training processes
Sharing successful experiences developed in different Youth Centers, including results of training processes and the creation of games and educational materials on sexual and reproductive rights. These experiences reflect the capacity of Youth Centers to promote comprehensive development and the construction of life projects with a rights-based approach.
Visit to Kennedy Hospital
Fertility Regulation and Reproductive Autonomy
Visit organized by: Secretary of Health of Bogota with the support of Fecolsog
Location: Av. 1 de Mayo #40B–54
Day: November 1st
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Group size: 10–15 participants
Number of Visits per Day: 1
Languages: Spanish / English (simultaneous interpretation available)
Cost: The transportation cost for this visit is USD $14.00 or COP $54,000, to be paid in cash on November 1st when boarding the bus.
General Overview
Kennedy Hospital, located in southwestern Bogotá, stands as a reference point in the promotion of sexual and reproductive rights. Its Fertility Regulation Program ensures that everyone can make free and informed decisions about parenthood and life projects, with access to reliable information, specialized counseling, and safe contraceptive methods.
During the visit, participants will learn how the hospital integrates clinical care with educational and psychosocial strategies, ensuring an approach grounded in rights, gender equity, and autonomy. This experience provides a close look at how Bogotá’s public health system embeds sexual and reproductive health across all levels of care — from prevention to post-obstetric follow-up.
What Visitors Will Experience
- Guided tour of obstetrics and gynecology services, including delivery rooms, hospitalization, and counseling areas.
- Demonstration of the fertility regulation counseling process, emphasizing differential approaches and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) such as implants and IUDs.
- Technical discussion with nursing and risk management teams on monitoring, follow-up, and user continuity of care.
- Examples of best practices in coordination with Health Benefit Plan Administrators (EAPBs) to ensure timely access to contraceptive methods.
Key Learnings
- How the fertility regulation model contributes to reducing unplanned pregnancies and improving continuity in reproductive care.
- Education and communication strategies that promote the exercise of sexuality that is informed, pleasurable, and responsible.
- Successful experiences in LARC provision and inter-institutional coordination to safeguard reproductive rights.
Why Choose This Visit
This site visit offers a comprehensive view of how a hospital-based program can successfully combine clinical care, education, and community engagement to strengthen reproductive autonomy.
It is ideal for professionals and leaders interested in rights-based and gender-equitable models of family planning and reproductive health.
