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Protecting Women’s Health and Rights During COVID-19
Like elsewhere, women in West Africa have been disproportionate victims of COVID-19 in terms of their rights, health and autonomy. Government and donor action is decisive in health crises by including civil society and taking measures to prevent rather than reinforce women and girls’ vulnerability.
Leading the Charge: Insight into Country-level SRH Advocacy in Zambia’s UHC Financing Reforms
Accessing family planning methods in India during COVID-19
COVID-19 has changed the way that we live our daily lives around the world. In India, households have been under lockdown since 25 March, forcing significant changes to healthcare seeking behavior. Leaving home to see a doctor or to go to the pharmacy has become more difficult and the pandemic has disrupted family planning products and services, despite it being a critical need and declared an essential service by the national government. While the pandemic may have impacted many aspects of our lives, people still need access to family planning services and products; having the global economy on pause doesn’t mean that sex has stopped. Applying digital savvy and a strong understanding of consumer behavior at scale, Nivi can help users exercise greater choice and agency and intent along their health journey, in short, better self-care. To empower consumers and overcome barriers, Nivi has created online alternatives via e-pharmacies and digital consultations for askNivi users. Users now receive referrals for online services to fill the needs of going to the pharmacy and getting prescriptions and consultations from physicians, based on their conversations with the askNivi platform.
Is there an association between readiness and action in adopting family planning?
Nivi shares the goal of FP2020 to reach millions of additional users of family planning who want to delay or prevent pregnancy but are not using modern methods of contraception. In order to realize behavior change and drive uptake of family planning methods, askNivi creates a relationship with people over time, and we are learning to detect and tailor content to encourage action at different stages of readiness. To better understand and gain insight into Nivi’s ability to predict readiness to act, we analyzed a subset of 920 Kenyan women ages 18 to 49 who asked askNivi a question, completed an automated family planning (FP) screening, received method recommendations, and were asked if they had visited a facility and taken up a method in 2019.
2 Million and Growing!: A Look Back (and Forward) on the Evolution of Nivi
By Diana Klatt. Originally posted on www.medium.com.
Things may seem tumultuous in the world right now but not here at Nivi — we’re excited to share the news that we’ve reached 2 million users! That’s 2 million users that we are guiding ...
Social media to social distancing: Combining education and data to enable effective COVID-19 response
By Jessica Heinzelman. Originally posted on www.medium.com.
Since day one, our vision has been for askNivi to be a service that people across the world turn to find accurate, non-judgmental, actionable health information of all types.
To date, ...
Coronavirus puts women’s health at risk in the Philippines
By Dawn Macahilo. Originally posted on www.findmymethod.org People in the Philippines never fail to provide a comic relief even in times like the coronavirus pandemic. Take for instance the parents of two newborns who named their respective offspring “Covid Bryant” and “Covid Rose”.
In Liberia, reproductive health kits save lives in the shadow of COVID-19
By Spotlight Initiative. Originally posted on SpotlightInitiative.org.
On 14 April, Joyce Johnson, 23, gave birth to a healthy baby girl at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia.
She was lucky - the hospital is the only public facility in the area ...
Reimagining Delivery of Essential Health Care
With the prospect of delivering an effective COVID-19 vaccine ever changing, public health professionals have a responsibility to ensure uninterrupted access to essential health care to women and their families. At the same time, we must protect clients and the health workers who serve them from infection. In a profession noted for person-to-person contact and compassionate, person-centered care, we have an opportunity—some may say an imperative—to reimagine service delivery.
Young People’s Reproductive Health Needs Don’t Pause for Pandemics
By Fifi Oluwatoyin Ogbondeminu, A360 Nigeria. Originally posted on A360Learninghub.org.
Girls’ sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs don’t pause for pandemics.
Yet amidst the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, we’re watching health ...
Anna’s Resilience: Supporting healthy people and a healthy planet through Women-Led Community Resilience
By Cara Honzak and Cheryl Margoluis. Originally posted on Pathfinder.org
Anna farms the small plot next to her house on Uganda’s Jaguzi Island. She relies on what she grows and the fish her husband catches to feed their six children. Every day, ...
Ensuring Contraceptive Choice in India amid COVID-19
By EngenderHealth. Originally posted on EngenderHealth.org.
“Many women like me come from a poor family. We use the contraceptives at government hospitals because they are free,” said Geeta*, a 25-year-old mother of two from Gujarat, ...
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The ICFP 2025 conference was made possible through the generous support of our sponsors, who share a commitment to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all.
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