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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, ...
10 Ways Young People are Leading the Way Against COVID-19
By Women Deliver. Originally posted on WomenDeliver.org.
As the world grapples with unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, young people are demonstrating their continued leadership in their communities and countries. According ...
Pandemic Preparedness: Strengthening Family Planning Policies Today to Secure Essential Services for Tomorrow
By Sara Stratton with Palladium. Originally posted on newsecuritybeat.org
With the arrival of COVID-19, countries are experiencing disruptions of health services of all kinds— health workers have been redeployed, supplies already in short ...
Message on Solidarity Against Racial Injustice
While the world continues to fight the greatest global pandemic of our time, we stand in resolute opposition against racial injustice and violence while also preserving the right to reproductive health.
The lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud ...
The work continues during COVID-19
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Challenge Initiative (TCI) is leading the way in the response to COVID-19 and reproductive health. Here are five stories that highlight the innovative and creative work being done to ensure this important ...
FOR A FEMINIST RESPONSE TO COVID-19
By Equipop. Originally published on equipop.org.
From France to Francophone West Africa, a gender equal response to the COVID-19 pandemic will promote health as a human right and consider the health and rights of girls and women as a crucial ...
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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.
To keep the positive momentum from ICFP 2025 going, we invite you to explore guest columns from our conference sponsors—sharing insights, innovations, and experiences that are shaping the global SRHR movement.