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Young Nigeriens Want Comprehensive Sex Ed and Solid Advice
In Niger, talking about sex and contraceptives isn’t always easy. But little by little, things are changing.
We Must Address Our Private Sector ‘Blind Spot’ to Expand Postpartum Family Planning
Written by Megan Christofield, MPH | The potential—and stakes—are enormous: the first 23 months postpartum, particularly the first few months, is when women experience the highest unmet need for family planning. Offering their preferred method right after they deliver can be a safe, convenient, and highly effective way to meet this need.
Countdown to Kigali: 5 Things to Watch for at #ICFP2018
Written by Dayna Kerecman Myers, Managing Editor, Global Health NOW | Many delegates will trickle into Kigali, Rwanda this weekend for the 5th International Conference on Family Planning with little fanfare—but the youth are already starting to steal the show, with a virtual youth relay that started in Mombasa, Kenya earlier this week.
Responsabiliser les femmes et accompagner le progrès dans les services sanitaires intégrés au Bénin
Par : Caroline Roan, présidente de la Pfizer Foundation, et Marius Gnintoungbe, responsable des programmes sanitaires pour l’association CARE | La centralisation des services destinés aux communautés dans un même centre, lors d’une même visite, se traduit par un meilleur accès à des interventions sanitaires importantes, des soins médicaux prodigués plus efficaces et des services plus en adéquation avec les besoins réels des patients et de leur famille.
Empowering Women and Driving Progress through Integrated Health Services in Benin
By: Caroline Roan, President, the Pfizer Foundation, and Marius Gnintoungbe, Health Program Initiative Manager, CARE | Offering communities multiple services at the same site during the same visit increases access to important health interventions, improves the efficiency of healthcare delivery, and respects the real-world demands on individuals and their families.
La voie de l’innovation dans la planification familiale
Par Luc Van Steenwinkel | En tant que responsable du site de production de Pfizer à Puurs en Belgique, je suis extrêmement fier d’avoir récemment organisé une cérémonie d’inauguration officielle d’une nouvelle installation sur notre campus. Le bâtiment abritera une chaîne de production à la pointe de la technologie afin d’accroître la capacité de fabrication du contraceptif injectable pré-rempli à usage unique « Tout en un » de Pfizer, Sayana® Press (dépôt d’acétate de médroxyprogestérone).
The Road to Innovation in Family Planning
Guest column by Luc Van Steenwinkel | As the Leader of Pfizer’s Puurs, Belgium manufacturing site, I was incredibly proud to recently host an official groundbreaking ceremony of a new facility on our campus. The building will accommodate a state-of-the-art production line to expand the manufacturing capacity for Pfizer’s pre-filled, single-use, all-in-one injectable contraceptive Sayana® Press (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate).
Journée mondiale de la vasectomie: Abordant la masculinité dans le contexte de la planification familiale
Auteur: Jonathan Stack, cinéaste | En 2012, le cinéaste Jonathan Stack et le docteur vasectomiste Doug Stein ont cofondé la Journée mondiale de la vasectomie (WVD). Du 12 au 16 novembre 2018, WVD célèbre son sixième anniversaire avec plus de 1 200 médecins dans plus de 50 pays ayant effectué plus de 20 000 procédures. Alliés, soutenus ou en partenariat avec plusieurs des principales organisations de PF, et guidés par son conseil consultatif composé de 35 membres, WVD est maintenant le plus grand événement de planification familiale axé sur les hommes de l’histoire.
World Vasectomy Day: Addressing masculinity in family planning
Guest column from filmmaker Jonathan Stack | In 2012, filmmaker Jonathan Stack and vasectomist Dr. Doug Stein co-founded World Vasectomy Day. On November 12-16, 2018, WVD celebrates its sixth anniversary with over 1,200 physicians in 50+ countries doing upwards of 20,000 procedures. Allied, supported or in partnership with many of FP’s leading organizations, and guided by it 35-member advisory board, WVD is now the largest male-oriented family planning event in history.
How can we support stronger local advocacy for reproductive health in Africa?
Guest column from Althea D. Anderson, program officer with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Global Development and Population Program | While many international family planning conferences have focused on increasing aid—from multilateral and bilateral development institutions—to expand reproductive health information and services, I’m looking forward to this year’s ever-stronger focus on the important role local advocacy in Africa must play to increase and sustain women’s access to family planning.
Comment pouvons-nous soutenir un plaidoyer local plus fort pour la santé reproductive en Afrique?
Tandis que de nombreuses conférences internationales sur la planification familiale se sont concentrées sur un accroissement de l’aide - provenant d’institutions de développement multilatérales et bilatérales - afin d’élargir l’information et les services de santé en matière de procréation, je me réjouis de mettre un accent toujours croissant sur le rôle important que le plaidoyer local en Afrique doit jouer pour accroître et maintenir l'accès des femmes à la planification familiale.
Family Planning: A Global Imperative
Guest column from Christopher Purdy, President and CEO of DKT International | This is a transcendent moment for family planning. It has never been more important than it is right now; ensuring family planning is available to every woman who wants it must become a global imperative.
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