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The Challenge Initiative – A New Model for Urban Reproductive Health

The Challenge Initiative is led by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Initiative represents an exciting new approach to providing life-saving reproductive health and family planning information and services to individuals, families and communities, building on the demonstrated success of the Gates Foundation’s Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (URHI).

News from the Initiative

Betty Receives Family Planning Services and Counseling at Outreach Event in Ki-Mombasa Slum

Apr 12, 2018

Betty lives in Kampala’s Ki-Mombasa slum, where women face several barriers when trying to access family planning services. But that all changed in March when The Challenge Initiative, its implementing partner Jhpiego and the Kampala Capital City Authority held an...

The Challenge Initiative Scores Another High-Profile Family Planning Champion in Nigeria’s Delta State

Apr 4, 2018

The Challenge Initiative (the Initiative) made headlines last month in Nigeria when Her Royal Highness the Omu of Asaba, Dr. Ada Biosah, agreed to serve as family planning champion in Delta State. As a traditional ruler with international standing, Biosah will help...

Kampala City Doctor Embodies TCI’s City-Led Model for Family Planning Sustainability

Mar 27, 2018

There isn’t much that Isaiah Chebrot, M.D., doesn’t love about public health. “You learn a lot about protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. I love working with people from all walks of life,” he says, adding that he wants to see Kampala...

Ogun State’s Indigenous Festival Provides Opportunity to Promote Family Planning

Mar 14, 2018

The Lisabi Festival is one of the most celebrated and well-attended festivals in Ogun State, Nigeria. It is held in remembrance of Lisabi, a warrior who rescued the Egba people from oppression in the 18th century. The Challenge Initiative’s family planning...