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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

For the First time, Dedicated Budget Line for Family Planning Created in Anambra State

Feb 15, 2019

For the very first time in its history, Anambra State, Nigeria, created a dedicated budget line for family planning.

Early Adolescence: A Window of Opportunity for Addressing Gender Norms

Feb 13, 2019

The Challenge Initiative hosted a webinar Feb. 7 featuring Dr. Robert W. Blum, Principle Investigator for the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS).

If It’s Thursday, It Must Be Family Planning Day in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur

Feb 13, 2019

When The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities (TCIHC) kicked off in Saharanpur in August 2017, many government stakeholders thought a family planning program would fail.

Niger State Drama Troupe in Nigeria on Becoming the Change They Want to See

Feb 5, 2019

The Challenge Initiative recently supported the Niger State government in Nigeria in training a drama troupe in Kontagora LGA to disseminate family planning messages.