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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

In Their Words: Increasing Access, Transforming Lives in Bauchi with the 72-hour Makeover

Jan 3, 2019

The Challenge Initiative supported Bauchi State in conducting 72-Hour makeovers of five primary healthcare facilities.

After Inadvertently Increasing Doctor’s Workload, TCIHC Strengthens Capacity of other Facility Staff

Dec 17, 2018

Dr. Renu Suman works in an Urban Primary Health Center (UPHC) in an urban slum in Gorakhpur in the northeastern part of Uttar Pradesh.

Catalyzing Health Facility Improvements in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Transferring Know-How

Dec 6, 2018

In Bauchi State, the 72-hour clinic makeover – one of The Challenge Initiative’s high-impact interventions – has become instrumental in the overhaul of the public healthcare sector.

Nine-Year-Old in Niger State Clearly Sees How Family Planning Could Benefit His Large Family

Dec 5, 2018

During a neighborhood family planning campaign in Mokwa LGA in Niger State, Nigeria, an inquisitive nine-year-old boy named Mohammed overheard a social mobilizer speaking with one of his relatives about child birth spacing.