TCI Supports City-Led Efforts in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, to Battle Teen Pregnancy with Improved Data Collection and Community Action
Like many regions in the Philippines, Cagayan de Oro (CDO) is grappling with a significant challenge: a high rate of teenage pregnancy. This highly urbanized city recorded an alarming statistic in 2023: 60 out of 1,000 live births were teen pregnancies. To address...
Age-Disaggregated Data For Decision-Making Informs AYSRH Advocacy Efforts In Dipolog City, Philippines
While designing their adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) program with The Challenge Initiative (TCI), Dipolog City in the Philippines decided to adopt data for decision-making as a key high-impact intervention (HII). However, to successfully...
TCI Shares Results of Successful AYSRH Program in East Africa at Maternal and Child Health Conference
The Challenge Initiative’s (TCI’s) East Africa team represented TCI at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC) in Cape Town, South Africa, held May 8-11. The conference was organized by AlignMNH with the maternal and newborn health community to...
New Article Looks at Improving the Quality of Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Health Services in Four Nigerian States
Although evidence exists showing well-designed and well-implemented adolescent and youth-friendly health services (AYFHS) can help increase access to and use of contraception, traditional models of specialized service delivery for adolescents have proven difficult to...
