The Challenge Initiative | Urban Reproductive Health

Urban Reproductive Health

Unlocking personal and community potential.

Healthier Cities

Enabling sustained health and economic growth.

Business 'Unusual'

Modeling innovative development financing.

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).

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News from the Initiative

New Video Explains The Challenge Initiative’s ‘Business Unusual’ Approach

Aug 15, 2017

The Challenge Initiative has created a video to explain its approach to urban reproductive health financing, scale-up and sustainability. Because Africa and Asia are rapidly urbanizing, the Initiative developed a “business unusual” model that puts local...

TCI’s West Africa Director Tells How She Overcame Cultural Norms

Jul 14, 2017

I came across this mayor who asked his assistant to bring the TCI [The Challenge Initiative] flyer before he talked to me, because I think people might have told him, 'Do you know what the lady will be talking about?'

World Population Day Brings ‘Comic Relief’ to the Challenge Initiative

Jul 11, 2017

As policymakers, donors and advocates from across the world gather in London on World Population Day to reaffirm their commitment to empowering young women and girls through voluntary family planning, The Challenge Initiative is honored to announce a new grant...

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