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”... read more
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?’
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... read more
Mukesh Sharma is the Director of Programs for The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities in India. He is featured in a new Family Planning Voices item, where he describes what led him to a career in urban reproductive health. The Knowledge for... read more
Adapted from a story written by the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation Project for the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative. Nigeria’s 72-hour makeover is a best practice intervention that the Challenge Initiative is working to adapt,... read more
The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities (TCIHC) launched today in New Delhi, India. TCIHC is a four-year global intervention designed to address family planning and maternal and child health needs among the urban poor. Currently implemented in... read more
Mobilizing funds from multiple sources, the Initiative aims to build on the successes of the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (URHI) and increase the number of cities replicating and adapting URHI interventions on a demand-driven... read more
The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Jhpiego, in collaboration with the governments of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania on March 14 launched the... read more
The Gates Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Federal Ministry of Health on February 23 formally launched the Nigeria Hub of the Challenge Initiative (TCI), a global program that aims to have a dramatic impact... read more
The Challenge Initiative’s Francophone West Africa hub hosted its official launch February 14-16 in Dakar, Senegal. In attendance were more than 60 mayors, ministry officials, donors and implementing partners from Senegal, Benin, Mali, Togo,... read more
The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is launching The Challenge Initiative (TCI), a global urban reproductive health program supported by a... read more
