In Their Words is a series of testimonials from those working with or benefitting from The Challenge Initiative. Alex describes the situation before The Challenge Initiative introduced the whole-site orientation approach at her health facility in...
Contributors: Trupti Sharma, Prabhat Jha, Dr. Shalini Sarouthia The Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities (TCIHC) is working in Madhya Pradesh (MP), India, to improve access to family planning services among the urban poor. Its work with Indore...
Contributors: Dr. Basab Gupta, George Philip, Hemant Kumar Das, Dr Sanjay Pandey In Indira Marg colony in ward 14 of Puri, the air is buzzing with excitement at the Anganwadi Center (AWC), where members of the Maa Bata Mangala Mahila Arogya Samiti...
The Challenge Initiative (TCI) in Nigeria organized a Grant Management Orientation and Stakeholders’ roundtable in Abuja on September 6-7, 2018 to encourage states participating in TCI to make a commitment to lead their family planning...
Contributors: Allan Katamba and Njeri Mbugua Contraceptive use is low in Uganda with just about 35% of all women using a modern method. The unmet need for these women stands at 28%. Uganda also has one of the fastest rates of population growth at...
A global program that addresses the reproductive health needs of people living in poor urban communities—The Challenge Initiative—has been awarded a $20.5-million supplemental grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The award will...
The Challenge Initiative’s family planning program received high praise recently in Côte d’Ivoire from the country’s Minister of Health. Minister of Health and Public Hygiene Aouélé Eugène Aka applauded the Initiative in a July 30...
Between April and June 2018, 16% of women who came to the Bohicon Health Center in the Zou Commune of Benin for a variety of maternal and child health preventive and curative services left with a modern contraceptive method.
Contributors: Deepak Tiwari and Mukesh Sharma After the Government of India introduced Antara, an injectable contraceptive, Urban Primary Health Centers (UPHCs) were not able to provide this method choice to their urban family planning clients...
The East Africa team has secured financial commitments from all of its 14 implementing geographies as it significantly ramps up program implementation in Year 3. Tupange Pamoja is providing integrated community outreaches in urban slums, training...
The Challenge Initiative is igniting a movement for the spread of sustained reproductive health interventions in Nigeria. Using its signature “business unusual” model, the Initiative supports Nigerian states to lead the design and...
Contributors: Victor Igharo (Nigeria), Lekan Ajijola (Nigeria), Prabhat Jah (India) and Allan Katamba (East Africa) Learning is the foundation of The Challenge Initiative’s model. As its regional hubs support local governments in implementing...
The Challenge Initiative (TCI) officially launched in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, on June 4, representing the city’s continued commitment to improving family planning and its desire to try the Initiative’s “business unusual” model of implementing...
Delta State Kicks Off Series of 72-Hour Family Planning Clinic Makeovers with TCI by Kim Martin | Jun 13, 2018 The Challenge Initiative (the Initiative) in Nigeria conducted 72-hour makeovers at three family planning clinics in Delta State: the...
On May 30, The Challenge Initiative (the Initiative) was honored to welcome IntraHealth International (IntraHealth) President and CEO Pape Amadou Gaye to its Baltimore headquarters. A native of Senegal, Gaye has spent his career advocating for...
