Webinar Highlights Successful Strategies in Financing Family Planning in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
The Challenge Initiative (TCI) in East Africa held a webinar July 6, 2024, on what it has learned from Financing for Family Planning Programs. TCI coaches supporting Jinja in Uganda, Mbeya in Tanzania, and Nakuru County in Kenya shared the financing strategies they...
From Tragedy to Advocacy: One Nurse’s Mission to Transform Postpartum Family Planning in Tanzania
Vijan Shaban is a nurse working in the maternity ward in Morogoro Municipal Council (MC) in Tanzania who passionately advocates for postpartum family planning (PPFP). One day while working in the ward, Vijan experienced a heartbreaking, yet preventable, incident that...
Lessons Learned from TCI’s Advocacy Efforts for Local Government Financing of Family Planning Programs in Kenya
The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Health at both the national and county levels, has made significant strides in promoting family planning, with a current modern contraceptive prevalence (mCPR) rate of 58% (Kenya Demographic Health Survey, 2022). These...
Youth-Focused Interventions in Three Uganda Districts ‘Boost’ Family Planning Outcomes for Older Women Too
A new article published in Global Health Science and Practice (GHSP) details the success of a novel approach by The Challenge Initiative (TCI) in Uganda that focused on integrating adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) activities into existing...
