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TCI Urban Tales: ASHAs like Rina Devi in Bokaro, Jharkhand, Inspire Men to Support Family Planning

TCI Urban Tales: ASHAs like Rina Devi in Bokaro, Jharkhand, Inspire Men to Support Family Planning

Sep 5, 2023

The following story is part of a series from The Challenge Initiative in India called “Urban Tales,” occasional real-life stories of women and girls in India benefiting from TCI’s work supporting local governments to implement high-impact family planning and...
Strengthening Postpartum Family Planning Services with IUCD Provision in Urban Facilities of Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Strengthening Postpartum Family Planning Services with IUCD Provision in Urban Facilities of Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Jul 26, 2023

After The Challenge Initiative (TCI) began its engagement with Dhanbad, Jharkhand, in July 2022, an internal review of family planning HMIS data revealed that two urban facilities were not providing postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) services...
Uttar Pradesh Cities Are Destinations for Those Wanting to Learn about Sustainable Family Planning Programs

Uttar Pradesh Cities Are Destinations for Those Wanting to Learn about Sustainable Family Planning Programs

Jul 10, 2023

Cities in India that no longer receive direct support from The Challenge Initiative (TCI) are gradually becoming favorite destinations for state officials that want to learn how family planning and other health services are provided in urban settings. These cities...
TCI’s Initial Impact in Seven Cities in Bihar, India, Leads to Statewide Scale Up of Best Practices

TCI’s Initial Impact in Seven Cities in Bihar, India, Leads to Statewide Scale Up of Best Practices

Jun 23, 2023

The Challenge Initiative (TCI) enables city governments to scale up high-impact family planning practices and other interventions (HIPs & HIIs) in under-resourced, marginalized urban communities across three states in India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand). At...
TCI Supports Jharkhand City of Bokaro with Strategies to Increase Male Engagement in Family Planning

TCI Supports Jharkhand City of Bokaro with Strategies to Increase Male Engagement in Family Planning

Jun 12, 2023

In the steel city of Bokaro in Jharkhand, India, efforts to involve men in family planning primarily focus on a procedure called no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). In fact, the entire country holds an “NSV Fortnight” every year from November 21 to December 4 to...
TCI India Urban Tales: Nothing Stops This Gaya ANM from Providing Family Planning Counseling

TCI India Urban Tales: Nothing Stops This Gaya ANM from Providing Family Planning Counseling

May 2, 2023

The following story is part of a series from The Challenge Initiative in India called “Urban Tales,” occasional real-life stories of women and girls in India benefiting from TCI’s work supporting local governments to implement high-impact family planning and...
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  • Radio Program on FP Side Effects Leads a Couple to Seek Care and Continue Family Planning September 26, 2023
  • Making a Commitment to Gender Mainstreaming and Integration with Expanded Content and Learning Tools September 25, 2023
  • Reflections on a Career Devoted to Family Planning: An Interview with TCI’s Deputy Chief of Party for East Africa September 25, 2023
  • Empowering Vihiga County, Kenya with a Multisectoral Approach to Combat Teenage Pregnancy September 21, 2023
  • Engaging Religious Leaders in Pakistan to Change Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Family Planning September 19, 2023
  • TCI Offers a Model for Sustainable High-Impact Interventions in Koudougou, Burkina Faso September 12, 2023
  • Local Government Implementers in Kenya Learn About Financial Management of Health Programs September 11, 2023
  • TCI Urban Tales: ASHAs like Rina Devi in Bokaro, Jharkhand, Inspire Men to Support Family Planning September 5, 2023
  • Increasing Family Planning Uptake in Buikwe District, Uganda, Begins with Fighting Misinformation September 1, 2023
  • Driving Social Change in Osun State, Nigeria, Communities with TCI-Trained Community Mobilizers August 28, 2023

The Challenge Initiative is led by the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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