Local Condom Production in Bangladesh
February 16, 2010 at 5:30 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: advocacy, Condom, FPAB, IPPF
The Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB) and civil society partners have been working closely with the government to encourage local condom production. In January 2010, the government announced that it would start producing condoms with immediate effect.
The issue was first raised at a seminar in Dhaka, Bangladesh in June 2009. FPAB launched the research findings on the economic and human impact of stockouts. A series of recommendations were made to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, one of which was to increase local production of contraceptives to increase stocks and reduce shortages.
FPAB and their partners used their access to government and relevant committee meetings, including the recently reformed Logistical Coordination Forum to raise the issue. This increased support and in January 2010 the Ministry announced production would begin and distribution will begin in June 2010.
For more information, please contact Sarah Shaw at IPPF.
New IPPF Fact Charts
February 9, 2010 at 11:14 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: advocacy, budget line, essential drugs, fact sheet, IPPF, public funding
IPPF released two new “From advocacy to access” fact charts. The first chart shows how advocacy by IPPF Member Association, UMATI led to a $ 4.5 million increase to the national governments funding for family planning supplies and that four out of five targeted districts committed to create budget lines and increasing funding for family planning: A voice united: How do you create political priority for family planning?
The second fact chart explains how advocacy by the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana increased the number of contraceptives on Ghana’s National Essential Medicines list. Now, Ghana Health Service is able to provide oral contraceptives, IUDs, male and female condoms and emergency contraception: Partnerships for choice: How do you increase contraceptive choice through strategic networking?
IPPF Fact Sheets
November 13, 2009 at 12:18 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: advocacy, Bangladesh, fact sheet, IPPF, Uganda
IPPF released two fact sheets.
- From advocacy to access: Uganda, The power of networks, how do you mobilize funds for RH supplies?
- From advocacy to access: Bangladesh, 360 Degrees advocacy, how do you strengthen a weak contraceptive supply chain.
The first fact sheet explains how Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU) coordinated civil society and mobilized advocates and champions to increase the availability of RH supplies and family planning.
The second fact sheet explains how the Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB) worked successfully with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to improve the dysfunctional supply chain.
Advocacy for Comprehensive Condom Programming
September 24, 2009 at 9:39 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: advocacy, africa, AIDS, CEDPA, CHANGE, HIV, Malawi, Swaziland, UNFPA, workshop, Zambia, Zimbabwe
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Southern Africa Region Workshop: Advocacy for Comprehensive Condom Programming
Accepting applications from advocates in Swaziland, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia
Deadline: October 12, 2009
The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) and Centre for Population and Development Activities (CEDPA) in partnership with UNFPA is holding an advocacy training to build the advocacy and technical expertise of women and men who are working on the frontlines in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa. The training is being held in Swaziland, December 15 – 19, 2009. There is space for 20 participants, 5 participants from each of the four focus countries: Swaziland, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
For more information please contact Mary Beth Hastings at CHANGE.
Relaunch of “Leading Voices in Securing Reproductive Health Supplies”
September 15, 2009 at 1:59 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: advocacy, RH Supplies, RHSC, toolkit
The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition advocacy toolkit and guide “Leading Voices in Securing Reproductive Health Supplies” has been re-launched.
The guide and toolkit is a practical, evidence-based tool, designed to raise awareness and foster policy change for increased commitment to reproductive health supplies. For the re-launch it has been divided into a How-To Guide and a Toolkit section.
The How-to Guide – Advocacy for Ensuring Reproductive Health Supplies: A Planning Guide is a brief review of key concepts and points to consider when preparing to launch an advocacy initiative.
The first section of the Toolkit - Advocacy Messages to Support Reproductive Health Supplies Initiatives, describes five global scenarios that depict different contexts in which you may find yourself while working on increasing access to RH supplies.
The second section of the Toolkit – Advocacy Tools for Ensuring Reproductive Health Supplies: Overview, Templates, and Examples, includes descriptions of and links to examples or templates for five types of advocacy tools: PowerPoint presentations, policy briefs, fact sheets, talking points/briefing notes, and press releases and media advisories.
Furthermore the toolkit provides an introduction to the RHInterchange now.
We received a lot of input from workshop participants and users of the and toolkit and guide and used it to make it even more user friendly. This resulted in an easier navigation, which makes all sections accessible from every page and accesibilty of all scenarios and all tools from every page. The usability in low bandwith settings has been improved by creating a less resource consuming design. Furthermore a search function has been added.
To see the online version or download the PDF-Version of the guide and toolkit please visit the RHSC website.
For more information or if you like to provide feedback please contact Martin Kuehn at DSW.
Advocacy Training on August 6 -7 2009 (Bali, Indonesia)
April 7, 2009 at 12:19 pm | Posted in Project RMA | Leave a commentTags: advocacy, AIDS, APA, Asia, bali, capacity building, Civil Society, DSW, FPI, HIV, ICAAP, IPPF, MDGs, Pacific, Project RMA, reproductive health supplies, RH Supplies, SRHR, supplies, training
SAVE THE DATE!
Advocacy Training on August 6 -7 2009 (Bali,
Indonesia)
“HIV Prevention, Reproductive Health Supplies,
and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
in the Asia and Pacific Regions”
This is to inform you about a two-day advocacy training to strengthen capacity of civil society on reproductive health (RH) supplies advocacy in the Asia and Pacific Regions, ahead of the International Congress on AIDS in the Asia and Pacific Regions 2009 (9th ICAAP, August 9-13 2009, Nusa Dua, Bali).
Jointly convened by the Asia Pacific Alliance (APA), its member organization Family Planning International (FPI) New Zealand and the German Foundation for World Population (DSW), this meeting aims to contribute to a supportive political and financial environment for access to RH supplies in the Asia and Pacific Regions by promoting and fostering NGO leadership and strengthening the advocacy capacity of its participants on the issue. The training will be held prior to ICAAP and aims to address the linkages between HIV prevention and SRHR programs and the major role RH supplies can play in this context.
The main objectives are:
- Increase understanding of the situation, needs and diversity of reproductive health supply challenges in the Asia and Pacific Regions;
- Improve understanding of the linkages between RH supplies and internationally agreed development goals, such as the MDGs, and the role of RH supplies in preventing HIV;
- Strengthen advocacy skills and develop key messages to be used during the 9th ICAAP on meeting the RH targets of the ICPD Programme of Action and the MDGs;
- Provide advocacy tools to strengthen the capacity of NGOs to advocate for increased support for RH supplies;
- Ensure RH supplies solutions are included in the closing summaries of the 9th ICAAP.
APA, FPI and DSW have been raising awareness on the importance of RH supplies through “Project Resource Mobilization and Awareness” (Project RMA). Project RMA is a partnership of the German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Population Action International (PAI) and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and aims to create an environment conducive to political support and to secure increased financial resources for reproductive health supplies. With the support of Project RMA, APA and FPI strengthen the advocacy efforts for increased access to RH supplies at the regional level in the Asia and Pacific Regions.
Please send an email to Sabine Weber to receive an application questionnaire, and a criteria list including logistical information. (Deadline for Application: April 27th 2009).
Website Update
April 6, 2009 at 7:55 am | Posted in Project RMA | Leave a commentTags: advocacy, awareness, country, DSW, global, IPPF, PAI, Project RMA, regional, reproductive health supplies, support, website
The Project RMA website has been updated. Content regarding Project RMA’s work on global, regional, and country level has been added.
Project Resource Mobilisation and Awareness (RMA) is a joint effort of Population Action International (PAI), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the German Foundation for World Population (DSW) to increase political and financial support for reproductive health supplies at the global, regional, and national levels. The Project works through a targeted set of advocacy and awareness-raising actions including the provision of financial and technical support to advocacy efforts of non governmental organizations (NGOs) and NGO networks.
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