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New Project Will Strengthen Voices from the Developing World in Support for Family Planning A collaborative effort to launch a project to revitalize the family planning and reproductive health global agenda was awarded to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of the three-year Advance Family Planning project is to empower developing countries to advocate for universal access to reproductive health as a critical component in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in health through increased funding, an improved policy environment, and increased visibility for family planning at the local, national, and global levels. Supported by both the Bill & Melinda Gates and the David and Lucile Packard Foundations with combined grants totaling $12 million, the project will reach governments, international donors, and multilateral agencies about the urgent need to invest in family planning to reach the 200 million women who wish to delay or end childbearing, but do not have access to family planning services and supplies. Read more.... Gates Institute Family Planning Conference Reaffirms commitment to family planning as "vaccine" for maternal health The Gates Institute, Makerere University School of Public Health, and the Implementing Best Practices Initiative along with other international and national partners, organized an international conference on family planning research and best practices in Kampala, Uganda 15-18 November 2009. The conference was opened by Uganda's First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni and attracted over 1300 participants. The conference featured over 300 presentations, 100 posters, 100 lunchtime roundtable discussions, and 20 auxiliary meetings. November 16 and 17 focused on research and best practices in family planning, and November 18 focused on translating knowledge to action. View overview presentation. Read more.... |
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