How and When to Use the Pregnancy Checklist and Pregnancy Tests
Ruling out pregnancy is universally recommended prior to starting hormonal contraception or intrauterine devices (IUD). Recently designed job aid — How and When to Use... Read More
For youth by youth: participatory evaluation of gender-transformative programs
While participatory evaluation involving young people is nothing new, rarely have very young adolescents (VYAS) – 10-14 year olds – been directly involved in program... Read More
Achieving Common Ground: Faith-Based Partnerships and Family Planning
Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are important providers of clinical and community-based health services and are a critical component of health systems in many countries. This session... Read More
Engaging Men as Clients, Supportive Companions and Champions of Change in Global Health
A growing body of evidence shows that underlying unequal power relations and gender norms shape both men’s and women’s sexual health outcomes and health-seeking behaviors.... Read More
Liftoff: The Blossoming of Contraceptive Implant Use in Sub-Saharan Africa
This presentation updates a recent peer-reviewed article to analyze, contextualize, and convey the rapid, substantial, and fairly equitable increases in contraceptive implant usage occurring the... Read More
Direct-to-Consumer Approach: Gender, Youth, and Contraceptive Use in Uganda
Two key drivers of HIV incidence in Uganda are: personal understanding of and attitudes towards HIV, high risk sexual behaviors including early sexual debut, multiple... Read More
What’s Behind the Data? Lessons for the Dot App Contraceptive Efficacy Study
Dynamic Optimal Timing (Dot), is an algorithm-based app, designed to help a woman know her pregnancy risks each day using just her period start dates,... Read More
“Treat and Test”: PLHIV Network Testing for Accelerated Epidemic Control
As we expand and sustain HIV treatment access, engaging key populations living with HIV (KP PLHIV) in HIV testing referrals is a critical priority for... Read More
Challenges in Post-Abortion Care: Meeting Differing Client Needs
Post-abortion care clients range from those who have undergone an induced abortion and desire to avoid another pregnancy to those wishing to conceive again after... Read More
Research on Very Young Adolescents: Innovative Methods for Evidence Generation
The years between ages 10 and 14 are a pivotal period in the transition from childhood to adolescence, but little is known about what it... Read More