Improving rights-based family planning

By: Lucy Asaba- Midwife & Program Associate Medical at the Fistula Care Plus Project, EngenderHealth Note: This blog originally appeared June 28, 2018 on the FIGO blog. The post was awarded the FIGO Ipas Best Paper Award.  Figure 1: Health worker counselling. Photo by Grace Ojirot Family planning (FP) services promote the right of an individual or […]

Guaranteeing Rights at ICFP 2016

The connection between sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and maternal health, as well as their effects on women’s lives, cannot be overstated. Research shows  up to a third of maternal injuries and deaths are preventable when  women have access to contraception.[1] By meeting the unmet need for family planning, an estimated 1.1 million infant deaths […]