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Advance Family Planning (AFP) Goal and Objectives

Advance Family Planning Initiative by Dr. Jotham Musinguzi Regional Director Partners in Population and Development Africa Regional Office A Presentation at the EuroNGOs 2010 Conference November 9, 2010 The Grosvenor Hotel, London, UK. Advance Family Planning (AFP) Goal and Objectives.

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Advance Family Planning (AFP) Goal and Objectives

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  1. Advance Family Planning Initiativeby Dr. Jotham MusinguziRegional Director Partners in Population and DevelopmentAfrica Regional OfficeA Presentation at theEuroNGOs 2010 ConferenceNovember 9, 2010 The Grosvenor Hotel, London, UK

  2. Advance Family Planning (AFP) Goal and Objectives • Increased funding • An improved policy environment • Increased visibility for family planning

  3. Core consortium • Johns Hopkins University • Bloomberg of Public Health • Gates Institute • Center for Communications Programs • African Women’s Development Fund • Partners in Population and Development • Futures Group International

  4. Tier 1 and 2 Countries • Indonesia • Tanzania • Uganda • Ethiopia • India • Kenya • Nigeria • Pakistan • Senegal

  5. How do African champions fit in? • Highest rates of unmet need for family planning • Ever stronger networks and “early warning system” • Opportunities at the national, regional and international level • Compelling evidence and approaches • Collaborative opportunities with AFP, AWDF and PPD-ARO

  6. PPD-ARO & AFP Collaboration • With PPD members, especially Ministers of Health and Finance in all AFP countries in Africa • With the AFP partners on country strategies in Tanzania and Uganda • Bringing Voices from the South to regional and international policy decision-making

  7. Uganda Experience of RH/FP partners in Uganda

  8. Uganda: Lessons learnt-1 Achievements: • Policy change in the MOH allowing community health workers in Uganda to provide injectable depo (policy and guidelines in place, awaiting implementation phase) • GoU funding for 2010 for FP commodities increased through a distinctive National Medical Stores Vote 116 (increase from $ 0.75m to $ 2.4m - a 3 fold increase); to ensure supplies for NGO providers

  9. Uganda: Lessons learnt-2 Achievements (cont’d): 3. Uganda Parliament approved $ 30m as part of $120m World Bank loan to be earmarked for RH and 75% to be dedicated to FP commodities 4. Uganda’s next request to the Global Fund for AIDS/TB and Malaria to include funding for FP

  10. Uganda: Lessons learnt-3 Achievements (cont’d): 5. African First Ladies agreed, during the July 2010, Kampala AU Summit, to include RH/FP in their core agenda of OAFLA which had hitherto concentrated only on HIV/AIDS 6. RH/FP Champions are making strong supportive statements (e.g. in Uganda Parliament on WPD, Uganda First Lady on the Launch of Maputo PoA, op-ed articles on RH/FP in local newspapers, etc)

  11. Uganda: Lessons learnt-4 Challenges : • Lack of commitment and accountability by leaders on regional, continental and global frameworks they have signed on to including: • Maputo PoA (on universal access to RH), • Abuja Declaration (on 15% of national budgets to health), • Paris/Accra Agenda (on national ownership and accountability)

  12. Uganda: Lessons learnt-5 Challenges (cont’d): 2. Current financing mechanisms and frameworks still leave out RH/FP e.g. general budget support, SWAPs, PRSPs and GFATM. 3. High turn over of legislators.

  13. East Africa Strategic Initiative (EASI) • 2 – year FP advocacy project to capitalize on increased regional collaboration • Focuses on common challenges and opportunities • Builds on existing strength—EARHN, DSW, ECSA • Involves East African countries • Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi

  14. EASI: Potential target groups • Policymakers • Cabinet Ministers (MoF, MoH & MoP) • Parliamentarians (national and regional levels) • First Ladies • FP Champions • Professional associations • Performing arts • Media, e.t.c.

  15. Thank You.

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