Francophone West Africa Adds 3.8 Million Family Planning Users

June 09, 2021IntraHealth International’s Civil Society for Family Planning (CS4FP) project partnered with nine countries in francophone West Africa to add 3.8 million additional family planning users and doubled the number of women using modern contraceptives in the region.For the past ten years, CS4FP has been working with strong, high-functioning civil society coalitions, young people, and religious and traditional leaders in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d ' Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Togo (Ouagadougou Partnership countries) to collaborate with and advocate to governments to implement their national family planning costed implementation plans (CIPs). The IntraHealth team established and supported national coalitions in all nine Ouagadougou Partnership (OP) countries to unify and strengthen civil society and hold governments accountable for their family planning commitments.And the project helped build a stronger, more coordinated civil society, which achieved several significant policy changes, including:Free family planning services in Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Togo.Integration of comprehensive sexual education in the national curriculum in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, and Mauritania.Amendment of the national family planning guidelines in all nine countries to allow community-based distribution of contraception.Partnership with 285 active religious and traditional leaders and 589 youth ambassadors to rais...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Benin Burkina Faso C ôte d’Ivoire Guinea Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal Togo Civil Society for Family Planning & Reproductive Health Community Engagement Youth Source Type: news