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Answers to questions for APC RFA GH-011, Improving Capacity to Deliver Effective HIV Services for Key Affected Populations in Guyana, are now available on the grants page.

This news story reports the theme for the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in November 2013. The theme "full access, full choice" urges global action to ensure that everyone, regardless of location and circumstance, has access to family planning services to meet their needs. DKT International, one of the largest private providers of family planning products and services and HIV prevention in the developing world, shows examples of how they provide full access and choice in Ethiopia and 18 other developing countries.

This press release reports that about 10,000 primary and secondary students will receive vision screenings with those in need receiving quality eyeglasses under an extended, U.S.-supported activity launched in Quoc Oai, Hanoi. Funded by USAID through a grant provided through APC and implemented by HKI Vietnam.

Answers to questions for RFA GH-009: Integration of Family Planning Services into Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Programs, Food Assistance Programs, or other Non-health Sector Programs are now available. Please visit the grants page for more information.

APC announces the availability of revised documents for RFA No. GH-006 and GH-007, Expanding Community-based Access to Injectable Contraceptives. To see the updated document and question and answers, please visit the grants page.

On behalf of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH), Advancing Partners & Communities (APC) has awarded a grant to the Sonke Gender Justice Network to strengthen gender equality and family planning in sub-Saharan Africa.

APC invites qualified organizations to submit an application in support of wheelchair service development in less resourced settings. For application details please read the full RFA announcement.

This news article reports that the Dominican Republic’s National Social Security Council has established a commission to look into the technical, financial and operational implications of including antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the Basic Health Plan.